Sociology & Anthropology

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Careers

From: Engage, Connect, Protect

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The author delves into how her organization, Greening Youth Foundation, has created career opportunities for diverse youth, especially in the US National Park Service and other federal agencies, … 15 $1.50 Add
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Challenges and Changes

1945-1990

From: Righting Canada’s Wrongs: The Chinese Head Tax

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This chapter describes the changing attitudes and the ifght for recognition and rights for Chinese Canadians in the latter half of the twentieth century. It illustrates this with drawings, … 10 $1.00 Add
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Challenges Confronting African Immigrant Women in the Canadian Workforce

From: Anti-Racist Feminism

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This chapter discusses the economic, social, and cultural burden placed on recent immigrants from Africa and how that burden is placed disproportionately on women. 20 $3.20 Add
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Change for Good Action

Chapter 5

From: Change for Good

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Chapter 5 focuses on what the most innovative corporations are doing to increase the speed of social change by reflecting on how some large corporations have been able to pick up the pace of … 19 $1.90 Add
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Change Your Shape, Not Your Size

From: Curing Affluenza

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Chapter 5 examines how we choose aspects of society to change, discussing topics including the driving sectors of the economy,  neoliberalism, individuality and individualism, collective … 30 $3.00 Add
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A Body's Worth

From: Everyday Evil

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Readings in this chapter include the following topics: Cannibalism – Prostitution – Science – Surrogacy 28 $2.80 Add
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Chapter 5

Preventing Homelessness among People with Mental Illness 93

From: Ending Homelessness in Canada

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Chapter 5 tackles mental illness as it relates to homelessness. Examining the complex ways in which individuals with mental illness fall into homelessness and barriers that nonlinear or rational … 113 $11.30 Add
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Two Fighters

From: Float Like a Butterfly, Drink Mint Tea

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Wood begins the chapter discussing his friendship with Moaiad, a past roommate. His mother suggests tea when Wood is told the quit coffee, beginning his connection with peppermint tea. Wood … 13 $1.30 Add
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The Springtime of Quebec

From: Quebec in Question

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A brief account of political and social developments in Quebec 1945-65, the "quiet revolution" and the conditions that led to emergence of demands for sovereignty. 13 $1.30 Add
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The War on Drugs

From: The Colour of Justice

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Chapter five is devoted to the "war on drugs" and its impact on racial profiling in policing, especially on Blacks in Ontario and on Southeast Asians in Vancouver. The chapter looks at … 9 $0.90 Add
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Chapter 5: Canadian counterinsurgency

From: Canada In Afghanistan

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In this chapter, Schalk discusses the catalyst for Canada’s role in the occupation of Afghanistan. Breaking down the true geopolitical motives that led to the Canadian military’s … 36 $3.60 Add
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Chapter 5: Capitalist Pharmacy

From: The Killer's Henchman

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This chapter is focused on the pharmaceutical industry/capitalist pharmacy and the interests of its wealthy investors. 24 $2.40 Add
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Chapter 5: Grass 2.0

PART II: RED EDEN

From: Dinner on Mars

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Chapter 5 considers the challenges of growing and producing grains such as corn, rice and wheat on Mars. Discussing the history of grains and their domestications, Icelandic geothermal farming, … ; 24 $2.40 Add
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Chapter 6

From: Northern Wildflower

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