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Title & Subtitle	Abstract	Contributors	Pages	Year	Purchase
“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 Power The 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 Socialism Reinventing 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 Canada Not 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 Themselves Elizabeth 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
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
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 Rights 2nd 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
About Canada: Media	Canada enjoys a long-held reputation for producing high-quality media, from National Film Board documentaries to the CBC to children’s programming. But in recent years, funding cuts, …	Peter Steven	176	2011	View
About Canada: Poverty	For a country as wealthy as Canada, poverty is utterly unnecessary. In About Canada: Poverty, Jim Silver illustrates that poverty is about more than a shortage of money: it is complex and …	Jim Silver	192	2014	View