Sociology & Anthropology

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Keeping on Track: Performance Indicators for a Better Society

From: Curing Affluenza

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Chapter 6 explores the indicators of a better society, discussing topics including gross domestic product (GDP), economic growth, child literacy and health, and protections. It includes an … 25 $2.50 Add
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Key opinion leaders, clinical practice guidelines and medical societies

getting the message out

From: Doctors in Denial

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Examines the impact of the conflicts of interest that occur when Canadian researchers and Canadian medical societies rely on pharmaceutical companies for favours, trips, and research funding. 31 $3.10 Add
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Kick The Can

From: No Place To Go

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This chapter considers public toilet use and needs from the perspective of homeless people, and the effects of anti-vandalism measures. 20 $2.00 Add
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Law Reform

From: Gender, Race & Canadian Law

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Learning to Play Ball

From: On Account of Darkness

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This chapter tells the story of Pliney Stonefish– an Indigenous man from Delaware Nation and avid baseball fan– and the all-Indigenous baseball team from Delaware Nation. The 20th … 10 $1.00 Add
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Legal Heroin: The 1950s, 1960s and 1970s

From: Heroin

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This chapter examines the division between legal and illegal heroin during 1950s-1970s. The role of law enforcement and the pharmaceutical industry are explored, as well as the Narcotic Control … 23 $2.30 Add
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Less Dangerous Collaborations?

Governance through Community-Based Participatory Research

From: Unravelling Research

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In Chapter 7 Julia Elizabeth Jane entangles ethics, methodology and politics. Also a central theme in Janes’ chapter is Community-Based Participatory Research (CBPR). The chapter explores … 23 $2.30 Add
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Letting Her Own Light Shine

From: Breaking the Word Barrier

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Laura Wells recounts the story of Elaine. The story discusses the desire to read to your children, anxiety, the impacts of poor experiences from the school system, her children, work aspirations, … 4 $0.40 Add
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Life After Residential School

From: Righting Canada’s Wrongs: Residential Schools

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This chapter describes the long-lasting impact that residential schools had on indigenous communities. It illustrates this with photographs and illustrations, documents, and firsthand accounts … 12 $1.20 Add
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Locked down

Reimagining access for marginalized people

From: Do Androids Dream of Electric Cars?

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Chapter six of Do Androids Dream of Electric Cars? considers the issue of access for marginalized people relating to the three automobility revolutions, and argues that these coming trends do not … 20 $2.00 Add
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Loving the World

From: Intrinsic Hope

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When I think about what loving the world means to me, I feel a deep aspiration for the happiness, flourishing, and wellbeing of other people, other species, and the earth. This could be called … 20 $2.00 Add
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Majoritarianism, Critical Mass, and Institutional Literacy

From: You Must Be a Basketball Player

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Make it Clean Through Creative Work

From: Rock Paper Sex

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The firsthand account of a sex worker in St. John’s named Megan. An account of a sex worker’s professional practices as well as a discussion about the potential positive impact that … 5 $0.50 Add
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Making Meaning, Making Sense

Communication and Belief

From: Making Sense of Society

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In Chapter 6, Khasnabish explores some of the critical elements in our collective capacity to make sense out of the world. The chapter focuses on the use of language, and discusses topics … 27 $2.70 Add
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Making the Path as We Walk

Coalitions as Bricolage

From: Islamophobia and the Question of Muslim Identity

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