Sociology & Anthropology

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Title & Subtitle	Abstract	Contributors	Pages	Year	Purchase
"At the Barricades" A Memoir Irwin Law Inc.	Best known as General Counsel of the Canadian Civil Liberties Association, a position he held for over 40 years, A. Alan Borovoy was at the centre of many of the most profound and difficult …	Alan Borovoy	395	2014	View
“Too Asian”? Racism and Post-Secondary Education Between The Lines	The now notorious Maclean’s article “Too Asian?” from the magazine’s 2010 campus issue has sparked a national furor about race in Canadian higher education. Since the …	Davina Bhandar; Jeet Heer; Michael C.K. Ma; RJ Gilmour	224	2012	View
NEW! 1968 in Canada A Year and Its Legacies University of Ottawa Press	The year 1968 in Canada was an extraordinary one, unlike any other in its frenetic pace of activities and their consequences for the development of a new national consciousness among Canadians. …	Andrew C. Holman; Christopher Kirkey; Michael K. Hawes	400	2021	View
A Distinct Alien Race The Untold Story of Franco-Americans - Industrialization, Immigration, Religious Strife Baraka Books	“The French number more than a million in the United States…. They are kept a distinct alien race, subject to the Pope in matters of religion and of politics. Soon…they will govern you, …	David Vermette	394	2018	View
A Matter of Taste A Farmers' Market Devotee's Semi-Reluctant Argument for Inviting Scientific Innovation to the Dinner Table Coach House Books	How did farmer’s markets, nose-to-tail, locavorism, organic eating, CSAs, whole foods, and Whole Foods become synonymous with "good food"? And are these practices …	Rebecca Tucker	137	2018	View
A Short History of Progress Fifteenth Anniversary Edition House of Anansi Press	Now more relevant than ever, Ronald Wright’s #1 national bestseller, A Short History of Progress. The fifteenth anniversary edition includes a new introduction warning of the accelerating …	Ronald Wright	226	2019	View
NEW! Abolitionist Intimacies Fernwood Publishing	In Abolitionist Intimacies, El Jones examines the movement to abolish prisons through the Black feminist principles of care and collectivity. Understanding the history of prisons in Canada in …	El Jones	192	2022	View
NEW! Abortion to Abolition Reproductive Health and Justice in Canada Fernwood Publishing	The history of abortion decriminalization and critical advocacy efforts to improve access in Canada deserve to be better known. Ordinary people persevered to make Canada the most progressive …	Martha Paynter	176	2022	View
About Canada: Animal Rights Fernwood Publishing	Adopting Mahatma Gandhi’s idea that “the greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated,” this book considers the status of …	John Sorenson	190	2010	View
About Canada: Childcare Fernwood Publishing	In Canada, early childhood education and care includes childcare programs, kindergartens and nursery schools. When these programs are well-designed, they support children’s development and …	Martha Friendly; Susan Prentice	176	2009	View
About Canada: Children & Youth Fernwood Publishing	Canada is a signatory on the United Nations Declaration of the Rights of the Child, which guarantees the protection and care of children and youth. About Canada: Children and Youth examines each …	Bernard Schissel	122	2011	View
NEW! About Canada: Disability Rights 2nd Edition Fernwood Publishing	Including people with disabilities fully into Canadian society, with the rights enjoyed by non-disabled people, requires a fundamental social transformation, not simply “fixing” some …	Deborah Stienstra	168	2020	View
About Canada: Disability Rights Fernwood Publishing	Through a close examination of employment, education, transportation, telecommunications and health care, About Canada: Disability Rights explores the landscape of disability rights in Canada and …	Deborah Stienstra	134	2012	View
About Canada: Immigration Fernwood Publishing	Many Canadians believe that immigrants steal jobs away from qualified Canadians, abuse the healthcare system and refuse to participate in Canadian culture. In About Canada: Immigration, Gogia and …	Bonnie Slade; Nupur Gogia	144	2011	View
Activism That Works Fernwood Publishing	Activism That Works shares the stories of eight diverse social justice movements, from Oxfam Canada, to the Calgary Raging Grannies, to the Youth Project of Halifax, as they contemplate their own …	Avery Calhoun; Elizabeth Whitmore; Maureen G. Wilson	192	2011	View
NEW! Advocating for Palestine in Canada Histories, Movements, Action Fernwood Publishing	Why is it so difficult to advocate for Palestine in Canada and what can we learn from the movement’s successes? This account of Palestine solidarity activism in Canada grapples with these …	Emily Regan Wills; Jeremy Wildemen; Michael Bueckert; Nadia Abu-Zahra	241	2022	View