2017
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From  The Killing FieldsFrom: Fighting For Space |
By the late 1990s, drug overdoses, HIV/AIDS, and an outbreak of hepatitis C were collectively killing more than one person in the Downtown Eastside every single day. Desperate for attention from … | Travis Lupick | 28 | 2017 | $0.56 Add |
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From  The Knowledge of Suffering |
In this reading, human rights lawyer Payam Akhavan begins by recounting his own experiences coming to Canada from Iran as a result of the upheval of the 1970s. He interweaves personal … | Payam Akhavan | 76 | 2017 | $9.12 Add |
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From  The Legal and Administrative Framework of Education in CanadaFrom: Education Law in Canada |
This chapter outlines the basis for the legal and administrative structures that govern education in Canada today, as well as the emergence of education law. | Frank Peters | 40 | 2017 | $4.00 Add |
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From  Reconciliation Framework Agreements |
Indigenous activist Arthur Manuel examines reconciliation framework agreements in British Columbia and what they mean for Indigenous land rights. | Arthur Manuel | 6 | 2017 | $0.60 Add |
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From  The Legislative Override |
Analysis of the s. 33 “notwithstanding” clause. | Kent Roach; Robert J. Sharpe | 7 | 2017 | $0.70 Add |
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From The Legitimacy of Judicial Review |
Analysis of the effect of the Charter on the power of judicial review. | Kent Roach; Robert J. Sharpe | 21 | 2017 | $2.10 Add |
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From  The Local GarbagemanFrom: Fighting Dirty |
This chapter explores Richmond Township’s geology, goegraphy, and history, as well as the story of Fred Sutcliffe. | Poh-Gek Forkert | 6 | 2017 | $0.60 Add |
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From  The long reach of oil’s deep stateFrom: Oil’s Deep State |
Former Alberta opposition leader Kevin Taft examines the extended reach of oil’s deep state in Alberta including oil’s relationship with the World Health Organization and universities … | Kevin Taft | 19 | 2017 | $1.90 Add |
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From Resisting the Carbon Bomb |
Indigenous activist Arthur Manuel examines the pipelines being built on Indigenous land particularly the Kinder Morgan project proposed in 2016 and how the government of Canada moves forward … | Arthur Manuel | 7 | 2017 | $0.70 Add |
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From The Making of an ActivistFrom: Fighting Dirty |
This chapter is focused on the activism of Mike Bossio and his advice for community activists. | Poh-Gek Forkert | 7 | 2017 | $0.70 Add |
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From  The Most Glittering PostFrom: Churchill and Fisher |
Historian Barry Gough examines Winston Churchill’s early career (1909-1912) as well as his personal life during this period. He focuses on his work at the Home Office, his relationship with … | Barry Gough | 26 | 2017 | $2.60 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 Nazi DictatorshipCui Bono? From: Big Business and Hitler |
Revisionist historian Jacques R. Pauwels examines how Hitler’s government impacted on the profitability of big business and the wealth of Germany’s elite from 1933-1936. | Jacques R. Pauwels | 21 | 2017 | $2.10 Add |
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From The NDP in a world made for oilFrom: Oil’s Deep State |
Former Alberta opposition leader Kevin Taft examines the rise of Rachel Notley’s NDP party in Alberta with focus on the change in policy towards the oil industry that occurred during the … | Kevin Taft | 9 | 2017 | $0.90 Add |
 The New Carbon ArchitectureBuiding to Cool the Climate |
"Green buildings" that slash energy use and carbon emissions are all the rage, but they aren’t enough. The hidden culprit is embodied carbon — the carbon emitted when … | Bruce King | 186 | 2017 | View |
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From The Oneness of Humankind |
In this reading, human rights lawyer Payam Akhavan discusses the efforts of people to come together and fight human rights abuses. The chapter includes a discussion of human rights in Afghanistan … | Payam Akhavan | 70 | 2017 | $8.40 Add |
