Canada
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Title & Subtitle | Abstract | Contributors | Pages | Year | Purchase |
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![]() Early InterventionHow Canada's social programs can work better, save lives, and often save money |
Governments and social agencies tackle the toughest social problems their citizens face — poverty, homelessness, mental and physical illness, violence, abuse, and more. Yet these problems … | James Hughes | 232 | 2015 | View |
![]() NEW! Everyday Violence in the Lives of YouthSpeaking Out and Pushing Back |
Though interpersonal violence is widely studied, much less has been done to understand structural violence, the often-invisible patterns of inequality that reproduce social relations of exclusion … | Catherine Richardson/Kinewesquao; Helene Berman; Kate Elliot | 248 | 2020 | View |
![]() How Societies WorkClass, Power, and Change |
In 2011, protesters around the world – including Canada – called for changes to the societies in which they live. Many observers were asking: “What do they want?” Some … | Joanne Naiman | 367 | 2012 | View |
![]() National DreamsMyth, Mystery, and Canadian History |
As Canadians, we remember the stories told to us in high-school history class as condensed images of the past—the glorious Mountie, the fearsome Native, the Last Spike. National … | Daniel Frances | 217 | 1997 | View |
![]() The Canadian Distinctiveness into the XXIst Century – La distinction canadienne au tournant du XXIe siecle |
In this collection of essays some of Canada’s foremost writers and thinkers, including John Ralston Saul and Margaret Atwood, call for equilibrium among economics, culture, and … | Chad Gaffield; Karen Gould | 335 | 2003 | View |
From ![]() Canada’s Social Safety NetA Snapshot From: Early Intervention |
An overview of Canada’s social safety net. Canadian governments are at the centre of and have control over the social safety net. They work with and through myriad partners, professionals, … | James Hughes | 15 | 2015 | $1.50 Add |
From ![]() IntroductionThe Story of Canada From: National Dreams |
In the introduction the author states that Indians were referred to as looking “Alien Like” and that the “British-born Canadians” are the “Elect of the earth”. … | Daniel Frances | 30 | 1997 | $0.90 Add |
From ![]() Perspectives sur la distinction canadienne au tournant du XXIe siecle |
Introduction | Chad Gaffield | 4 | 2003 | $0.32 Add |
From ![]() Society and the Study of SocietyFrom: How Societies Work |
- | Joanne Naiman | 24 | 2012 | $3.84 Add |
From ![]() Is Human Behaviour the Result of Our Biology?From: How Societies Work |
- | Joanne Naiman | 20 | 2012 | $3.20 Add |
From ![]() Making TracksThe Myth of CPR From: National Dreams |
The myth of the CPR as creator of the country is, in fact, as old as the railway itself, which is not surprising given that it was the railway itself which created the myth. The mundane act of … | Daniel Frances | 39 | 1997 | $1.17 Add |
From ![]() Perspectives on the Canadian Distinctiveness into the XXIst Century |
Introduction | Chad Gaffield | 4 | 2003 | $0.32 Add |
From ![]() The Development of Canada’s Social Safety NetFrom: Early Intervention |
The History of Canada’s Social Safety Net | James Hughes | 15 | 2015 | $1.50 Add |
From ![]() Culture, Society, and HistoryFrom: How Societies Work |
- | Joanne Naiman | 22 | 2012 | $3.52 Add |
From ![]() Safer Child ProtectionFrom: Early Intervention |
social responsibility and child protection | James Hughes | 28 | 2015 | $2.80 Add |
From ![]() The Inclusive Shape of Complexity |
At this time, all of us —just about everywhere in the world, especially in democracies or countries where the free market prevails—are victims of what could be called the Tristan and … | John Ralston Saul | 15 | 2003 | $1.20 Add |