2020

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Umingmak

Umingmak

Stuart Hodgson and the Birth of the Modern Arctic

In 1967, Stuart Hodgson, a pugnacious British Columbia labour leader, was the newly-appointed Commissioner of the Northwest Territories, responsible for establishing a fledgling government in the … 326 View
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Underground Ecologies
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Underground Ecologies

From: Being and Swine

In this chapter, philosopher Fahim Amir discusses the impact of pollution on the animal world and the forms of pollution our society creates as a byproduct of pharmaceutical production, power … ; ; 34 $3.40 Add
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Understanding Domestic Violence

Understanding Domestic Violence

From: Hiding in Plain Sight

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Understanding the Crises
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Understanding the Crises

From: More Powerful Together

This chapter contains the following readings: Uneven Impacts of Pipeline Development, Environmental Destruction and Climate Disruption – Structures and Systems that Drive Climate Injustice … 22 $2.20 Add
Unicorn in the Woods

Unicorn in the Woods

As tech investors the world over search for elusive unicorns (start-ups valued at over $1 billion), acclaimed business journalist Gordon Pitts asks whether there can be a place for high-tech … 264 View
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Using Y-PAR and the Arts to Address Structural Violence in the Lives of Youth

Using Y-PAR and the Arts to Address Structural Violence in the Lives of Youth

Methodological Considerations

From: Everyday Violence in the Lives of Youth

Topics in this chapter include: A contemplation of youth-centered violence in an adult-centered world, developing complex awareness, voice, and identity, a discussion of the National Youth … ; ; ; 17 $1.70 Add
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Value-Chain Control

Value-Chain Control

Relations of Debt and Dependency

From: The Political Economy of Agrarian Extractivism

Industrial Value-Chain Agriculture and Transnational Capital Control Grabbing and the Spatio-Temporal Fix Conclusion 15 $1.50 Add
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Vera Styres, Six Nations of the Grand River, Mohawk/Tuscarora

Vera Styres, Six Nations of the Grand River, Mohawk/Tuscarora

“I was a ‘scabby, dirty little Indian.’”

From: How We Go Home

Vera Styres is of the Six Nations of the Grand River and she is of Mohawk/Tuscarora descent. She is a retired social worker. She speaks of her childhood in residential schools, and of coming to … 20 $2.00 Add
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verzen/verses
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verzen/verses

From: Alfabet/Alphabet

In this chapter, the author writes about coming to appreciate the subtle qualities of English. 6 $0.60 Add
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Violence against Indigenous Women and Dramatic Subversion

Violence against Indigenous Women and Dramatic Subversion

From: Indigenous Women’s Theatre in Canada

The first chapter of Indigenous Women’s Theatre in Canada articulates the purpose of the book in light of continued violence against Indigenous women and girls, to demonstrate the links … 29 $2.90 Add
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waarschuwing/warning
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waarschuwing/warning

From: Alfabet/Alphabet

"Mother tongue, is this when you’ll surface, under cover of night, in the mind’s somnolent dark?" 3 $0.30 Add
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Wages against Housework

Wages against Housework

1975

From: Revolution at Point Zero

The essays in part 1 of the book explore the theoretical foundations of the politicization of housework. These essays explore the wages against housework movement, the transactional nature of … 8 $0.80 Add
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Waiting For Hitler
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Waiting For Hitler

(1930-1939)

From: The Ku Klux Klan in Canada

This chapter discusses Klan activity in Canada during the years leading up to the outbreak of the Second World War. 10 $1.00 Add
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Waiting For Land
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Waiting For Land

From: Agriculture and the Generation Problem

Topics covered in this chapter include: Modes of intergenerational resource transmission, forms of intergenerational and intragenerational tensions, and the impact of gender, and class on the … 22 $2.20 Add
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Wake Up Call

Wake Up Call

Stuart Hodgson and the Birth of the Modern Arctic

From: Umingmak

Readings in Part Two of this title entitled "Reaching All Northerners" discusses Stuard Hodgson’s first months in the Northwest Territories. Topics discussed include his grand … 6 $0.60 Add
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Walmart on wheels

Walmart on wheels

Labour and unions

From: Do Androids Dream of Electric Cars?

Chapter nine of Do Androids Dream of Electric Cars? examines the labour and union aspects of the three revolutions in automobility as well as of public transit, and finds that carpooling apps in … 18 $1.80 Add