Community Development

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Designing Group Projects

Designing Group Projects

From: Common Threads

When I am building a project I try to have entry points for all three (head, heart, hand) so that people can enter from whichever is their comfort zone: • Someone comes into the project … 12 $1.20 Add
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Downtown Redevelopment

Downtown Redevelopment

The Civic Square Project

From: Their Town

Hamilton, ON. 1960s. Civic Square. Development of the downtown Business over other People. 16 $1.60 Add
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Duthchas and the Ethos of the Commons

Duthchas and the Ethos of the Commons

From: Reclaiming the Commons for the Common Good

Explaining the ancient property laws of Scottish clans as they exised until the encroachment of kings. 6 $0.60 Add
Ending Homelessness in Canada
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Ending Homelessness in Canada

The Case for Homelessness Prevention

Homelessness is at critical levels. This book identifies the causes and offers ideas about what it will take to prevent Canadians from finding themselves without a roof over their head. More … 186 View
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Feudal Land Charters and Private Property

Feudal Land Charters and Private Property

From: Reclaiming the Commons for the Common Good

The institution of feudal land, the concept of private property, and the disappearance of common land. 4 $0.40 Add
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From Premodern Past to Digital Present

From Premodern Past to Digital Present

From: Reclaiming the Commons for the Common Good

The disappearance of commons across the globe pushes the author to act on her expriences in Scotland, throwing her support behind the Idle No More movement. 9 $0.90 Add
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Gardening, Agroecology and Forming Relationships with the Land

Gardening, Agroecology and Forming Relationships with the Land

From: Reclaiming the Commons for the Common Good

Alliances are being formed, facilitating scale-up. New food assembly and distribution hubs are being created for farmers producing on a larger scale but still using more responsible … 10 $1.00 Add
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Getting into the Streets

Getting into the Streets

Organizing Your Community

From: Educating for Action

Although the terms “organizing” and “activism” are often considered synonymous, there are important distinctions. Organizing is about developing a large number of … 14 $1.40 Add
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Getting into the Streets

Getting into the Streets

Activist Guidelines and Case Studies

From: Educating for Action

This chapter provides four snapshots of activism. Jason Del Gandio begins with how to initiate and facilitate an organizing meeting. This is usually the first place activists begin — … ; ; ; 22 $2.20 Add
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Glossary

Glossary

From: Reclaiming the Commons for the Common Good

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Green Waste Logistics, Funding and Public Park Partnership

Green Waste Logistics, Funding and Public Park Partnership

From: Common Threads

In order for projects described in this book to have happened, a strong relationship with municipal partners was required. Issues such as delivery, storage and material access have been hang-up … 30 $3.00 Add
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Heron Gate, Racial Stigma, and Strategic Neglect

Heron Gate, Racial Stigma, and Strategic Neglect

From: Resisting Eviction

Chapter 5 offers a profile of Heron Gate Village. Crosbys analyzes statistics on community demographics and housing. With its high concentration of immigrants, refugees, and people of colour, … 17 $1.70 Add
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HIV Criminalization in Canada

HIV Criminalization in Canada

How the Richest Middle Class in the World Decided to Call the Police on HIV-Positive People in Order to Cover Up Their Racism, Guilt, and Anxiety about Sexuality and Their Supremacy-Based Investment in Punishment

From: Conflict Is Not Abuse

This chapter expands the foundations of Conflict and Abuse through the surprising example of Canadian HIV criminalization, showing how the “moderate” presentation of a neoliberal … 28 $0.56 Add
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Human Rights and Racial Discrimination in Housing

Human Rights and Racial Discrimination in Housing

From: Resisting Eviction

This book concludes with a discussion of the human rights case initiated by Heron Gate tenants evicted in 2018 who are seeking a right to return. The potentially precedent-setting case before the … 7 $0.70 Add
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In Love

In Love

Conflict Is Not Abuse

From: Conflict Is Not Abuse

The author talks about fundamental differences between Conflict and Abuse in the realm of the heart, the intimate: the flirt, relationships, households, and surrounding friendship circles. Here … 24 $0.48 Add
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Introduction

Introduction

From: Common Threads

By recognizing that human culture is a part of the ecosystem — not separate — and by creatively reimagining what symbiotic relationships of local production and consumption might look … 6 $0.60 Add