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Indo Canadians in British Columbia

Indo Canadians in British Columbia

1900-1917

From: Righting Canada’s Wrongs: The Komagata Maru

This chapter describes the racism that was experienced by Indian Canadians in British Columbia during the early 20th century, the lives the led, and their efforts to build communities. It … 10 $1.00 Add
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Industry captures the oil sands

Industry captures the oil sands

From: Oil’s Deep State

Former Alberta opposition leader Kevin Taft examines the Oil Industry’s capture of the oil sands in Alberta as a way to boost the economic interests of the province. 19 $1.90 Add
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Industry, Democracy and Dictatorship

Industry, Democracy and Dictatorship

From: Big Business and Hitler

Revisionist historian Jacques R. Pauwels examines the period of 1920-1928 and how Hitler used the German elite’s interests in Industry to gain their support. He also analyzes how this … 10 $1.00 Add
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Inequalities in Health

Inequalities in Health

From: Health and Wealth

An overview of the health of the Canadian population in the late 1990s, and the impact on health of income, education, poverty, race, housing conditions, and unemployment. Aboriginal health … 56 $5.60 Add
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Inequality at the Top

Inequality at the Top

From: The Age of Increasing Inequality

The income share of Canada’s top earners has risen sharply since the 1980s, as balanced growth has been replaced by accelerated income growth for the top 1%, and relative income stagnancy … 30 $3.00 Add
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Inequality at the top
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Inequality at the top

From: The Scandalous Rise of Inequality in Canada

In this chapter, the author examines the implications of strong income growth at the very top of the income distribution scale in Canada. 34 $3.40 Add
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Inequality from the Bottom Up

Inequality from the Bottom Up

From: The Age of Increasing Inequality

As average incomes increase in a society, many cheap goods become unavailable and the cost of living for poor people rises. Although different poverty line methodologies produce somewhat … 23 $2.30 Add
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Inequality of Wealth

Inequality of Wealth

From: The Age of Increasing Inequality

The inequality of wealth in Canada is far greater than the inequality of incomes — Canada’s top 40 families own more than the bottom 40% (6,186,000 households) do. For middle class … 23 $2.30 Add
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Inequality of wealth
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Inequality of wealth

From: The Scandalous Rise of Inequality in Canada

In this chapter, the author presents data on inequalities of wealth before the Covid-19 pandemic and outlines how the inequality of wealth and economic power increased in Canada throughout the … 30 $3.00 Add
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Innisfil and Uber
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Innisfil and Uber

A Rural Municipality’s Misadventures in Smart Public Transit

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

Chapter 10 explores smart city projects that make use of ridesharing and their pitfalls. 11 $1.10 Add
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Inside the Ivory Tower

Inside the Ivory Tower

From: Campus Confidential

An insider’s look at university institutions including: 18 Not Every University Is “World Class” 19 Our Universities Need a Proper Admissions Test 20 Our Math Students Just … ; 40 $4.00 Add
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Institutional Autonomy and Academic Freedom in the Managed University

Institutional Autonomy and Academic Freedom in the Managed University

From: Academic Freedom in Conflict

Len Findlay looks broadly at the changing character of the contemporary university, and how university autonomy has become a threat to academic freedom rather than a means to ensure it. As … 16 $1.60 Add
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Institutionalized Capture
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Institutionalized Capture

Institutionalizing Regulatory Capture as Regulatory Practice

From: Corporate Rules

In this chapter, Mark Winfield examines how the past twenty-five years have seen widespread instances of outright deregulation, wherein the rules that applied to regulated activities were … 19 $1.90 Add
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Institutions, Indigeneity, and “the Indian,” 1835–57
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Institutions, Indigeneity, and “the Indian,” 1835–57

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

This chapter looks at the emergence of institutions of control in nineteenth century Canda to in relation to Indigenous populations such as reserves, penitentiaries and residential schools. 8 $0.80 Add
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Integration and Dis-integration in North America

Integration and Dis-integration in North America

From: Living with Uncle

Examines North America’s Integration and Dis-integration in terms of economics and politics 6 $0.60 Add