James Lorimer and Company

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Undoing the Damage of the Conservatives

Undoing the Damage of the Conservatives

From: Canada is Not Back

Examines the foreign affairs policies of Stephen Harper’s Conservative government, specifically analyzing Canada’s bid during the Harper era for a seat on the UN Security Council. … 11 $1.10 Add
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CERD

CERD

Early Warning and Urgent Action

From: The Reconciliation Manifesto

Indigenous activist Arthur Manuel outlines two cases that the Secwepemc people and the St’at’imc people in the British Columbia Interior brought before the Committee for the … 5 $0.50 Add
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UNESCO

UNESCO

Downstream Impact on the Athabasca Delta

From: Damming the Peace

Journalist Andrew Nikiforuk explores the linkages between the Site C dam under construction in B.C.’s Peace River Valley, fracking in the adjacent Moberly Field, and the potential impact on … 8 $0.80 Add
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Towards a New Union

Towards a New Union

The Proposal Committee Debates

From: A New Kind of Union

Details and overviews the discussions held between the CEP and the CAW as the New Union Project moved forward. A brief history of the committee which discussed and proposed goals for the New … 29 $2.90 Add
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Unions

Unions

Their Role in Democracy and Prosperity

From: Canada after Harper

Lynne Fernandez then recounts how neoliberal government and corporate practices have weakened unions and violated their fundamental rights. 25 $2.50 Add
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Around the Mulberry Bush

Around the Mulberry Bush

From: The Reconciliation Manifesto

Indigenous activist Arthur Manuel analyzes the Assembly of First Nations and the compromised position of the organization leading to it consistently put aside demands for self-determination … 8 $0.80 Add
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University Accountability on Trial

University Accountability on Trial

From: Protecting Research Confidentiality

Looks at a unversity being accoutable to defend the research it approves against legal challenges ; 8 $0.80 Add
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University-Industry Relations in the United States: Serving Private Interests

University-Industry Relations in the United States: Serving Private Interests

From: Academic Freedom in Conflict

Risa L. Lieberwitz traces some of the history of the tightening university-industry embrace and explores the actual merger of university and corporate interests in the case of the Cornell … 28 $2.80 Add
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Unrecognized Champions and Media Darlings

Unrecognized Champions and Media Darlings

From: Immodest and Sensational

Examines the shift in media coverage of women’s sport in the 1960s and 70s. Outlines those who did not receive media attention and showcases a shift in reporting to one taking female … 12 $1.20 Add
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Unwelcome in Canada

Unwelcome in Canada

1900-1939

From: Righting Canada’s Wrongs: The Komagata Maru

This chapter discusses the efforts made to impede Indian immigrants from coming to Canada and the advocacy that the Indian Canadian community undertook. It illustrates this with drawings, … 12 $1.20 Add
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Uruguay: Building a Public Service Citizens Can Trust — Tackling Government Conflicts, Studying effective strategies and best practices for managing conflicts of interest that may arise among government officials
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Uruguay: Building a Public Service Citizens Can Trust — Tackling Government Conflicts, Studying effective strategies and best practices for managing conflicts of interest that may arise among government officials

From: Open Governments, Secret Canada

From Open Governments, Secret Canada: Hiding Information Other Countries Share 13 $1.30 Add
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Using Production Studies to Analyze Canada:

Using Production Studies to Analyze Canada:

A People’s History

From: Cultural Industries.ca

Olivier Côté draws attention to English–French tensions in cultural production in Canada and demonstrates the insights provided by using a “production studies” approach. 19 $1.90 Add
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Vax and spend
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Vax and spend

Trudeau's income support programs before and after the pandemic

From: The Trudeau Record

This chapter evaluates the Trudeau government’s social spending policies, particularly income support programs before and after the pandemic. 15 $1.50 Add
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Venice Commission: Dogs That Watch and Bite, Investigating how to properly create, fund, and support effective watchdogs to defend and serve the public interest
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Venice Commission: Dogs That Watch and Bite, Investigating how to properly create, fund, and support effective watchdogs to defend and serve the public interest

From: Open Governments, Secret Canada

From Open Governments, Secret Canada: Hiding Information Other Countries Share 13 $1.30 Add
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Versailles

Versailles

Peace or Armistice?

From: The Great Class War 1914-1918

On June 28, 1919, exactly five years after the assassination in Sarajevo, the signing of the Peace Treaty of Versailles officially terminates the Great War. In reality, this treaty merely … 6 $0.60 Add