Human Rights
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From  The Biggest Roll-Back of Worker Rights in Canadian HistoryFrom: Boom, Bust and Crisis |
John Peters | 21 | 2012 | $3.15 Add | |
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From  The Concept of Human RightsTheory and Contestation |
Discusses the concept of human rights, considering the defining characteristics of the concept of human rights and challenges to the human rights model, such as religion, economic development and … | Gibran van Ert; Mark Freeman | 27 | 2004 | $2.70 Add |
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From  The Conference and Commentary On ItFrom: No Debate |
In this chapter, Thompson examines the community response and protests to the 2009 conference on statehood in Israel and Palestine at York University. | Jon Thompson | 26 | 2012 | $2.60 Add |
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From  The Death SystemFrom: Radical Transformation |
Readings in Part 2 of this title entitled "Radical Transformation" outline the dramatic changes necessary to reform our civilization into one that is sustainable, and quitable. | Kevin MacKay | 42 | 2017 | $4.20 Add |
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From  The Dictionary of Homophobia: APublisher's note, Preface to the Original Edition, Editor's Preface To the English-Language Edition, Introduction, The Anti-Anthology, Table of Entries, Contributors |
Abnormal (Catherine Deschamps); Adoption (Daniel Borrillo and Thomas Formond), Africa. See Africa, Central & Eastern; Africa, Southern; Africa, Western; Africa, Central & Eastern (Pierre … | Louis-Georges Tin; Marek Redburn | 66 | 2008 | $3.96 Add |
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From The Dictionary of Homophobia: BPublisher's note, Preface to the Original Edition, Editor's Preface To the English-Language Edition, Introduction, The Anti-Anthology, Table of Entries, Contributors |
Balkans, the (Phillipe Masanet); Bible, the (Thierry Revol); Biology (Pierre-Olivier de Busscher); Biphobia (Catherine Deschamps); Boutin, Christine (Fiametta Venner); Bryant, Anita … | Louis-Georges Tin; Marek Redburn | 38 | 2008 | $1.14 Add |
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From The Dictionary of Homophobia: CPublisher's note, Preface to the Original Edition, Editor's Preface To the English-Language Edition, Introduction, The Anti-Anthology, Table of Entries, Contributors |
Camps. See Deportation; Gulag; Caricature (Patrick Cardon); Catholic Church, the (Thierry Revol); Censorship (Hervé Chevaux); Central Europe. See Europe, Eastern & Central; China … | Louis-Georges Tin; Marek Redburn | 64 | 2008 | $3.84 Add |
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From The Dictionary of Homophobia: DPublisher's note, Preface to the Original Edition, Editor's Preface To the English-Language Edition, Introduction, The Anti-Anthology, Table of Entries, Contributors |
Damien, Peter (Adam Weiss); Dance (Hervé Chevaux and Louis-Georges Tin); Debauchery (Gilles Siouffi); Decadence (Flora Leroy-Forgeot); Decriminalization (France) (Daniel Borrillo and Thomas … | Louis-Georges Tin; Marek Redburn | 41 | 2008 | $1.64 Add |
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From  NEW! Listening to the Voices of Niqab-Wearing WomenFrom: In Your Face |
In this chapter, Bahkt posits that most people in Canada have never actually conversed with a niqab-wearing woman. She attempts to rectify this situation by sharing some perspectives of women who … | Natasha Bakht | 32 | 2020 | $3.20 Add |
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From NEW! Veiled Objections:Facing Public Opposition to the Niqab From: In Your Face |
This chapter is an attempt to analyze the growing agitation that has been expressed about Muslim women who cover their faces. | Natasha Bakht | 43 | 2020 | $4.30 Add |
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From  NEW! The Elephant in the Newsroom: The Palestinian Exception at CTVFrom: Razing Palestine |
In this chapter, Jamal recounts her experiences as a Palestinian journalist at CTV, exploring what she terms the ‘Palestine Exception’—the systematic erasure of Palestinian … | 12 | 2025 | $1.20 Add | |
 The Global Refugee Crisis: How Should We Respond?The Munk Debates |
The world is facing the worst humanitarian crisis since the Second World War. Over 300,000 are dead in Syria, and one and half million are either injured or disabled. Four and a half million … | Louise Arbour; Mark Steyn; Nigel Farage; Rudyard Griffiths; Simon Schama | 114 | 2016 | View |
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From The Global Refugee Crisis: How Should We Respond? |
This reading consists of a transcript of the Munk Debate on the Global Refugee Crisis. The resolution being debated is "give us your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to break … | Louise Arbour; Mark Steyn; Nigel Farage; Rudyard Griffiths; Simon Schama | 45 | 2016 | $5.40 Add |
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From The International Bill of Human Rights |
Discusses the International Bill of Human Rights, which is comprised of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR), the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR), the … | Gibran van Ert; Mark Freeman | 16 | 2004 | $1.60 Add |
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From  The Knowledge of Suffering |
In this reading, human rights lawyer Payam Akhavan begins by recounting his own experiences coming to Canada from Iran as a result of the upheval of the 1970s. He interweaves personal … | Payam Akhavan | 76 | 2017 | $9.12 Add |
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From  The Mighty Tool of Public NarrativeSometimes David Wins with Marshall Ganz |
Resourcefulness — fueled by courage, commitment and imagination — can overcome nominally powerful resources, as well as the arrogance that often goes with them. | James Hoggan | 12 | 2016 | $1.20 Add |
