Activism & Social Movements
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From  Farming Ecologically: The NFU in OntarioFrom: Frontline Farmers |
The sixth chapter looks more closely at the role of the NFU in Ontario, especially in its work to promote environmentally sustainable practices. Interviews are with Dianne Dowling, Peter Dowling, … | Bryan Dale | 20 | 2019 | $2.00 Add |
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From  Feminism in the Digital EraFrom: Take Back the Fight |
The third chapter, Feminism in the Digital Era, looks at how digital technologies have shaped feminism, via having new ways to organize. It also considers the weaknesses of such platforms in the … | Nora Loreto | 16 | 2020 | $1.60 Add |
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From Feminist Opposition to PowerFrom: Take Back the Fight |
Chapter nine, Feminist Opposition to Power, considers how mainstream politics have adopted the feminist label whether it is true or not. More broadly, the author considers the dilution of the … | Nora Loreto | 22 | 2020 | $2.20 Add |
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From  Fentanyl ArrivesFrom: Fighting For Space |
Since 2011, there has been a spike in drug overdose deaths in Vancouver. Fentanyl, a synthetic opioid is ten time stronger than heroin and fifty times more potent than morphine. The fight goes on. | Travis Lupick | 28 | 2017 | $0.56 Add |
 NEW! Fertility40 Years of Change |
In Fertility: 40 Years of Change, lawyer and author Maureen McTeer explores key medical, research, and legal developments in assisted human reproduction since the birth of the first IVF baby in … | Maureen McTeer | 276 | 2022 | View |
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From  NEW! Fighting BackFrom: Class Action |
In Fighting Back Hanson examines the movement towards and eventual amalgamation of both parties into one with the creation of the transformation of two unions to the Elementary Teachers’ … | Andy Hanson | 25 | 2021 | $2.50 Add |
 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 |
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From  Financial ManagementFrom: Five Good Ideas |
This chapter by Lois Fine focuses on the story a financial statement tells and how it reflects your organization. | Lois Fine | 7 | 2011 | $0.70 Add |
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From NEW! Finding a VoiceFrom: Class Action |
In Finding a Voice Hanson concludes the book through reassessing and reiterating how teachers have resisted neo-liberalism, not only because it attacked their material wellbeing and demeaned … | Andy Hanson | 16 | 2021 | $1.60 Add |
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From  NEW! Finding Your People and Your Practice in the Ecosystem of the Climate Justice Movement |
In Chapter 7 Kaufman explores the many ways that the movement for a just transition can be organized, illustrating to the reader how there are many ways to fight for climate action that best … | Cynthia Kaufman | 14 | 2021 | $1.40 Add |
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From First Stirrings of AngerFrom: Fighting Dirty |
This chapter highlights the community’s suffering following the transformation of the newly renamed Richmond Landfill post-1988. | Poh-Gek Forkert | 7 | 2017 | $0.70 Add |
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From NEW! First StrikesFrom: Class Action |
In First Strikes, Hanson explores the growing experience of white-collar unionism and the rise of class consciousness that was a unifying force in their labour relations following the activism of … | Andy Hanson | 25 | 2021 | $2.50 Add |
Five Good IdeasPractical Strategies for Non-Profit Success |
Non-profits are big business. According to a recent Johns Hopkins report, third-sector institutions in Belgium, the Czech Republic, Japan, the U. S. and Canada have been growing at an average … | Alan Broadbent; Ratna Omidvar | 265 | 2011 | View |
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From  NEW! Floods Come in WavesFrom: Razing Palestine |
In this chapter, Loreto traces the silencing of critical voices in Canadian media during the Israel–Gaza conflict, spanning late 2023 through March 2025. | 10 | 2025 | $1.00 Add | |
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From  NEW! Focus, Goddammit |
In this chapter, Grover focuses on blame, how powerful institutions can shift blame away from themselves and onto the less culpable, and how our attention is a limited resource. | Sami Grover | 15 | 2021 | $1.50 Add |
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From  NEW! Following the MoneyFrom: Decolonize Museums |
In Chapter Five: Following the Money, Lee critically examines the ethics behind museum funding. Topics discussed include museums as visible centers of protest, museum sponsorships, the Occupy … | Shimrit Lee | 28 | 2023 | $2.80 Add |
