Activism & Social Movements
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From ![]() Unions, Direct Action, and the G20 ProtestsObstacles and Opportunities From: Whose Streets? |
Jeff Shantz | 14 | 2011 | $1.40 Add | |
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From ![]() Uniting the "I" and the "We" Affordable Housing in PerpetuityFrom: Resilience Imperative |
The unprecedented financial, economic, and social fallout from the credit crunch presents governments with a structural set of problems when it comes to housing. A steep decline in prices in many … | Michael Lewis; Pat Conaty | 28 | 2012 | $2.80 Add |
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From ![]() Universities in Canadian SocietyFrom: Campus Confidential |
A complete analysis of the role of universities in Canadian Society separated as such: 73 There’s a New Quiet Revolution in Quebec 74 Academic Freedom Is Endangered by Neglect 75 Language … | Bill Morrison; Ken S. Coates | 66 | 2013 | $6.60 Add |
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From ![]() (Un)Reasonable Search and Seizure in Quebec City: Lessons from an Emerging FilmmakerFrom: Resist! |
Malcolm Rogge | 6 | 2001 | $0.60 Add | |
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From ![]() NEW! "Uphold the Right"Police, Conservatism, and White Supremacy |
In "Uphold the Right" author Jeffrey Monaghan examines the relationship between the history of policing in Canada and conservatism, white supremacy, and colonialism. | Jeffrey Monaghan | 10 | 2022 | $1.00 Add |
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From ![]() Ups and DownsFrom: Fighting Dirty |
This chapter explores about a half-dozen key episodes and dates in this battle. | Poh-Gek Forkert | 4 | 2017 | $0.40 Add |
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From ![]() NEW! VolunteersPart 3. Beginning Your Campaign From: Women Winning Office |
In Volunteers Nash explores why people volunteer and the role they play in elections. The chapter explores the motives for volunteering, where to find volunteers, who can be a volunteer, … | Peggy Nash | 9 | 2022 | $0.90 Add |
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From ![]() Wang Dan’s Shooting Star |
This chapter begins with the author meeting with Wang Den in London, one of the student leaders of the Tiananmen Square Uprising. The chapter goes on to provide a detailed day-by-day account of … | Michael Cormier | 33 | 2013 | $3.30 Add |
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From ![]() Wang Juntao’s Exile |
This chapter begins with the story of a Chinese exile named Wang Juntao, who was a student leader during the 1989 uprising and now lives in New York. The author goes on to discuss the legacy of … | Michael Cormier | 16 | 2013 | $1.60 Add |
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From ![]() NEW! Wants and Needs |
In this chapter, the author unpacks our consumer impulses, and how a consumer state of mind does not encourage environmental action. | Sami Grover | 10 | 2021 | $1.00 Add |
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From ![]() NEW! War is Over |
This chapter discusses the anti war movement in Canada, the impact that John and Yoko had on the movement in Canada. | Greg Marquis | 42 | 2020 | $4.20 Add |
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From ![]() NEW! We Are Like Waves |
In We Are Like Waves author Kikélola Roach contextualizes the challenges we face in Canada as of 2020. The chapter includes a speech Roach delivered in Toronto on July 16, 2020. | Kikélola Roach | 7 | 2022 | $0.70 Add |
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From ![]() NEW! We Keep Each Other SafeOrganizing for Prison Abolition during a Pandemic |
In We Keep Each Other Safe the authors examine how the pandemic has brought with it an opportunity to push for decarceration as well as opportunity to imagine what a world without prisons could … | Alannah Fricker; Jessica Evans; Rajean Hoilett | 9 | 2022 | $0.90 Add |
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From ![]() We Want a FutureClimate Change and How the Youth Are Fighting to Save the Province From: Divided |
This chapter explores the author’s climate activism, and the Fridays for Future strikes inspired by Greta Thunberg. | Sydney Chadwick | 5 | 2021 | $0.50 Add |
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From ![]() Weaving Community MilestonesFrom: Common Threads |
So how can this interest in getting together for a common purpose fit within a concept of celebrating life’s milestones? How do we support each other in those moments when we need our … | Sharon Kallis | 10 | 2014 | $1.00 Add |
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From ![]() Web 2.0From: Five Good Ideas |
This chapter by Jason Mogus focuses on changing the way you view the Internet and how widespread your online presence is. | Jason Mogus | 8 | 2011 | $0.80 Add |
















