Activism & Social Movements
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From  The Forest IndustryFrom: Climate@Work |
John Holmes | 17 | 2013 | $1.70 Add | |
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From  The Four Tragedies of Lac-Mégantic |
Describes the series of subsequent tragedies that befell the Lac-Mégantic community: widespread PTSD and other health problems; legal predators who exploited vulnerable victims’ … | Bruce Campbell | 11 | 2018 | $1.10 Add |
 NEW! The Future is DisabledProphecies, Love Notes and Mourning Songs |
In The Future Is Disabled, Leah Laksmi Piepzna-Samarasinha asks some provocative questions: What if, in the near future, the majority of people will be disabled – and what if that’s … | Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha | 334 | 2022 | View |
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From  The Futures of Grassroots ActivismKey Themes to Keep in Mind From: Quiet No More |
Chapter six provides this book with the conclusion that brings together the insights of previous chapters. Above all, I argue that activists are faced with two important tasks: first, to embrace … | Joel D. Harden | 25 | 2013 | $2.50 Add |
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From  The Giant Tamed |
Explores the slow, uphill battle to shake the solid hegemony of Canadian employers in industrial life in the two decades between the wars and then the breakthrough that took place at the end of … | Craig Heron | 27 | 2012 | $2.70 Add |
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From  NEW! The hard limits of neoliberal feminismThe Trudeau record on gender politics From: The Trudeau Record |
This chapter looks at the record of the Trudeau Liberal government on gender politics, including its policies on reproductive rights, affordable child care, parental leave and general issues of … | Katherine Scott | 16 | 2024 | $1.60 Add |
 NEW! The House on Portland Street |
In this chapter, Ashe describes events of Day Five of Halifax’s 1970 "Encounter on Urban Environment," on community policing. He recounts an incident where Dartmouth’s … | Robert Ashe | 5 | 2025 | $0.50 Add |
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From  NEW! The Housing Crisis That Isn’tFrom: The Tenant Class |
Ricardo introduces his argument that there is no "housing crisis" in Canada but instead a housing market that functions exactly how it was built to. He describes this book as being a … | Ricardo Tranjan | 12 | 2023 | $1.20 Add |
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From The Impact of Climate Change on Employment and Skills Requirements in the Construction IndustryFrom: Climate@Work |
John O'Grady | 19 | 2013 | $1.90 Add | |
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From  The Grassroots StruggleDefenders of the Land and Idle No More |
Indigenous activist Arthur Manuel examines the struggle of grassroots organizations in the battle for decolonization, self-determination and economic independence and how Indigenous leaders need … | Arthur Manuel | 5 | 2017 | $0.50 Add |
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From  NEW! The Invitation of a Crip HorizonFrom: Living Disability |
Sean Lee discusses his work organizing exhibits at Tangled Art + Disability, a gallery in Toronto that showcases the work of disabled artists. He highlights the importance of imagining a better … | Sean Lee | 9 | 2024 | $0.90 Add |
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From  NEW! The Journey to Change for GoodIntroduction From: Change for Good |
Paul Klein | 16 | 2022 | $1.60 Add | |
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From  The Lady from America France, 1948-50From: 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 | 7 | 2019 | $0.70 Add |
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From  NEW! The Large-Scale Solutions |
In Chapter 4 Kaufman provides an overview of the large-scale societal changes that need to happen to build a just and sustainable world. This chapter discusses topics such as transforming the … | Cynthia Kaufman | 25 | 2021 | $2.50 Add |
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From  NEW! The Law in LimboPart One — IVF: The Beginning of a Modern Human Reproduction Revolution From: Fertility |
In The Law in Limbo McTeer explores the challenges of the mid-2000’s after the AHR Act was declared unconstitutional and no regulations were put in place by Health Canada. The chapter … | Maureen McTeer | 3 | 2022 | $0.30 Add |
 The Legacy of Tiananmen Square |
More than 20 years after the Tiananmen Square uprising, Michel Cormier, CBC Television’s former China correspondent, examines the still-born legacy of the Tiananmen Square student protests … | 240 | View |
