2006

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Biased Books by Harmless Drudges: How Dictionaries Are Influenced by Social Values

Biased Books by Harmless Drudges: How Dictionaries Are Influenced by Social Values

From: Lexicography, Terminology, and Translation

As keepers of our language, monolingual dictionaries are important cultural objects and therefore must adhere to certain social rules. Some of those rules can affect the forms of the definitions … 19 $2.66 Add
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Blaming Children: Media, Discourse and Representation

Blaming Children: Media, Discourse and Representation

From: Still Blaming Children

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Blazing the Trail

Blazing the Trail

From: Gay Marriage

Provides a time-line of the fight for Marriage eqality in Canada from the 1970s through to the passing of Bill C-23 in 2000 which recognized same-sex common-law unions ; ; ; 27 $2.70 Add
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BRITANNIA & Boston

BRITANNIA & Boston

From: Samuel Cunard

1838-1840. Examines the professional relationship between Samuel Cunard and Robert Napier. Looks at building ships to combat the challenges of the North Atlantic 12 $1.20 Add
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Burying of the Hatchet Ceremony of 1761, and the Royal Proclamation of 1763

Burying of the Hatchet Ceremony of 1761, and the Royal Proclamation of 1763

From: We Were Not the Savages, Third Edition

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Canada's Oil and Gas:

Canada’s Oil and Gas:

Security, Sustainability, and Prosperity

From: Living with Uncle

This chapter reviews Canada’s oil and natural gas outlook: remaining reserves and production; consumption, imports, and exports; and the unaccounted for and high costs of our current path. … ; 20 $2.00 Add
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Canadian Workers and Contradictions of Deep Integration

Canadian Workers and Contradictions of Deep Integration

From: Living with Uncle

analyzes four contradictions in the deep integration agenda and economic alternatives to deep integration 12 $1.20 Add
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Chapter 1

Chapter 1

What is it?

From: The Colour of Justice

Chapter one defines and outlines the scope of racial profiling in Canada by police with a case study whereby an unwarranted police encounter was challenged, resulting in a police strike in … 22 $2.20 Add
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Chapter 10

Chapter 10

Legislative Reform

From: The Colour of Justice

The final chapter deals with legislative reform. The author also recommends creating a racial-profiling tort, and adding racial profiling to the criminal code. The book concludes with … 13 $1.30 Add
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Chapter 2

Chapter 2

Exposed

From: The Colour of Justice

This chapter explores the role of the media in heightening racial profiling in Canada. The chapter provides case studies including those of Dee Brown, a player for the Toronto Raptors, who … 21 $2.10 Add
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Chapter 3

Chapter 3

Adjusting Our Lens

From: The Colour of Justice

Chapter three, Adjusting Our Lens, begins with a look at the pivotal case Drybones, which highlighted the unique needs of Aboriginal peoples in trials. The chapter then looks at the historical … 17 $1.70 Add
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Chapter 4

Chapter 4

Social Science and Beyond

From: The Colour of Justice

In chapter four, Social Science and Beyond, the evidence for racial profiling is examined, starting with the Ontario Systemic Racism Commission, established in 1992 and continuing with the … 14 $1.40 Add
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Chapter 5

Chapter 5

The War on Drugs

From: The Colour of Justice

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 6

Chapter 6

The War on Gangs

From: The Colour of Justice

The War on Gangs, chapter six, delves into how the fear of street gangs has impacted racial profiling. The chapter looks at the ideas around gangs in policing, the Criminal Intelligence Service … 8 $0.80 Add
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Chapter 7

Chapter 7

The War on Terrorism

From: The Colour of Justice

Chapter seven considers the impact of the War on Terror, on racial profiling in Canada, first by looking at the impact on a young Somali-Canadian whose business facilitated money- transfers to … 13 $1.30 Add
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Chapter 8

Chapter 8

Litigating Cases

From: The Colour of Justice

Chapter eight, Litigating Cases, examines how courts and governments can respond helpfully to the problem of racial profiling. The chapter looks in depth at the case R. v. S. (R.D.) in the … 30 $3.00 Add