Sociology & Anthropology
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From ![]() NEW! Outcomes and opportunities |
In this chapter, the author asks to what extent we as a society should be concerned about factors affecting inequality of opportunity (such as race, ethnicity, gender, class) or instead about … | Lars Osberg | 26 | 2024 | $2.60 Add |
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From ![]() Outside ActivitiesFrom: "At the Barricades" |
Working with the Canadian Jewish Congress and running as an NDP candidate for the Ontario legislature. | Alan Borovoy | 16 | 2014 | $1.60 Add |
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From ![]() OverpoweredThe Fine Mess We've Gotten Ourselves Into From: Power |
In this chapter the author focuses primarily on power dilemmas that are less frequently discussed, but that may be even more important for us to understand, especially in the 21st century. These … | Richard Heinberg | 60 | 2021 | $6.00 Add |
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From ![]() NEW! Overpromising and underdeliveringThe Trudeau government's National Housing Strategy From: The Trudeau Record |
This chapter evaluates the gap between the Trudeau government’s promises and delivery of a National Housing Strategy | Marc Lee | 12 | 2024 | $1.20 Add |
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From ![]() OvershootFrom: Radical Transformation |
Readings in Part 1 of this title entitled "The Crisis of Civilization" explore the factors that have brought our society to the brink of collapse, from the increasingly complex systems … | Kevin MacKay | 20 | 2017 | $2.00 Add |
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From ![]() OversightWho Is in Charge of Canadian Anti-terrorism? From: False Security |
Examination of the need for better executive oversight of security measures. | Craig Forcese; Kent Roach | 40 | 2015 | $4.00 Add |
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From ![]() OwnershipFrom: The Teen Sex Trade |
A black Nova Scotian woman recounts how at 17 she was hit by her boyfriend and against the advice of others stayed with him. To prove her love for him he makes her have sex with his friend. | Jade M. Brooks | 20 | 2017 | $2.00 Add |
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From ![]() Ownership Transfer: Accelerating TransitionFrom: Resilience Imperative |
The importance of closing the equity gap and the crucial role of low-cost finance have been central to the cooperative innovations we have featured in this book. In micro-ways they roll back the … | Michael Lewis; Pat Conaty | 40 | 2012 | $4.00 Add |
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From ![]() Owning the Island: The Question of Land in Prince Edward IslandFrom: Frontline Farmers |
The eighth chapter considers the importance to farmers of owning land in Prince Edward Island, with interviews with Marie Burge, Doug Campbell, Gordon Carter, Alfred Fyfe, Wilfred Lacey, Edith … | Naomi Beingessner | 20 | 2019 | $2.00 Add |
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From ![]() Oxfam CanadaThe “Fair Trade in Coffee” Campaign From: Activism That Works |
Bill Hynd; Carol Miller | 15 | 2011 | $1.50 Add | |
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From ![]() Packaging Canada/Packaging Places: Tourism, Culture, and Identity in the Twenty-first Century |
Issues of ideology, identity, and representation have become central to many of the analyses of the manner in which places have come to be packaged as a product to be sold. | C. Michael Hall | 15 | 2003 | $1.20 Add |
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From ![]() NEW! Packrat CityFrom: Messy Cities |
Tatum Taylor Chaubal connects her “packrat” collecting tendencies with her role and values as a city heritage planner, advocating for these roles to include preserving the “messy urbanism” of the past. | Dylan Reid | 4 | 2025 | $0.40 Add |
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From ![]() Pain and Pleasure of a New StartFrom: Black Cop |
Calvin’s story of leaving the Halifax Police Department and joining the RCMP as the only black police officer in Newfoundland. He recalls his training in Regina, where he witnessed rampant … | Calvin Lawrence; Miles Howe | 19 | 2019 | $1.90 Add |
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From ![]() NEW! Painting the TownFrom: Messy Cities |
Dylan Reid and Leslie Woo discuss graffiti and its many qualities, and the case for street art in cities. | Dylan Reid | 8 | 2025 | $0.80 Add |
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From ![]() NEW! Palestinian Solidarity Work in Canada: Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, ThreatsPart III: Close-Ups — Media, Non-Profits, Campuses |
In Chapter 8, Thomas Woodley provides an analysis of the Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats (SWOT) analysis of the broader Palestine Solidarity Movement in Canada. | Thomas Woodley | 25 | 2022 | $2.50 Add |
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From ![]() NEW! Pandemic InsightConnection and Kindness From: Shadows and Light |
Chapter Two focuses on the insight learned from these early experiences of working through these first two waves of the Covid-19 pandemic.Topics discussed include the effects of Covid-19 on … | Heather Patterson | 16 | 2022 | $1.60 Add |


















