Activism & Social Movements
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From ![]() NEW! The Birth of Children with an Altered Genome and the International ResponsesPart Three — Research on Human Embryos From: Fertility |
In The Birth of Children with an Altered Genome and the International Responses McTeer examines the ethics behind and response to Chinese researcher Dr. He Jiankui’s experiment on genome … | Maureen McTeer | 4 | 2022 | $0.40 Add |
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From ![]() The Buck Stops Here Virginia and New York, 1984-87From: Holocaust to Resistance |
Holocaust to Resistance, My Journey is a powerful, awe-inspiring memoir from author and activist Suzanne Berliner Weiss. Born to Jewish parents in Paris in 1941, Suzanne was hidden from the Nazis … | Suzanne Berliner Weiss | 10 | 2019 | $1.00 Add |
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From ![]() The Call of Global Solidarity Toronto, 2004-16From: Holocaust to Resistance |
Holocaust to Resistance, My Journey is a powerful, awe-inspiring memoir from author and activist Suzanne Berliner Weiss. Born to Jewish parents in Paris in 1941, Suzanne was hidden from the Nazis … | Suzanne Berliner Weiss | 15 | 2019 | $1.50 Add |
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From ![]() The Canadian Student Movement and the January 25,1995, “National Day of Strike and Action” |
Michael Temelini | 22 | 2008 | $2.20 Add | |
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From ![]() NEW! The Case for Prisoners’ Labour UnionsFrom: Solidarity Beyond Bars |
Chapter Six takes up the question of prisoners’ unions in more detail and looks to actual examples/past experiments in unionization. This chapter discusses the successful unionization of … | Asaf Rashid; Jordan House | 35 | 2022 | $3.50 Add |
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From ![]() The Challenge of NGOizationFrom: Expose, Oppose, Propose |
J.P. Sapinski; William K. Carroll | 22 | 2016 | $2.20 Add | |
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From ![]() The ChiefFrom: Fighting Dirty |
This chapter focuses on the situation and struggles faced by the Mohawks of the Bay of Quinte due to the landfill, and the role of Chief Don Maracle. | Poh-Gek Forkert | 8 | 2017 | $0.80 Add |
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From ![]() NEW! The Climate MovementPART 4: To Shape a Coming World From: Worlds at Stake |
Chapter 10 focuses on the current state of the climate movement, providing a survey of its most prominent leaders, their tactics, and action they are bringing about. | Aaron Saad | 22 | 2022 | $2.20 Add |
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From ![]() NEW! The Co-operative CityFrom: Civilizing the State |
The Co-operative City begins by looking at Spain in the twentieth century, leading up to the financial crisis of 2009-2011. The chapter then focuses on the 15-M movement as an experiment in … | John Restakis | 14 | 2021 | $1.40 Add |
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From ![]() The Community of ScholarsThe English-Canadian Student Movement and University Governance |
Roberta Lexier | 20 | 2008 | $2.00 Add | |
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From ![]() NEW! The Constitutional Division of Powers in CanadaPart One — IVF: The Beginning of a Modern Human Reproduction Revolution From: Fertility |
In The Constitutional Division of Powers in Canada McTeer examines the challenges of regulating reproductive rights over the federal, provincial, and municipal levels of government in Canada. | Maureen McTeer | 6 | 2022 | $0.60 Add |
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From ![]() The Cookie MonsterFrom: Fighting Dirty |
The author discusses a conversation with Margaret Walsh, the first elected official to oppose the dump expansion. Her perspectives on these events are explored. | Poh-Gek Forkert | 9 | 2017 | $0.90 Add |
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From ![]() The Cost of HungerFood Security and Health Issues From: Persistent Poverty |
Brice Balmer; Jamie Swift; Mira Dineen | 9 | 2010 | $0.90 Add | |
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From ![]() NEW! The Court Challenges to the ActPart One — IVF: The Beginning of a Modern Human Reproduction Revolution From: Fertility |
In The Court Challenges to the Act McTeer examines the first challenges to the 2004 Assisted Human Reproduction Act. The chapter explores the case study of the Quebec’s Court of Appeal; in … | Maureen McTeer | 10 | 2022 | $1.00 Add |
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From ![]() "The courts have turned women into slaves for the men of this world"Irene Murdoch's Quest for Justice From: Property on Trial |
Examination of a 1973 Supreme Court of Canada decision on marital property rights from the perspective of the wife’s lawyer and in the context of a feminist movement for law reform. | Angela Cameron; Angela Chaisson; Vanessa Gruben | 34 | 2012 | $3.40 Add |
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From ![]() The Craftworkers’ Challenge |
We meet the first movement of organized craftworkers beginning to take shape in the mid-nineteenth century in response to the new capitalist organization of work and labour markets. By the end of … | Craig Heron | 27 | 2012 | $2.70 Add |














