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Chomiaks in Edmonton

Chomiaks in Edmonton

From: Family Ties

This chapter discusses how Ukrainian SS soldiers and Nazi collaborators immigrated to Canada following World War II. 9 $0.90 Add
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Chronology of the Main Events of the Winnipeg General Strike

Chronology of the Main Events of the Winnipeg General Strike

From: Winnipeg 1919

A day-by-day summary of the events of the strike, from May 1-June 26, 1919 3 $0.30 Add
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Civil Rights in Canada during the pre-charter era

Civil Rights in Canada during the pre-charter era

From: The Charter of Rights and Freedoms

Chapter 1 considers the nature of human rights and civil liberties. It also recounts some human rights issues in Canada prior to the Charter era, including some leading Canadian Bill of Rights … 44 $4.40 Add
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Women

Women

The power of a number

From: The United Nations in the 21st Century

Security Council Resolution 1325 as a perfect example of the mission of the UN: challenging discrimination, social justice, recognizing obstacles, and renewing determination to overcome failures … 7 $0.70 Add
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Class War Waged from Above, 1975–2000
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Class War Waged from Above, 1975–2000

From: Capitalism, Colonialism, and Crises

In this chapter, Palmer examines the decline of Canadian labour movement from the 1970s to the 1990s. Provincial government officials fought civil servants over wages and weakened unions’ … 13 $1.30 Add
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Class Warfare on the American Home Front

Class Warfare on the American Home Front

From: The Myth of the Good War

Analyzes who profited on the homefront during the war; unemployment was low but big businesses profited most from the war-time boom. 10 $1.00 Add
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Class Wars from 1945 to the Present

Class Wars from 1945 to the Present

From: The Great Class War 1914-1918

Like the Great War, the Second War produces a most unsatisfactory outcome for the elite of the “Western” World, namely a triumph of the Soviet homeland of revolution and the resulting … 25 $2.50 Add
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From Charity to Justice

From Charity to Justice

From: The United Nations in the 21st Century

This chapter analyzes the charity efforts undertaken by the UN to reduce global poverty and highlights the new goals instituted to be achieved by 2030. 11 $1.10 Add
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Climate Change, Pandemics, Warfare, and the Search for a Better World
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Climate Change, Pandemics, Warfare, and the Search for a Better World

The 2020s Viewed in the Context of Global Human History

From: Humans

This chapter examines the growth of the environmental movement in response to the mounting climate crisis perpetuated by capitalist priorities. It explores the response to pandemics in the late … 11 $1.10 Add
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Closing Tax Loopholes

Closing Tax Loopholes

From: Share the Wealth!

Readings in part 2 of this title explore potential solutions to income inequality in Canada. This chapter lists tax loopholes in Canada and how they can be closed including special treatment for … ; 16 $1.60 Add
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Closing the Schools

Closing the Schools

From: Righting Canada’s Wrongs: Residential Schools

This chapter describes the events and shift in political climate that eventually led to the closure of residential schools in the latter half of the twentieth century. It illustrates this with … 4 $0.40 Add
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Cold Warriors: Ukrainian Nationalists in Canada

Cold Warriors: Ukrainian Nationalists in Canada

From: Family Ties

This chapter discusses the evolving history of Ukrainian Nationalist networks in Canada and their relationship with Nazism. 6 $0.60 Add
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Colonial Transformations
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Colonial Transformations

From: Toronto: The First 13,000 Years

From Toronto: The First 13,000 Years: An Illustrated History 27 $2.70 Add
Colonialism and Capitalism: Canada's Origins 1500-1890
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Colonialism and Capitalism: Canada’s Origins 1500-1890

A New History for the Twenty-First Century

Colonialism and Capitalism: A New History of Canada offers readers access to a clear-eyed understanding of Canada’s past, explaining how recently-acknowledged dark facts about our history are … 444 View
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Colonialism and Coercive Assimilation/Cultural Genocide
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Colonialism and Coercive Assimilation/Cultural Genocide

Residential Schools as the Pedagogy of Nineteenth-Century Oppression

From: Colonialism and Capitalism: Canada's Origins 1500-1890

This chapter discusses the evolution of the institutional framework of the Canadian state, particularly education, together with the press and the church in shaping bourgeois cultural norms. In … 10 $1.00 Add