Community Development
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From ![]() Designing Group ProjectsFrom: 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 … | Sharon Kallis | 12 | 2014 | $1.20 Add |
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From ![]() Downtown RedevelopmentThe Civic Square Project From: Their Town |
Hamilton, ON. 1960s. Civic Square. Development of the downtown Business over other People. | Bill Freeman | 16 | 2016 | $1.60 Add |
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From ![]() Duthchas and the Ethos of the Commons |
Explaining the ancient property laws of Scottish clans as they exised until the encroachment of kings. | Heather Menzies | 6 | 2014 | $0.60 Add |
![]() NEW! Ending Homelessness in CanadaThe 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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From ![]() Feudal Land Charters and Private Property |
The institution of feudal land, the concept of private property, and the disappearance of common land. | Heather Menzies | 4 | 2014 | $0.40 Add |
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From ![]() From Premodern Past to Digital Present |
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. | Heather Menzies | 9 | 2014 | $0.90 Add |
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From ![]() Gardening, Agroecology and Forming Relationships with the Land |
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 … | Heather Menzies | 10 | 2014 | $1.00 Add |
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From ![]() Getting into the StreetsOrganizing 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 … | Drew Robert Winter | 14 | 2014 | $1.40 Add |
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From ![]() Getting into the StreetsActivist 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 — … | Aaron Zellhoefer; Anthony J. Nocella II; James Generic; Jason Del Gandio | 22 | 2014 | $2.20 Add |
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Heather Menzies | 4 | 2014 | $0.40 Add | |
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From ![]() Green Waste Logistics, Funding and Public Park PartnershipFrom: 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 … | Sharon Kallis | 30 | 2014 | $3.00 Add |
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From ![]() Heron Gate, Racial Stigma, and Strategic NeglectFrom: 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, … | Andrew Crosby | 17 | 2023 | $1.70 Add |
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From ![]() HIV Criminalization in CanadaHow 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 … | Sarah Schulman | 28 | 2016 | $0.56 Add |
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From ![]() Human Rights and Racial Discrimination in HousingFrom: 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 … | Andrew Crosby | 7 | 2023 | $0.70 Add |
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From ![]() In LoveConflict 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 … | Sarah Schulman | 24 | 2016 | $0.48 Add |
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From ![]() IntroductionFrom: 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 … | Sharon Kallis | 6 | 2014 | $0.60 Add |










