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Title & Subtitle	Abstract	Contributors	Pages	Year	Purchase
From SFU’s Administrative Culture: “Up On Dat Mountain, Dey Is Stuck Real Good” From: Protecting Research Confidentiality View	Our campaign to persuade the SFU administration to institute an independent review of the “Ogden decision” benefitted from the more general turmoil at SFU during a period when the …	John Lowman; Ted Palys	10	2014	$1.00 Add
From SFU’s “Hollow and Timid” Defence of Academic Freedom From: Protecting Research Confidentiality View	The independent inquiry into the university’s decision making regarding Russell Odgen’s research and the release of Judge Daniel Steinberg’s decision on Ogden vs. SFU	John Lowman; Ted Palys	5	2014	$0.50 Add
Share the Wealth! How we can tax Canada’s super-rich and create a better country for everyone	When the COVID-19 pandemic hit in early 2020, millions of Canadians suddenly found themselves out of work as businesses shuttered and the country went into lockdown. While many were struggling to …		208		View
From Sharing the Wealth From: BlackBerry Town View	Covers RIM and Jim Balsillie’s support of the University of Waterloo and the foundation and growth of Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI).	Chuck Howitt	16	2019	$1.60 Add
From She Was So Beautiful My Heart Moved From: From Bombs to Books View	Describes the experience of an Afghan man forced into army service to graduate from school who marries a half-Russian, half-Uzbek woman and their escape the violence of the area to come to …	David Starr	18	2016	$1.80 Add
From Shock Treatment From: To Wawa with Love View	Discusses his father’s drinking problem, and the built up frustration of his mother which eventually led to an ultimatium which meant he got help	Tom Douglas	6	2012	$0.60 Add
From Shopping Without Borders From: Bill Gates, Pay Your Fair Share of Taxes...Like We Do! View	Chapter 4 delves into electronic commerce. Traditional taxation principles that were devised more than half a century ago were based on a physical world, with tangible goods, and defined places …	Brigitte Alepin	11	2012	$1.10 Add
From Dissident in Search of Consensus From: Beverley McLachlin View	Addresses McLachlin’s role in transforming the way the Supreme Court approach to making decisions. Explains how, under McLachlin’s leadership, the Court became more consensual and …	Ian Greene; Peter McCormick	24	2019	$2.40 Add
From Signed, Sealed and Delivered? The TPP and Canada’s Public Postal Service From: The Trans-Pacific Partnership and Canada View	Daniel Sheppard and Louis Century, lawyers at Goldblatt Partners, provide a compelling case study that warns how corporate interests in the U.S. might take advantage of these novel provisions to …	Daniel Sheppard; Louis Century	13	2016	$1.30 Add
From Silicon Valley North From: BlackBerry Town View	Howitt examines the growth of Kitchener-Waterloo’s growing reputation as a tech leader from the perspective of several staff and executives of other tech companies in the area.	Chuck Howitt	26	2019	$2.60 Add
From Silver Lining From: BlackBerry Town View	Howitt outlines the years following BlackBerry’s collapse, noting how many of the talented and educated tech workers BlackBerry was forced to lay off stayed in the Kitchener-Waterloo area, …	Chuck Howitt	16	2019	$1.60 Add
From NEW! Singapore: Push vs. Pull Information Sharing — Treating Public Access as a Given, Discussing the role of open data in stimulating innovation through partnerships with government, the private sector, and civil society From: Open Governments, Secret Canada View	In this chapter, Malone examines how Singapore treats public access to government data as a default, contrasting this proactive "push" strategy with Canada’s reactive, …	Matt Malone	17	2026	$1.70 Add
From Sisters in Struggle From: From Bombs to Books View	Describes as context the recent history of the Sudan, and recounts one family’s experience living through the 1983-84 violence in the country, their journey to refugee camps in Ethiopia and …	David Starr	17	2016	$1.70 Add
From Skeletons in the Closet From: Family Ties View	This chapter discusses Canada’s modern understanding of its relationship to Axis powers, and the need for transparent political accountability rather than a sanitized public memory.	Peter McFarlane	4	2024	$0.40 Add
From NEW! Smart Cities as a Civic Leaders’ Survivor Game The Lure of Innovation in a Competitive World From: Smart Cities in Canada: Digital Dreams, Corporate Designs View	Chapter 1 explores what leads municipal governments to persue smart city projects, whether they are seen as a quick and easy fix to deeper underlying infrastructure and urban planning issues, and …	Mariana Valverde	15	2020	$1.50 Add
From NEW! SNC-Lavalin Captured or Complicit? SNC-Lavalin and the Normalization of Corruption in Canada From: Corporate Rules View	In this chapter, Steven Bittle and Jennifer Quaid examine the SNC-Lavalin scandal and the normalization of corruption in Canada. Bittle and Quaid use three key moments in the evolution of the …	Jennifer Quaid; Steven Bittle	22	2022	$2.20 Add