2025

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Fire
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Fire

From: Encampment

Helwig describes how extreme cold alerts affect Toronto’s homeless population, including increased incidences of encampment fires. 18 $1.80 Add
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Fisherman's Son
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Fisherman’s Son

From: Seven Days in Halifax

In this chapter, Ashe describes the events of Day Four of Halifax’s 1970 “Encounter on Urban Environment,” focusing on students. Discussions highlighted racist and classist … 4 $0.40 Add
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Flexible Streets
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Flexible Streets

From: Messy Cities

Dylan Reid writes about the accessibility of flexible streets for blind people, and the challenges that blurred boundaries between park, sidewalk, and street pose towards some pedestrians. 11 $1.10 Add
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Foreword
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Foreword

From: Targeting Libya

This chapter argues that Canada’s little analyzed role in the 20011 NATO-led war on Libya reveals a foreign policy that is driven by corporate interests and geopolitical advantage,despite … 3 $0.30 Add
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Globalization and the end of an alternative
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Globalization and the end of an alternative

From: Targeting Libya

This chapter explores the neoliberal agenda of the 1990s and how Canadian military interests aligned with those of the US around the globe while SNC-Lavalin grew in influence. In Libya there were … 14 $1.40 Add
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"He will not last long"
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"He will not last long"

From: Targeting Libya

In this chapter Arab Spring protests in Libya, fuelled by inequality, corruption, and the Abu Salim massacre, rapidly turned into an armed civil war that Western governments both culitivated and … 13 $1.30 Add
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Here
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Here

From: Encampment

Helwig discusses the dehumanization of homeless people in the city of Toronto and the difficult circumstances under which they must survive, including the limitations of shelter and affordable … 18 $1.80 Add
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Hogwash
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Hogwash

From: Seven Days in Halifax

In this chapter, Ashe describes the events of Day Five of Halifax’s 1970 “Encounter on Urban Environment,” focusing on welfare and income assistance. Discussions focused on … 8 $0.80 Add
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Homily for Christmas Midnight Mass, 2022
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Homily for Christmas Midnight Mass, 2022

From: Encampment

Helwig highlights the importance of focusing on things such as love, light, and patience, and caring for the world just as the world cares for us. 3 $0.30 Add
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In a Tower of Glass
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In a Tower of Glass

From: Seven Days in Halifax

In this chapter, Ashe describes the events of Day Two of “Encounter on Urban Environment,” detailing how officials interviewed by the panel (federal and provincial planners) addressed … 12 $1.20 Add
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Industrial Land’s Secret Sauce
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Industrial Land’s Secret Sauce

From: Messy Cities

Karen Chapple writes about the potential avenues for preserving existing messy but productive industrial spaces, while introducing innovation districts in cities around the world. 9 $0.90 Add
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Intellectual Cool
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Intellectual Cool

From: Seven Days in Halifax

In this chapter, Ashe outlines the regional planning initatives that took place in 1960s Halifax, in the context of economic decline, attempts at urban renewal, and the destruction of Africville. 7 $0.70 Add
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Interruptions
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Interruptions

From: Messy Cities

Zahra Ebrahim discusses how the infrastructure of the formerly industrial street she lives on positively affects interactions with her neighbours. 6 $0.60 Add
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Introduction
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Introduction

From: Searching for Serafim

Ruby Smith Díaz shares her experience searching for images of Black Canadians throughout history and why she chose to research the life of Serafim "Joe" Fortes. 6 $0.60 Add
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Introduction
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Introduction

From: Messy Cities

Co-editor Dylan Reid provides an overview of “messy urbanism”, explaining the overarching argument of the book which is that this disorder is necessary for cities to thrive. 10 $1.00 Add