2021

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When You Mess with Creation Myths, the Knives Come Out

When You Mess with Creation Myths, the Knives Come Out

From: Bigotry on Broadway

Tha author recounts his experiences and thoughts after having written and produced his play The Haunting of Lin-Manuel Miranda and critiques the popular play Hamilton. 8 $0.80 Add
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Where Are the Black Female Faculty? Employment Equity Policy Failures and the Overrepresentation of Whiteness

Where Are the Black Female Faculty? Employment Equity Policy Failures and the Overrepresentation of Whiteness

From: Academic Well-Being of Racialized Students

This chapter exposes and interrogates the gap between employment equity policies and the reality of underrepresentation of Black female faculty at two Atlantic Canadian universities. 12 $1.20 Add
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Where Does Agroecological Food Come From

Where Does Agroecological Food Come From

From: Growing and Eating Sustainably

This chapter begins by considering food produced by the industrial food system that has been called “food from nowhere”. In contrast, agroecological food comes from “somewhere” — it is … 38 $3.80 Add
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Which Side Are You On?

Which Side Are You On?

Between Yellow Vests and Migrant Rights in the New Saskatchewan

From: Divided

This chapter highlights how policy makers responded to public cases of foreign worker exploitation and took seriously the state of precarity that defines migrant labour. 17 $1.70 Add
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White Paper to Red Paper
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White Paper to Red Paper

Drawing the Battle Lines

From: Unsettling Canada

White Paper to Red Paper focuses on the White Papers created by Indian Affairs Minister Jean Chrétien in 1969, which was an attempt to abolish the Indian Act and Indian Status in Canada. The … 8 $0.80 Add
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White Rooms, Unified Hearts and Empty Fields
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White Rooms, Unified Hearts and Empty Fields

From: In Praise of Retreat

This chapter uses the case study of Leonard Cohen as an example of an individual who used retreat and solitude to improve his life. 13 $1.30 Add
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White Women's Tears
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White Women’s Tears

From: What's Up With White Women

Women of Color and Tears White Women’s Tears As a Response to Sexism Tears for Fears The Impact of White Women’s Tears Tears in Immersion Tears in Capitulation Tears in Defense Tears … ; 28 $2.80 Add
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Who Killed the Public Surgery Centre?

Who Killed the Public Surgery Centre?

From: Divided

This essay concerns the shift to private surgeries in Saskatchewan. This policy was meant to reduce the wait times for surgical procedures through a market-based approach, but wait times only … 12 $1.20 Add
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Who's Greatest Together?

Who’s Greatest Together?

From: Stampede

In this chapter, Williams unpacks the theme of the 2012 centenial Stampede, "We’re Greatest Together." 40 $4.00 Add
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Why <i>Butterfly</i> Should Stop Committing Literary Hara-kiri

Why Butterfly Should Stop Committing Literary Hara-kiri

From: Bigotry on Broadway

This chapter explores the racism, fetishism/objectification, and misogyny of Madame Butterfly. 9 $0.90 Add
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Why Do Sports Even Matter?
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Why Do Sports Even Matter?

From: Rebound

In the introductory chapter, the author suggests that at the best of times, sports – and the act of organizing and playing with others – is the lifeblood of a place. 9 $0.90 Add
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Why Do the Courts Suck in a City in Love with Basketball?
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Why Do the Courts Suck in a City in Love with Basketball?

From: Rebound

This chapter examines the Toronto Raptors NBA championship team, and how that franchise stimulated the re-development of Toronto’s public basketball courts. 9 $0.90 Add
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Why Is It So Difficult to Change Policing?

Why Is It So Difficult to Change Policing?

From: Crisis in Canada's Policing

This chapter addresses some key issues and outlines the various elements that make up police culture. ; 34 $3.40 Add
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Why Write a Book on Fair Trade?

Why Write a Book on Fair Trade?

From: The Fair Trade Handbook

In the introductory chapter, the editors describe the genesis of the book, its goals, and its structure. ; ; 7 $0.70 Add
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Will We Share the Wealth

Will We Share the Wealth

From: Share the Wealth!

Readings in part 3 of this title explore the disticition between income inequality and wealth inequaltiy and methods for building shared wealth for Canadians. ; 7 $0.70 Add
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Williams Treaties
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Williams Treaties

AGREEMENTS, NAMING, AND PLACES

From: Indigenous Toronto

An essay on the Williams Treaties and resistance. 8 $0.80 Add