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Title & Subtitle | Abstract | Contributors | Pages | Year | Purchase |
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“I Hate Feminists”December 6, 1989, And Its Aftermath |
On December 6, 1989, a man walked into the engineering school École Polytechnique de Montreal, armed with a semi-automatic rifle and, declaring “I hate feminists,” killed fourteen young women. “I … | Melissa Blais | 140 | 2014 | View |
“Indians Wear Red”Colonialism, Resistance, and Aboriginal Street Gangs |
With the advent of Aboriginal street gangs such as Indian Posse, Manitoba Warriors, and Native Syndicate, Winnipeg garnered a reputation as the “gang capital of Canada.” Yet beyond the … | Elizabeth Comack; Jim Silver; Larry Morrissette; Lawrence Deane | 176 | 2013 | View |
(Ab)Using PowerThe Canadian Experience |
This book represents the first systematic effort in this country to integrate a variety of topics related to power abuse into a single collection. Each essay has been chosen on the strength of … | Dorothy E. Chunn; Robert Menzies; Susan Boyd | 287 | 2001 | View |
21st Century SocialismReinventing the Project |
Bringing together a passionate group of socialists, 21st Century Socialism participates in the emerging and critical debate concerned with reinventing and rebuilding socialism. | Henry Veltmeyer | 239 | 2011 | View |
A People’s Senate For CanadaNot a Pipe Dream! |
A People’s Senate for Canada combines grassroots experience, thorough research and critical commentary to create a people’s resource for positive change. This book offers a rationale, … | Helen Forsey | 143 | 2015 | View |
A Sense of ThemselvesElizabeth Murray's Leadership in School and Community |
This vivid portrayal of the late Elizabeth (Betty) Murray recreates the life and times of one of Nova Scotia’s finest educators and community leaders, a does at the grassroots. It examines … | Carol E. Harris | 192 | 1998 | View |
NEW! Abolitionist Intimacies |
In Abolitionist Intimacies, El Jones examines the movement to abolish prisons through the Black feminist principles of care and collectivity. Understanding the history of prisons in Canada in … | El Jones | 192 | 2022 | View |
Aboriginal Measures for Economic Development |
This volume explores Indigenous measures of economic development in First Nations Atlantic Canadian communities that are of relevance for First Nations peoples. This volume illustrates the key … | Jeff Orr; Warren Weir | 232 | 2013 | View |
NEW! Abortion to AbolitionReproductive Health and Justice in Canada |
The history of abortion decriminalization and critical advocacy efforts to improve access in Canada deserve to be better known. Ordinary people persevered to make Canada the most progressive … | Martha Paynter | 176 | 2022 | View |
About Canada: Animal Rights |
Adopting Mahatma Gandhi’s idea that “the greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated,” this book considers the status of … | John Sorenson | 190 | 2010 | View |
About Canada: Childcare |
In Canada, early childhood education and care includes childcare programs, kindergartens and nursery schools. When these programs are well-designed, they support children’s development and … | Martha Friendly; Susan Prentice | 176 | 2009 | View |
About Canada: Children & Youth |
Canada is a signatory on the United Nations Declaration of the Rights of the Child, which guarantees the protection and care of children and youth. About Canada: Children and Youth examines each … | Bernard Schissel | 122 | 2011 | View |
About Canada: Disability Rights |
Through a close examination of employment, education, transportation, telecommunications and health care, About Canada: Disability Rights explores the landscape of disability rights in Canada and … | Deborah Stienstra | 134 | 2012 | View |
NEW! About Canada: Disability Rights2nd Edition |
Including people with disabilities fully into Canadian society, with the rights enjoyed by non-disabled people, requires a fundamental social transformation, not simply “fixing” some … | Deborah Stienstra | 168 | 2020 | View |
About Canada: Health & Illness 2nd Edition |
Most Canadians believe that their experiences of health and illness are shaped by genetics, medical care and lifestyle choices. Governments, the media and disease associations reinforce this … | Dennis Raphael | 192 | 2016 | View |
About Canada: Immigration |
Many Canadians believe that immigrants steal jobs away from qualified Canadians, abuse the healthcare system and refuse to participate in Canadian culture. In About Canada: Immigration, Gogia and … | Bonnie Slade; Nupur Gogia | 144 | 2011 | View |