Grassroots Activism

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Title & Subtitle	Abstract	Contributors	Pages	Year	Purchase
From Part 4: Resistance from high in the trees: The Brunette River Six Ruth Walmsley, Quaker, Environmentalist From: Standing on High Ground View Between The Lines	This section features Ruth Walmsley’s court statement following her 2021 arrest for protesting the TMX. She reflects on her activism, shaperd by her faith and the urgency of the climate …	Adrienne Drobnies; Rosemary Cornell; Tim Bray	11	2024	$1.10 Add
From Part 4: Resistance from high in the trees: The Brunette River Six Catherine Hembling, Teacher, Unitarian, and Buddhist Practitioner From: Standing on High Ground View Between The Lines	This section includes Catherin Hemblin’s court statement following her 2021 arrest for protesting the TMX. She reflects on her support for the pipeline resistance since 2019, the events of …	Adrienne Drobnies; Rosemary Cornell; Tim Bray	9	2024	$0.90 Add
From Part 5: Resistance through art George Rammell, Sculptor From: Standing on High Ground View Between The Lines	This section includes George Rammell’s 2018 court statement following his TMX protest arrest. Rammell highlights the ecological damage the pipeline poses to the Burnaby nature reserve and …	Adrienne Drobnies; Rosemary Cornell; Tim Bray	10	2024	$1.00 Add
From Perserving for the Long Haul From: Intrinsic Hope View New Society Publishers	Perseverance helps to nurture intrinsic hope because it gives us the determination to endure whatever happens. Perseverance persists — day after day, month after month, and year after year. …	Kate Davies	15	2018	$1.50 Add
Persistent Poverty Voices From the Margins Between The Lines	It’s a very short trip from the limousine seat to the curb. Jim Mann never missed a payroll for the dozen men who worked for his flourishing landscaping business he built from the ground …	Brice Balmer; Jamie Swift; Mira Dineen	184	2010	View
From NEW! Pick a Side From: The Tenant Class View Between The Lines	Ricardo discusses the highly politicized nature of the so called housing crisis and argues that there can be no neutral stance taken on the issue of tenant rights.	Ricardo Tranjan	15	2023	$1.50 Add
From NEW! Planning for an Unplanned City From: Messy Cities View Coach House Books	Jason Thorne argues for factoring in “messy urbanism” and its challenges into how we plan our cities and to move away from a more top-down approach to city-building.	Dylan Reid	6	2025	$0.60 Add
From Police Violence and State Repression at the Toronto G20 The Facts From: Whose Streets? View Between The Lines	From Whose Streets?: The Toronto G20 and the Challenges of Summit Protest	The Movement Defence Committee	11	2011	$1.10 Add
From Poverty and Health “I’m One Stumble from the Street” From: Persistent Poverty View Between The Lines		Brice Balmer; Jamie Swift; Mira Dineen	11	2010	$1.10 Add
From Poverty Makes Us Sick From: Persistent Poverty View Between The Lines		Dennis Raphael	11	2010	$1.10 Add
From NEW! Power Sharing, Community Leadership and Dynamic Governance at the SHIFT Centre for Social Transformation From: Interrupting Innovation View Fernwood Publishing	In this chapter, the authors examine how the SHIFT Centre at Concordia University in Montreal employs shared power and community governance to drive social justice since its 2019 founding.	Cheryl Gladu; Stephanie Childs	24	2025	$2.40 Add
From Precarious Work How Lax Employment Standards Perpetuate Poverty From: Persistent Poverty View Between The Lines		Mary Gellatly	10	2010	$1.00 Add
From Preface How This Book Came to Be From: Standing on High Ground View Between The Lines	Rosemary Cornell, Adrienne Robnies, and Tim Bray, discuss how this book came to be. First of their meeting while resisting the Trans Mountain Pipeline Expansion (TMX) in 2018, and the work it …	Adrienne Drobnies; Rosemary Cornell; Tim Bray	2	2024	$0.20 Add
From Preface Why Write This Book? From: Quiet No More View James Lorimer and Company	Outlines the authors history of Activism and how he came to the point of writing this book. His qualifications on the subject and the focus of the book	Joel D. Harden	7	2013	$0.70 Add
From Persistent Poverty Introduction The Work of Hundreds of People From: Persistent Poverty View Between The Lines	The Introduction describes the process by which the the Interfaith Social Assistance Reform Coalition (ISARC) gathered the material for this book through a 2010 social audit process that engaged …	Brice Balmer; Jamie Swift; Mira Dineen	5	2010	$0.50 Add
From Introduction From the Great Recession to the Streets of Toronto From: Whose Streets? View Between The Lines	In 2010 G20 leaders met in Toronto to pursue an agenda of bailouts and austerity measures. Unsurprisingly, thousands of people gathered in Toronto for ten days of action to oppose these …	David Wachsmuth; Tom Malleson	15	2011	$1.50 Add