Housing & Urban Development

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Decolonizing the North

From: Beyond Shelters

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Arlene Haché describes her personal journey from homelessness to leadership. She characterizes the disproportional representation of homeless Indigenous women requiring the services of the … 22 $2.20 Add
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Poverty and Health: “I’m One Stumble from the Street”

From: Persistent Poverty

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The Bargain Builders

From: Sweethearts

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1960s the development of new building techniques that maximized profits by decreasing the need for skilled labour and finding cheaper materials. There are also inter-union disagreements for control 12 $1.20 Add
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Them’s the Brakes

Out “Smarting” Traffic Safety Efforts in Edmonton

From: Smart Cities in Canada: Digital Dreams, Corporate Designs

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Chapter 11 explores the ways in which the public resists the implementation of smart city technologies 15 $1.50 Add
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Addressing Crisis

From: Beyond Shelters

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Describes and analyzes how the Bloom Group in downtown Vancouver works closely with women to control and move on from crisis to confront and reduce homelessness, recognizing violence as a … 15 $1.50 Add
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Social Return on Investment

From: Inner City Renovation

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Fashion and Design in the Age of Digital Surveillance

From: Smart Cities in Canada: Digital Dreams, Corporate Designs

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Chapter 12 explores the ways in which the public resists the implementation of smart city technologies 13 $1.30 Add
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Gus Simone, Organizer

From: Sweethearts

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1960s. Unions and the switch to drywall, work in commercial construction 12 $1.20 Add
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Poverty Makes Us Sick

From: Persistent Poverty

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Tangling with the Police

From: How We Changed Toronto

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1978-1981. I realized quite quickly that this was an opportunity, however difficult, to begin questioning deep-seated biases — particularly racism and homophobia — on the part of a … 26 $2.60 Add
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What is the Idle No More Movement…Really?

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From: Indigenous Nationhood

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Acting Creatively to Solve Problems

From: How We Changed Toronto

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1970s. Finding creative ways to assist communities and groups was a large part of the way I saw being a successful mayor. The challenge was to search for positive outcomes using the obvious … 26 $2.60 Add
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The Way Forward for Homeless Shelters in Canada

From: Beyond Shelters

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Analyzes how the diversity of the shelterscape in Canada offers homeless people the right door into the services and programs they may need to exit homelessness in the shortest time possible. … 13 $1.30 Add
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Families Matter: The Catch-22 of Poverty

From: Persistent Poverty

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The Concrete Forming Campaign

From: Sweethearts

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1960s formed concrete, residential unions and the international building trade unions 17 $1.70 Add
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Housing:

Keeping the Faith

From: How We Changed Toronto

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1970s. The reform Council may have been inventive and proactive in undertaking such an ambitious affordable housing program enabled by the federal and provincial legislation, but that program … 16 $1.60 Add