2015

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The gleam and the glory

The gleam and the glory

From: The Wheel of Things

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The Glionna Clan and Toronto's First Little Italy

The Glionna Clan and Toronto’s First Little Italy

From: The Ward

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The Globalization of Education

The Globalization of Education

The Implications for Canada

From: Canada after Harper

Larry Kuehn writes of the need to save our public education system from the corroding effects of privatization, underfunding, international testing, charter schools, and other related education … 18 $1.80 Add
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The Governments and Societies of Canadian Federalism

The Governments and Societies of Canadian Federalism

From: Essential Readings in Canadian Government and Politics, 2nd Edition

1977 article by Alan C. Cairns arguing that Canadian federalism is a function of the constitution and governments rather than of societies. ; ; 7 $0.70 Add
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The government’s spin, part one

The government’s spin, part one

From: Sold Down the Yangtze

How did the Harper Government spin the FIPA? It would take another book to count all the ways. I discuss four examples in the next few chapters. The first example is the prime minister’s … 11 $1.10 Add
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The government’s spin, part three

The government’s spin, part three

From: Sold Down the Yangtze

My last example of the government’s misleading responses to concerns about the FIPA comes from the legal challenge brought by the Hupacasath First Nation. 11 $1.10 Add
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The government’s spin, part two

The government’s spin, part two

From: Sold Down the Yangtze

Despite the Conservatives’ efforts to limit debate, other politicians were able to use the process at the House of Commons trade committee, and elsewhere in Parliament, to put important … 9 $0.90 Add
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The Hatred of Democracy

The Hatred of Democracy

From: In Defiance

How well does democracy work when the issues become polarized? The student debate raises the issues of decision making: out in the open or only at the ballot box? What happens when the media … ; 11 $1.10 Add
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The Health Advocates

The Health Advocates

McKeown on Hastings

From: The Ward

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The Higher the Fewer: Women’s Participation in Major Party Organizations

The Higher the Fewer: Women’s Participation in Major Party Organizations

From: Essential Readings in Canadian Government and Politics, 2nd Edition

Excerpt of a 1985 book by Sylvia Bashevkin, Toeing the Lines, in which she demonstrates that women continue to be underrepresented in federal and provincial legislatures in Canada. ; ; 6 $0.60 Add
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'The Hipp'

‘The Hipp’

From: The Ward

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The History

The History

From: Final Report of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada Volume One: Summary

Details the history of the residential school system. Puts the history in context of imperialism, colonization, and assimilation. Describes the experience children would have had at the schools. 140 $0.00 Add
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The Italian Consulate

The Italian Consulate

From: The Ward

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The Italians in Toronto

The Italians in Toronto

An Excerpt

From: The Ward

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The Judicial Committee and Its Critics

The Judicial Committee and Its Critics

From: Essential Readings in Canadian Government and Politics, 2nd Edition

1971 article by Alan C. Cairns surveying the controversy over the performance of the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council in England acting as final judicial authority for constitutional … ; ; 11 $1.10 Add
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“The largest energy project in the entire world”

“The largest energy project in the entire world”

From: Sold Down the Yangtze

Analyzes reports about why the Harper Government would support this plan tieing their support to the oil sands and finds the government seemed anxious for China to support Canada’s resource … 12 $1.20 Add