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From: Basic Income For Canadians

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The introduction provides an overview of the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic how it may play a role in the adoption of basic income. 6 $0.60 Add
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Smart Cities in Canada

From: Smart Cities in Canada: Digital Dreams, Corporate Designs

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The introduction provides a general definition of what constitutes a “Smart City” as well as exploring what prompted the authors of this title to write about smart cities in Canada. ; 14 $1.40 Add
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Becoming Cool: Canada in the 1960s

From: John Lennon, Yoko Ono, and the Year Canada Was Cool

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The introduction sets the stage by exploring the Canadian cultural landscape of the 1960’s, the impact of the Centennial, Expo ‘67, and the election of Pierre Trudeau as prime minister. 13 $1.30 Add
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The Resilience of Jewish Culture Through History

From: Righting Canada's Wrongs: Anti-Semitism and the MS St. Louis

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This section provides a brief overview of the topics covered in the book as well as a discussion of Jewish culture. it illustrates this with firsthand accounts, photographs, and documents. 3 $0.30 Add
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From: Mining Country

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From: From Layton to Singh

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The Resilience of Jewish Culture Through History

From: Righting Canada's Wrongs: Anti-Semitism and the MS St. Louis

This section provides a brief overview of the topics covered in the book as well as a discussion of Jewish culture. it illustrates this with firsthand accounts, photographs, and documents. 3 $0.30 Add
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From: Getting to Zero

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Identifies how the 2016 wildfires in Fort McMurray should cause Canada to confront climate change. Discusses how oil sand production has increased and why this needs to change for Canada to … 7 $0.70 Add
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From: The Age of Increasing Inequality

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The history of economic inequality in Canada and briefly touches on the other forms of inequality that exist in Canada which would persist even if economic inequality was eliminated. Briefly … 18 $1.80 Add
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From: The Lac-Mégantic Rail Disaster

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Overview of the town of Lac-Mégantic, its relation to railroads, and the rail disaster of 2013, placed within the context of government deregulation of key industries like transportation and … 6 $0.60 Add
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From: The Big Stall

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Compares and contrasts the energy policies of Pierre and Justin Trudeau to demonstrate the shift from a government able and willing to intervene in the economy to pursue the national interest to … 3 $0.30 Add
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From: Harperism

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Outlines Stephen Harper’s changes that were instituted, outlines a connection between neo-liberal think tanks and Harper’s election, comparisons to Reganism and Thatcherism 10 $1.00 Add
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Hamilton Politics and the Ideology of Business

From: Their Town

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An introduction to the core ideas behind this book. ; 5 $0.50 Add
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The United Nations and Peace: A fair assessment

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The United Nations and Peace: A fair assessment

From: The United Nations in the 21st Century

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Introduction – Democracy Between Revolution and War

From: Myths of Modern History

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The author introduces the book, discussing myths and mythologized history and the importance of teaching of teaching history and acknowledging bias. He also explores the history of democracy and … 31 $3.10 Add