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From ![]() Chapter 4The New Resistance |
Author Craig Heron explores the rise of new waves of labour unrest in the 1960s and 1970s. The chapter addresses the economic, social and political conditions that spawned this new resistance and … | Charles Smith; Craig Heron | 22 | 2020 | $2.20 Add |
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From ![]() NEW! Chapter 4New Frontiers and the Post-War Mining Boom From: Mining Country |
This chapter discusses shifts in Canada’s mining industry in the past-war era. Topics discussed in this chapter include the history of asbestos mining in Quebec, the growth of mining in the … | Arn Keeling; John Sandlos | 40 | 2021 | $4.00 Add |
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From ![]() NEW! Youth HomelessnessHow to Prevent It |
in this chapter author Cécile Arbaud looks at the many factors that lead to youth becoming homeless. Youth in care, youth experiencing mental health crises and their complex factors provide … | Cécile Arbaud | 17 | 2024 | $1.70 Add |
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From ![]() East Point Park |
Naturalist Jason Ramsay-Brown describes East Point Park and its Bird Sanctuary, overlooking Lake Ontario from atop Toronto’s Scarborough Bluffs. He outlines the impressive diversity of … | Jason Ramsay-Brown | 3 | 2020 | $0.30 Add |
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From ![]() NEW! Chapter 4: Oil and minerals: Canada’s secret stake in AfghanistanFrom: Canada In Afghanistan |
In this chapter, Schalk discusses the abundance of gas, oil, and minerals that made Afghanistan an attractive entity to control. Schalk details both Canada and The United States’ attempts … | Owen Schalk | 11 | 2023 | $1.10 Add |
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From ![]() NEW! Chapter 4: Québec: L’éléphant dans la pièceFrom: Canada Vs California |
Author Howard Law tracks the unique opinions, demands and challenges of Quebec and French language media in Canada and how this pertains to Bill C-10 and C-11. | Howard Law | 8 | 2024 | $0.80 Add |
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From ![]() NEW! Chapter 4: The Steel Industry, Hydroelectric Power, and Wartime Profits, 1890-1929 |
This chapter chronicles the rise of Ontario’s steel and hydroelectric industries and the role the state assumed in development, such as in the case of Ontario Hydro and wartime … | Bryan D. Palmer | 8 | 2025 | $0.80 Add |
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From ![]() NEW! Chapter 5Rough Terrain, 1973-2016 From: Mining Country |
This chapter discusses mining in Canada at the end of the 20th century, and into the early 21st century. Topics discussed in this chapter include increasing resistance to new mines from … | Arn Keeling; John Sandlos | 26 | 2021 | $2.60 Add |
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From ![]() Chapter 5Counterattack |
Chapter five examines the emerging response of the state and private employers to the new working-class militancy of the 1970s. It considers the introduction of wage and price controls, … | Charles Smith; Craig Heron | 26 | 2020 | $2.60 Add |
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From ![]() NEW! Preventing Homelessness among People with Mental Illness |
Chapter 5 tackles mental illness as it relates to homelessness. Examining the complex ways in which individuals with mental illness fall into homelessness and barriers that nonlinear or rational … | Eric Latimer | 113 | 2024 | $11.30 Add |
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From ![]() Gates Gully |
Naturalist Jason Ramsay-Brown uses Gates Gully (Belamy Ravine), which cleaves through the Scarborough Bluffs, to illustrate how local history, natural heritage, art, and culture intersect … | Jason Ramsay-Brown | 8 | 2020 | $0.80 Add |
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From ![]() NEW! Chapter 5: Blowing Up Bill C-10 (2021–2022)From: Canada Vs California |
Chapter 5 focuses on the key amendments that lead to Bill C-10 not passing the senate. At the core of this argument was the subject of user generated content and sites like YouTube that host it. | Howard Law | 17 | 2024 | $1.70 Add |
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From ![]() NEW! Chapter 5: Canadian counterinsurgencyFrom: Canada In Afghanistan |
In this chapter, Schalk discusses the catalyst for Canada’s role in the occupation of Afghanistan. Breaking down the true geopolitical motives that led to the Canadian military’s … | Owen Schalk | 36 | 2023 | $3.60 Add |
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From ![]() NEW! Chapter 5: The West and the Wheat Economy, 1890-1929 |
This chapter examines development across Canada including the vast amounts of immigration that fuelled the resource-based economy in British Columbia and the wheat economy of the Prairies. | Bryan D. Palmer | 9 | 2025 | $0.90 Add |
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From ![]() NEW! Chapter 6Heritage, History, and Zombie Mines From: Mining Country |
This chapter discusses abandoned mines throughout Canada and efforts to contain pollution and reclaim devastated land. | Arn Keeling; John Sandlos | 14 | 2021 | $1.40 Add |
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From ![]() Chapter 6Labour Challenges at the Turn of the Twenty-First Century |
This chapter traces the emergence of new forces within the Canadian labour movement aimed at revitalizing it: nationalists upset with the close connection to US labour, Quebec workers determined … | Charles Smith; Craig Heron | 34 | 2020 | $3.40 Add |










