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Under the Pear Tree
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Under the Pear Tree

From: On Account of Darkness

This chapter talks about the history and experiences of Black Americans and Canadians in sports dealing with systemic racism and discrimination. Canada’s history of white supremacy and … 15 $1.50 Add
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Underground Ecologies
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Underground Ecologies

From: Being and Swine

In this chapter, philosopher Fahim Amir discusses the impact of pollution on the animal world and the forms of pollution our society creates as a byproduct of pharmaceutical production, power … ; ; 34 $3.40 Add
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Understanding Adaptive Capacity
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Understanding Adaptive Capacity

PART 1

From: Resilient Agriculture, 2nd Edition

This chapter explores the concept of adaptive capacity: the ability of a farm to manage human, social, natural, physical, and financial resources to adapt to changes in its environment. The … 14 $1.40 Add
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Understanding Exposure
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Understanding Exposure

PART 1

From: Resilient Agriculture, 2nd Edition

This chapter talks about exposure and dealing with climate change, offering some climate change adaptation concepts that help to clarify options that reduce climate risk and cultivate the climate … 16 $1.60 Add
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Understanding Sensitivity
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Understanding Sensitivity

PART 1

From: Resilient Agriculture, 2nd Edition

This chapter explores the concept of sensitivity as it relates to agriculture. Sensitivity is the degree to which agricultural systems are effected by changes in their environment. Crops can be … 13 $1.30 Add
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Understanding the Crises
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Understanding the Crises

From: More Powerful Together

This chapter contains the following readings: Uneven Impacts of Pipeline Development, Environmental Destruction and Climate Disruption – Structures and Systems that Drive Climate Injustice … 22 $2.20 Add
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Undestanding Past Climates
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Undestanding Past Climates

From: Runaway Climate

Understanding Past Climates:  The ocean sediment record (extracting information from ocean sediment cores), isotope records (documenting temperature changes and tracing carbon sources), … 16 $1.60 Add
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Project Impact Assessments
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Project Impact Assessments

Triggering and Coverage

From: The Next Generation of Impact Assessment

This chapter focuses on two questions. First: how effectively are the purposes of the Impact Assessment Act (IAA) likely to be met given the triggering process and coverage of projects under the … 25 $2.50 Add
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Unelected vs. Elected
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Unelected vs. Elected

From: The Crisis of Canadian Democracy

In this chapter, Coyne explores the tension between unelected institutions and democratic governance, tracing the Senate’s history from Confederation in 1867 to the present. 34 $3.40 Add
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Unfinished
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Unfinished

From: My Mother, My Translator

Reveals that Singh’s mother passed away before finishing her memoir, prompting him to undertake a new project. 1 $0.10 Add
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Unfulfilled Crimes and Participation in Crimes
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Unfulfilled Crimes and Participation in Crimes

From: Criminal Law

This chapter discussed criminal liability for attempts of a crime, conspiracy to perform a crime, and working with others in performing a crime, including aiding and abetting, common intention, … 43 $4.30 Add
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Ungovernable
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Ungovernable

How a Refinery Became “Too Big to Fail” — and What it Means to the People of Saskatchewan

From: Unjust Transition

Chapter Five argues that the Co-op Refinery Complex in Regina, Canada, poses significant environmental and health risks to nearby residents. ; ; 29 $2.90 Add
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Unhoused Tenants and the Struggle for Housing Liberation
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Unhoused Tenants and the Struggle for Housing Liberation

From: Dispatches from the Threshold

In this chapter, Powers and Bennett examine the 2021 mass eviction of the Echo Park Lake encampment in Los Angeles and the broader struggle for housing justice. practice. ; 10 $1.00 Add
United Nations Law, Politics, and Practice
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United Nations Law, Politics, and Practice

The result of a 300-year-long experiment, the United Nations has preserved its position as an indispensable actor on the world stage. As Kofi Annan famously remarked, “more than ever before … 590 View
Unjust Transition
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Unjust Transition

The Future for Fossil Fuel Workers

In 2019, Regina’s Co-op Refinery Complex (CRC), a subsidiary of Federated Co-operative, locked out Unifor Local 594 after collective bargaining negotiations failed. CRC used the transition … 232 View
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Unmasking the Whiteness of Nursing
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Unmasking the Whiteness of Nursing

From: White Benevolence

In chapter 12, Sharissa Hantke uses the lens of antiracism to examine how whiteness operates in the field of nursing. 12 $1.20 Add