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The Use of Data in Canadian Government Decision-Making
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The Use of Data in Canadian Government Decision-Making

From: Shifting the Balance

Readings in part 4 of this text explore the ways in which data-driven decision making are applied to different industries. This chapter explored case studies in the Canadian government, including … 22 $2.20 Add
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The Use of Force
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The Use of Force

PART IV: RECOURSE FOR VIOLATIONS OF INTERNATIONAL LAW

From: International Law, 3/e

Chapter 14 examines the limited circumstances in which armed force may still be used, and by whom, to secure or restore compliance with international law by focusing on the general prohibition of … ; ; ; 56 $5.60 Add
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The Utopianism of Smart City Megaprojects
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The Utopianism of Smart City Megaprojects

The Dream of the Smart City

From: Dream States

The Dream of the Smart City: Part 9 explores megaprojects. Topics discussed include profits, the rise of entrepreneurial urbanization,’ the quasi-privatized new cities, and the examples of … 11 $1.10 Add
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“The vehicle we do not have”
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“The vehicle we do not have”

From: The Coutts Diaries

In this chapter, Graham examines the economic and political pressures of late September 1980 (as told by the diary of Jim Coutts, Prime Minister Pierre Elliot Trudea’s prinicpal secretary). 3 $0.30 Add
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The Velocity of Perception
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The Velocity of Perception

From: The Environmentalist’s Dilemma

Through the intersectionality of multiple crises such as the near-civil war following the 2007 Kenya election, the Covid-19 pandemic, global economic collaspe, the Black Lives Matter movement, … 22 $2.20 Add
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The Vicious Circle of Overpolicing and Underprotection
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The Vicious Circle of Overpolicing and Underprotection

From: Canadian Policing

In The Vicious Circle author Kent Roach examines how Indigenous, Black, and other intersecting groups of disadvantaged peoples have been both aggressively overpoliced in Canada and inadequately … 34 $3.40 Add
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The View from the Terrace
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The View from the Terrace

From: Woman, Watching

Chapter Two explores Louise’s childhood in Svensksund, Sweden. The chapter explores her relationships with her mother, father, and sister. It also examines the influence the natural … 10 $1.00 Add
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The Way Forward
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The Way Forward

PART 3

From: Resilient Agriculture, 2nd Edition

This chapter muses on the way forward from here for our food system, looking to social-ecological resilience thinking, which offers new concepts, a new language and an effective framework for … 8 $0.80 Add
The Web of Meaning
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The Web of Meaning

Integrating Science and Traditional Wisdom to Find our Place in the Universe

This book lays out an entirely different foundation for a civilization that could lead us sustainably through this century and beyond. It reveals the flaws hidden within the current worldview, … 530 View
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The White Helmets: Al Qaeda’s Partner in Crime
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The White Helmets: Al Qaeda’s Partner in Crime

From: Syria

In this chapter, Kuzmarov and Kovalik examine the White Helmets and their alleged function as a propaganda partner to Al-Qaeda-affiliated forces during the Syrian War (2011–2024). ; 10 $1.00 Add
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The Whiteness of Medicine
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The Whiteness of Medicine

From: White Benevolence

In chapter 13, Jaris Swidrovich examines how the whiteness of medicine has direct and detrimental impacts on access to care by Indigenous Peoples. Deeply rooted racism, whiteness and both … 11 $1.10 Add
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The Wild Place
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The Wild Place

From: Wanda’s War

Chapter 7 reflects on Wanda’s time as a displaced person in the Wildflecken displaced persons camp, which housed more than fifteen thousand displaced Poles. The chapter covers the living … 11 $1.10 Add
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The Winds of Change
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The Winds of Change

From: Wanda’s War

Chapter 9 explores Canada’s role in taking those displaced by the Second World War and the conclusion of the UNRRA project. The chapter discusses British and Canadian plans to exchange four … 12 $1.20 Add
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Them’s the Brakes
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Them’s the Brakes

Out “Smarting” Traffic Safety Efforts in Edmonton

From: Smart Cities in Canada: Digital Dreams, Corporate Designs

Chapter 11 explores the ways in which the public resists the implementation of smart city technologies 15 $1.50 Add
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Theories in Motion
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Theories in Motion

Mapping the Roots and Routes of a Rebel Generation

From: Thinking While Black

In this chapter the author introduced the work of Paul Gilroy, a British scholar of global African American Studies and Armond White, an American music and film critic. 18 $1.80 Add