2024

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The Heroism of the Engineers
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The Heroism of the Engineers

From: The Shopify Story

This chapter discusses the constant improvements Shopify’s engineers made to the platform for users to support the company’s growing goal of going mobile. 10 $1.00 Add
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The Insurrectionary Moment, 1837-38
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The Insurrectionary Moment, 1837-38

From: Colonialism and Capitalism: Canada's Origins 1500-1890

This chapter discusses social conflict in early nineteenth century Canada,coming to a head in the Upper Canada Rebellion and the Lower Canada Rebellion. 10 $1.00 Add
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The Invitation of a Crip Horizon
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The Invitation of a Crip Horizon

From: Living Disability

Sean Lee discusses his work organizing exhibits at Tangled Art + Disability, a gallery in Toronto that showcases the work of disabled artists. He highlights the importance of imagining a better … 9 $0.90 Add
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The Land Is Our Teacher
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The Land Is Our Teacher

From: When the Pine Needles Fall

In Chapter One Katsi’tsakwas Ellen Gabriel describes her personal experiences with racism growing up, and the historical context surrounding the fight to protect the Pines. ; ; ; 17 $1.70 Add
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The Last Eighteenth-Century "Indian War," the Opportunistic Origins of Capitalist Accumulation, and the Beginnings of Banking
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The Last Eighteenth-Century “Indian War,” the Opportunistic Origins of Capitalist Accumulation, and the Beginnings of Banking

The Other Meanings of 1812

From: Colonialism and Capitalism: Canada's Origins 1500-1890

This chapter discusses the effect of the War of 1812 on relations between the colonial rulers and Indigenous populations as well as economic opportunities presented and the creation of a colonial … 9 $0.90 Add
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The Late Paleocene World
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The Late Paleocene World

From: Runaway Climate

The Late Paleocene World (continental configuration and connections, narrow Atlantic basin, warm climate, no glacial ice) and Paleocene climate drivers (GHGs, ocean currents, Milankovitch cycles, … 13 $1.30 Add
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The moving picture of incomes
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The moving picture of incomes

From: The Scandalous Rise of Inequality in Canada

In this chapter, the author analyzes the meaning of statistics about disparities in income and what they actually say about economic inequality and well-being in Canada. He points out that the … 22 $2.20 Add
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The Métis Nation and Provisional Government in the North-West, 1869-71
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The Métis Nation and Provisional Government in the North-West, 1869-71

From: Colonialism and Capitalism: Canada's Origins 1500-1890

This chapter examines the Metis nation in communities such as the Red River and Saskatchewan River in the late nineteenth-century Canadian colony, the Canada Party, Louis Riel, and the … 12 $1.20 Add
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The New Men of Power and Confederation's Capitalist Triumph
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The New Men of Power and Confederation’s Capitalist Triumph

From: Colonialism and Capitalism: Canada's Origins 1500-1890

This chapter addresses the weakening of the aristocratic and radical groups in Canada by the end of the 1840s and the triumph of the capitalist class and its ideology throughout the following decades. 11 $1.10 Add
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The Rise of the Institutional State in the Mid-Nineteenth Century
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The Rise of the Institutional State in the Mid-Nineteenth Century

From: Colonialism and Capitalism: Canada's Origins 1500-1890

This chapter outlines the beginning of banking in nineteenth century Canada, along with institutions of control such as penitentiaries, police forces, houses of industry, asylums and schools. 13 $1.30 Add
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The Shopify Environment
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The Shopify Environment

From: The Shopify Story

This chapter discusses Shopify’s unique workplace and culture, from locations to office spaces. 15 $1.50 Add
The Shopify Story
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The Shopify Story

How a Startup Rocketed to E-commerce Giant by Empowering Millions of Entrepreneurs

Larry MacDonald investigates the factors behind Shopify’s growth, now the second-largest e-commerce platform in North America. Meet the company’s major players, such as co-founder … 282 View
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The Siege of Ohén:ton Karihwatéhkwen
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The Siege of Ohén:ton Karihwatéhkwen

From: When the Pine Needles Fall

In Chapter Three Katsi’tsakwas Ellen Gabriel recalls the events of the Mohawk Crisis in 1990. ; ; ; 32 $3.20 Add
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The Spanish Coup

The Spanish Coup

From: A Communist for the RCMP

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The Story is in Our Bones
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The Story is in Our Bones

Origin Stories to Remake Our World

From: The Story is in Our Bones

In this chapter, Lake describes how Western cultures contribute to our alienation from nature through the promotion of patriarchy, supremacy over nature, and separation from our intuitive … 19 $1.90 Add
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The Tragedy of the 1880s
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The Tragedy of the 1880s

From: Colonialism and Capitalism: Canada's Origins 1500-1890

This chapter discusses the state of Canada in the 1880s. Though still a British colony, the country had emerged as a powerful industrial capitalist state yet was deeply fragmented along economic, … 14 $1.40 Add