2017
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From  The domestic wife: The problem with retro revival, the new motherhood, and the glamorization of pre-feminist gender RolesFrom: F-Bomb |
This chapter discusses the nostalgia-fueled revival of 20th century gender norms and the way in which the role of the housewife has come back into vogue. | Lauren McKeon | 29 | 2017 | $2.90 Add |
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From  The Effects of HistoryFrom: Uprooting Racism |
This part of Uprooting Racism explores how white racism has defined and controlled specific other groups. All the sections are about white people and what we have done to people of color, even … | Paul Kivel | 73 | 2017 | $7.30 Add |
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From  The Myth of the Modernate Rebel |
When the Daraa riot broke out in mid-March, 2011, two armed Islamist groups, which would play a lead role in the war against the Syrian government, Jabhat al-Nusra and Ahrar al-Sham, had already … | Stephen Gowans | 26 | 2017 | $2.60 Add |
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From  The Queen v. Big M Drug Mart Ltd., 1985 |
The Supreme Court of Canada held that the true purpose of the Lord’s Day Act was to compel the observance of the Christian Sabbath and as such infringed on the freedom of conscience and … | Janet Hieber; Peter Russell; Rainer Knopff; Tom Bateman | 9 | 2017 | $0.90 Add |
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From  The Spirit of Human Rights |
In this reading, human rights lawyer Payam Akhavan discusses the bonds that unite humans and the ways in which we can use those bonds to protect human rights. Please Note: A collection can … | Payam Akhavan | 70 | 2017 | $8.40 Add |
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From  There is No Such Thing as a Fifteen-Year-Old ProstituteFrom: Rock Paper Sex |
The firsthand account of the experiences of a young abuse victim named Emily. She relays her experiences with sex slavery and the challenges that young women face trying to get justice in the … | Keri Cull | 7 | 2017 | $0.70 Add |
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From  Toronto Electric Commissioners v. Snider, 1925 |
The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council struck down the federal Industrial Disputes Investigation Act on the ground that the subject matter fell within exclusive provincial jurisdiction as … | Janet Hieber; Peter Russell; Rainer Knopff; Tom Bateman | 4 | 2017 | $0.40 Add |
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From  Visiting American Journalists and the AftermathFrom: Bearing Witness |
Michael Dupuis | 34 | 2017 | $4.76 Add | |
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From  White Supremacy — The Law of the Land |
Indigenous activist Arthur Manuel examines specific sections of the British North American (BNA) act and the founding of the reserve system in Canada with particular focus on Indigenous European … | Arthur Manuel | 5 | 2017 | $0.50 Add |
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From  Who’s Protecting Whom?Child Welfare and Policing Black Families |
This chapter looks at the over-representation of Black children in the care of the Ontario child welfare system and the implications of this phenomenon, highlighting structural factors such as … | Doret Phillips; Gordon Pon; Idil Abdillahi; Jennifer Clarke | 19 | 2017 | $1.90 Add |
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From  “Evidence First” ArbitrationA Conceptual Framework for Arbitration Efficiency |
The author advocates for evidence first arbitration to produce more cost-effective and timely results than litigation. A sample procedural order is appended. | William G Horton | 30 | 2017 | $3.00 Add |
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From  Academic health science centresresearch, money, controversies, conflict of interest and independence From: Doctors in Denial |
Describes and analyzes the money received by academic health science centres from the pharmaceutical industry for research and the conflicts that this money may create. | Joel Lexchin MD | 32 | 2017 | $3.20 Add |
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From Attorney General of Canada v. Attorney General of Ontario (Employment and Social Insurance Act Reference), 1937 |
The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council struck down the federal Employment and Social Insurance Act on the ground that in pith and substance it was an insurance act affecting the civil rights … | Janet Hieber; Peter Russell; Rainer Knopff; Tom Bateman | 4 | 2017 | $0.40 Add |
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From Bridging the Practice-Activism DivideAdvocacy, Organizing and Social Movements |
This chapter uses examples from frontline social work practice and from schools of social work to highlight ways to integrate activism into everyday social work practice. It discusses various … | Donna Baines | 16 | 2017 | $1.60 Add |
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From  Chapter 5: The Hollowness of Not KnowingFrom: Seven Fallen Feathers |
In this reading, Indigenous author Tanya Talaga begins by providing an account of a meeting with Maryanne Panacheese on the Mishkeegogamang First Nation. The chapter goes on to discuss … | Tanya Talaga | 24 | 2017 | $2.88 Add |
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From  Concrete: The Reinvention of Artificial Rock |
In this chapter, the authors turn to concrete, and suggest that the natural resources used to make it – lime, sand, and gravel – are in short supply. Moreover, the production of … | Fernando Martirena; Paul Jaquin | 16 | 2017 | $1.60 Add |
