2009
Showing 1–16 of 182 results
Title & Subtitle | Abstract | Contributors | Pages | Year | Purchase |
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About Canada: Childcare |
In Canada, early childhood education and care includes childcare programs, kindergartens and nursery schools. When these programs are well-designed, they support children’s development and … | Martha Friendly; Susan Prentice | 176 | 2009 | View |
Anti-TerrorismSecurity and Insecurity after 9/11 |
This edited collection critically analyzes the concept of “terrorism,” the Canadian and American government responses to terrorist activity since the events of 9/11 and the problem of … | Sandra Rollings-Magnusson | 221 | 2009 | View |
Bamboo CageThe P.O.W. Diary of Lieutenant Robert Wyse, 1942-1943 |
In 1942, RAF flight controller Robert Wyse became a Japanese prisoner of war on the island of Java in Indonesia. Starved, sick, beaten, and worked to near-death, he wasted away until he weighed … | Jonathan F. Vance | 147 | 2009 | View |
Bankrupticies & Bailouts |
Recession? Depression? Market adjustment? Billion-dollar bailouts? Just what is happening to the economy? Like the rest of the industrialized world, Canada is in the midst of an economic crisis … | Julie Guard; Wayne Antony | 168 | 2009 | View |
Breaking the Word BarrierStories of Adults Learning to Read |
In this compelling collection of first-person stories, adults who have made outstanding achievements in adult literacy were paired with writers to tell of their transition to reading. These are … | Angela Ranson; Marilyn Lerch | 128 | 2009 | View |
British Columbia Politics and Government |
British Columbia remains Canada’s most politically dynamic province. This book — which includes coverage of the 2009 provincial election — provides an overview of BC’s … | Dennis Pilon; Michael Howlett; Tracy Summerville | 426 | 2009 | View |
Election |
Featuring contributions from a highly respected roster of experts in various aspects of elections, this book covers the entire process, from the historical and legal dimensions, the campaigns and … | Heather MacIvor | 347 | 2009 | View |
Fight BackWorkplace Justice for Immigrants |
Displacement of people, migration, immigration and the demand for labour are connected to the fundamental restructuring of capitalism and to the reduction of working class power through … | Aziz Choudry; Jill Hanley; Steve Jordan | 128 | 2009 | View |
Manufacturing GuiltSecond Edition |
Manufacturing Guilt, 2nd edition, updates the cases presented in the first edition and includes two new chapters: one concerning the case of James Driskell and another regarding Dr. Charles … | Barrie Anderson; Dawn Anderson | 176 | 2009 | View |
Russia and the North |
Russia holds more Arctic territory than any other state, yet unlike other Arctic states it does not have a unified strategy identifying economic and political aims for the North. Russia’s … | Elana Wilson Rowe | 232 | 2009 | View |
The Beothuk |
A history of the Beothuk of Newfoundland. Exciting in its detail, this book gives us a rare picture of a lost people whose culture was destroyed after the arrival of white settlers. This title … | Ingeborg Marshall | 88 | 2009 | View |
Victim No MoreWomen's Resistance to Law, Culture and Power |
This book challenges the idea that women are simply victims. It celebrates women’s resistance. It explores the moments beyond victimization. It argues that women do not stay crushed and … | Ellen Faulkner; Gayle MacDonald | 224 | 2009 | View |
WícihitowinAboriginal Social Work in Canada |
Wícihitowin is the first Canadian social work book written by First Nations, Inuit and Métis authors who are educators at schools of social work across Canada. The book begins by … | Gord (Amawaajibilang) Bruyere; Michael Anthony (Kaskitémahikan) Hart; Raven (Ótiskewápíwskew) Sinclair | 263 | 2009 | View |
You Must Be a Basketball PlayerRethinking Integration in the University |
“Courageous and peerless, accessible and engaging, Stewart’s critique of the unseemly whiteness of the academy is a tour de force. His account of white academic privilege, … | Anthony Stewart | 126 | 2009 | View |
From Into BattleFrom: Bamboo Cage |
In the introduction, Vance provides background on the journal’s author, Robert Wise, a flight controller in the Royal Air Force. | Jonathan F. Vance | 8 | 2009 | $0.80 Add |
From IntroductionWhy Universal Childcare? From: About Canada: Childcare |
Martha Friendly; Susan Prentice | 12 | 2009 | $1.20 Add |