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Title & Subtitle | Abstract | Contributors | Pages | Year | Purchase |
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"At the Barricades"A Memoir |
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 |
NEW! About Canada: Disability Rights2nd Edition |
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 |
Activism That Works |
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 CanadaHistories, Movements, Action |
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 |
NEW! Class ActionHow Ontario's Elementary Teachers Became a Political Force |
In this inspiring history of a union, labour historian Andy Hanson delves deep into the Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario (ETFO) and how it evolved from two deeply divided unions … | Andy Hanson | 276 | 2021 | View |
NEW! Disarm, Defund, DismantlePolice Abolition in Canada |
Canadian laws are just, the police uphold the rule of law and treat everyone equally, and without the police, communities would descend into chaos and disorder. These entrenched myths, rooted in … | Abby Stadnyk; Kevin Walby; Shiri Pasternak | 224 | 2022 | View |
Expose, Oppose, ProposeAlternative Policy Groups and the Struggle for Global Justice |
Expose, Oppose, Propose explores the networks, discourses and practices through which transnational alternative policy groups exert political and cultural influence and assesses the challenges … | William K. Carroll | 246 | 2016 | View |
Fighting DirtyHow a Small Community Took on Big Trash |
Fighting Dirty tells the story of how one small group of farmers, small-town residents, and Indigenous people fought the world’s largest waste disposal company to stop them from expanding a … | Poh-Gek Forkert | 208 | 2017 | View |
Frontline Farmers |
Who grows the food we eat? How important is it that family farms are viable in Canada today and in the future? How do viable family farms help determine the safety, diversity and sustainability … | Annette Aurélie Desmarais | 273 | 2019 | View |
NEW! Harvesting FreedomThe Life of a Migrant Worker in Canada |
In this singular firsthand account, a former migrant worker reveals a disturbing system of exploitation at the heart of Canada’s farm labour system. When Gabriel Allahdua applied to the … | Edward Dunsworth; Gabriel Allahdua | 224 | 2023 | View |
Mobilizations, Protests & EngagementsCanadian Perspectives on Social Movements |
This book addresses many questions in evaluating social movements and is the first in a series being developed by The Centre for Canadian Studies at Mount Allison University. What lessons can we … | Marie Hammond-Callaghan; Matthew Hayday | 263 | 2008 | View |
NEW! The End of This WorldClimate Justice in So-Called Canada |
The climate crisis is here, and the end of this world—a world built on land theft, resource extraction, and colonial genocide—is on the horizon. In this compelling roadmap to a … | Angele Alook; Bronwen Tucker; Crystal Lameman; David Gray-Donald; Emily Eaton; Joël Laforest | 228 | 2023 | View |
From NEW! Forward |
In the Forward, former MP Libby Davies (1997-2015) reflects on her own involvement with the Palestinian solidarity movement within Canada over the years as well as on this movement’s future … | Libby Davies | 6 | 2022 | $0.60 Add |
From Hegemony, Couner-hegemony and Organic CrisisFrom: Expose, Oppose, Propose |
William K. Carroll | 34 | 2016 | $3.40 Add | |
From Introduction |
Marie Hammond-Callaghan; Matthew Hayday | 6 | 2008 | $0.60 Add | |
From NEW! Introduction |
In the Introduction the editors of this collection reflect on a year of collective struggle and mobilization in the United States, Canada and across the world during 2020. The introduction … | Abby Stadnyk; Kevin Walby; Shiri Pasternak | 12 | 2022 | $1.20 Add |