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
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
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 …	Elizabeth Whitmore; Maureen G. Wilson	192	2011	View
Agrarian Change, Migration and Development Agrarian Change & Peasant Studies Fernwood Publishing	The focus and concern of Agrarian Change, Migration and Development is the problem of labour migration. Veltmeyer and Wise explore the dynamics and development implications of the migration …	Henry Veltmeyer; Raúl Delgado Wise	160	2016	View
NEW! Agriculture and the Generation Problem Agrarian Changes and Peasant Studies Fernwood Publishing	Despite predictions that they are destined to disappear, smallholder or family farms still number more than 500 million worldwide, and account for more than 90 percent of all the world’s …	Ben White	160	2020	View
Almost Feral Breakwater Books	On July 2, 2015, influential social activist Gemma Hickey began a 908-kilometer walk across the island of Newfoundland to raise awareness and funds for survivors of religious institutional abuse. …	Gemma Hickey	264	2019	View
An Economy of Well-Being Common-sense tools for building genuine wealth and happiness New Society Publishers	In the face of political, financial, and environmental upheaval, it’s difficult to slow down and build lives of mindfulness and joy. These things are within reach, but how can we go about …	Mark Anielski	242	2018	View
An Ideal Prison? Critical Essays on Women's Imprisonment in Canada Fernwood Publishing	In a series of critical essays, the contributors stimulate reflection and discussion. They explore the effects of punishment and penality on women’s lives, the impact of feminist reforms on the …	Kelly Hannah-Moffat; Margaret Shaw	168	2000	View