Housing & Urban Development
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From ![]() “It’s Prime Land, and Why Would They Leave That to Poor People?”Vancouver's Little Mountain Housing From: Good Places to Live |
Jim Silver | 21 | 2011 | $2.10 Add | |
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From ![]() Paradoxes of Street Life |
Benjamin Roebuck; Sue-Ann MacDonald | 19 | 2018 | $1.90 Add | |
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From ![]() Labour EmpiresFrom: Sweethearts |
1970s the decline of specific trade unions (ie plasterers) and the building trades council wants to achieve labour unity in the city | Catherine Wismer | 8 | 2014 | $0.80 Add |
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From ![]() NEW! Leave the LeavesFrom: Messy Cities |
Lorraine Johnson writes about the benefits of leaf litter to local ecology in residential areas, and the ways this essential habitat is endangered in cities. | Dylan Reid | 7 | 2025 | $0.70 Add |
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From ![]() “The Tools You Need To Discover Who Your Are”Aboriginal Learners in Selected Adult Learning Centre in Winnipeg From: In Their Own Voices |
Darlene Klyne; Freeman Simard; Jim Silver | 26 | 2006 | $3.38 Add | |
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From ![]() NEW! Living Loud: The Migration of a Steelpan SoundtrackFrom: Messy Cities |
Leslie Woo recounts her family gatherings in Port of Spain, Trinidad. Woo compares the noise present in their busy neighborhood in Trinidad to the lack of noise in Toronto. | Dylan Reid | 5 | 2025 | $0.50 Add |
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From ![]() Mapping Black Atlantic Performance GeographiesFrom Slave Ship to Ghetto From: Black Geographies |
Sonjah Stanley Niaah | 25 | 2007 | $2.50 Add | |
![]() NEW! Messy CitiesWhy We Can't Plan Everything |
Featuring forty-three essays by a range of writers from around the world, this book highlights the role of messy urbanism in enabling creativity, enterprise, and grassroots initiatives to … | 338 | View | ||
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From ![]() NEW! Mexico City’s Eclectic Apartment ArchitectureFrom: Messy Cities |
Daniel Gordon writes about Mexico City’s apartment architecture, and the design guidelines across Canada that would label them undesirable, inappropriate, and problematic. | Dylan Reid | 7 | 2025 | $0.70 Add |
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From ![]() Mitigating Harm to WomenFrom: Beyond Shelters |
Describes the development of the transition house movement in Newfoundland and Labrador and how these centres have become anchors for the protection and safety of women in their communities. … | Heather Davis | 18 | $1.80 Add | |
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From ![]() NEW! MontrealThe Ambiguity of the Smart City From: Smart Cities in Canada: Digital Dreams, Corporate Designs |
Chapter 7 explores Montreal’s various projects in the 21st century which were taken with the goal of integrating technology into the urban landscape. The chapter explores how different … | Lyne Nantel | 13 | 2020 | $1.30 Add |
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From ![]() NEW! Myths about the Tenant ClassFrom: The Tenant Class |
Ricardo examines societal perceptions of the average Canadian who rents property. Ricardo discusses home ownership as a staple of successful life in Canadian society and the cultural stigma … | Ricardo Tranjan | 14 | 2023 | $1.40 Add |
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From ![]() Evolving Roles and Identities |
Benjamin Roebuck; Sue-Ann MacDonald | 22 | 2018 | $2.20 Add | |
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From ![]() Neighbourhoods in RevoltFrom: How We Changed Toronto |
community reactions to development proposals in 1972 | John Sewell | 27 | 2015 | $2.70 Add |
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From ![]() No RegretsFrom: Sweethearts |
1970s Justice comes calling but there are no regrets, also dubious why some are called criminals and some not | Catherine Wismer | 10 | 2014 | $1.00 Add |
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From ![]() NotesFrom: Feminist City |
Author’s notes. | Leslie Kern | 15 | 2019 | $1.50 Add |














