2007

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Title & Subtitle	Abstract	Contributors	Pages	Year	Purchase
From Surveillance From: National Security Law View Irwin Law Inc.	Discusses surveillance, particularly looking at privacy protections through both international and constitutional frameworks, statutory protections from surveillance, the role of the Criminal …	Craig Forcese	43	2007	$4.30 Add
From Surviving the Crisis The Classes of 1987-1998 From: Learning to Leave View Fernwood Publishing		Michael Corbett	46	2007	$4.60 Add
From Talking Solutions From: Medicare View James Lorimer and Company	Looks at the Health Council of Canada’s 2007 report that synthesizes four years of public opinion polling (2002 to 2006) on the Canadian health system as it relates to reforming rather than …	Marcy Cohen	7	2007	$0.70 Add
From Telling Canada’s “Story” in German: Using Cultural Diplomacy to Achieve Soft Power From: Translating Canada View University of Ottawa Press	We want to understand why certain texts are selected for translation and why others are left aside. Which aesthetic, economic, or ideological considerations enter into the selection process? In …	Luise von Flotow	18	2007	$1.80 Add
From Tests as Power Tools: Looking Back, Looking Forward From: Language Testing Reconsidered View University of Ottawa Press	In this chapter I discuss current uses of language tests in education and society, arguing that tests have become primary tools used by policy makers to resolve and reform educational, political, …	Elana Shohamy	12	2007	$1.20 Add
From The “AlterNative” Frontier: Native Canadian Writing in German/y From: Translating Canada View University of Ottawa Press	This chapter undertakes an empirical survey of existing German Translations of Canadian First Nations literature. In addition, it explores the reciprocal influence that the image of “the …	Eva Gruber	32	2007	$3.20 Add
From The Books of Don Quixote From: The City of Words View House of Anansi Press	In this chapter, Manguel examines Cervantes’s Don Quixote (1605) and the forced expulsion of Jews and Moriscos from the late fifteenth to early seventeenth centuries.	Alberto Manguel	29	2007	$2.90 Add
From The Boom Years The Classes of 1975-1986 From: Learning to Leave View Fernwood Publishing		Michael Corbett	45	2007	$4.50 Add
From The Bricks of Babel From: The City of Words View House of Anansi Press	In this chapter, Manguel explores the interplay between language, identity, and storytelling, drawing on Kafka’s 1918 Babel meditations, Irish colonial history, and Inuit narrative …	Alberto Manguel	31	2007	$3.10 Add
From The Business of Travel From: Wanderlust View Goose Lane Editions	Chapter Twelve examines the business of travel. The chapter explores topics including the money from travellers/tourists, from the grand tour to the postwar boom in travel, marketing of town or …	Laura Byrne Paquet	26	2007	$2.60 Add
From The Canada Health Act: Lessons for Today and Tomorrow From: Medicare View James Lorimer and Company	Analyzes the Canada Health Act and what we need to be aware of now and in the future regarding it	Monique Bégin	6	2007	$0.60 Add
From The Challenge of (Diagnostic) Testing: Do We Know What We Are Measuring? From: Language Testing Reconsidered View University of Ottawa Press	The language testing literature is confused about the nature of diagnostic tests. Diagnosis is a frequently used but under-problematized concept and a debate is needed that might lead to a …	J. Charles Alderson	19	2007	$1.90 Add
The City of Words House of Anansi Press	In the 2007 CBC Massey Lectures, Alberto Manguel leads us back into our literary tradition to find insight about one of the most contentious issues of our time: the rise of ethnic nationalism. …	Alberto Manguel	178	2007	View
From The Collective Action Problem From: Medicare View James Lorimer and Company	Outlines that the real issue is not whether for-profit private care is the answer, but rather how we can find a collective answer to achieve the vision of “Medicare 2.” Looks at the …	Robert McMurtry	8	2007	$0.80 Add
From The Coming of Age for Research on Test-Taking Strategies From: Language Testing Reconsidered View University of Ottawa Press	In this selective look at research on test-taking strategies over the last twenty-five years, brief mention is made of the beginnings of test-taker strategy research and then important …	Andrew D. Cohen	23	2007	$2.30 Add
From The Continental Deep Integration Threat From: Medicare View James Lorimer and Company	Looks at the threat to public health caused by the idea of continental deep integration. Looks at the Security and Prosperity Partnershipt, SMART Regulations, trade investment and labour mobility …	Maude Barlow	6	2007	$0.60 Add