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Selling Out

Selling Out

The Story of the Victoria Park Community Organization

From: Their Town

The third chapter, focussing on a community organization, shows the possibilities of this form of organization for realizing the potential political power of working-class and middle-class … 11 $1.10 Add
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Send in the Think Tanks to Win the Battle of Ideas

Send in the Think Tanks to Win the Battle of Ideas

From: Harperism

focuses on Brian Lee Crowley, his neoliberal ideas, and the think tank he founded 39 $3.90 Add
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Settlement in an Age of Mercantilism: Chartered Companies, Clash of Empires, 1500-1700

Settlement in an Age of Mercantilism: Chartered Companies, Clash of Empires, 1500-1700

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

This chapter discusses mercantilism and the beginnings of chartered companies such as the Hudson Bay Company and European settlement in Canada as the European empires sought to expand their trade … 10 $1.00 Add
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Settlements of lawsuits, known and unknown

Settlements of lawsuits, known and unknown

From: Sold Down the Yangtze

Analyzes some murky NAFTA settlements to demonstrate why we should be wary of FIPA 8 $0.80 Add
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Settling Africville

Settling Africville

From: Righting Canada’s Wrongs: Africville

This chapter recounts the founding of Africville and the experience of the early settlers as well as the impact of the Halifax Explosion on the community. It illustrates this with drawings, … 14 $1.40 Add
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SFU’s Administrative Culture:

SFU’s Administrative Culture:

“Up On Dat Mountain, Dey Is Stuck Real Good”

From: Protecting Research Confidentiality

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 … ; 10 $1.00 Add
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SFU’s “Hollow and Timid” Defence of Academic Freedom

SFU’s “Hollow and Timid” Defence of Academic Freedom

From: Protecting Research Confidentiality

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 ; 5 $0.50 Add
Share the Wealth!

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
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Sharing the Wealth

Sharing the Wealth

From: BlackBerry Town

Covers RIM and Jim Balsillie’s support of the University of Waterloo and the foundation and growth of Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI). 16 $1.60 Add
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She Was So Beautiful My Heart Moved

She Was So Beautiful My Heart Moved

From: From Bombs to Books

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 … 18 $1.80 Add
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Shelters and Housing First

Shelters and Housing First

From: Beyond Shelters

Describes how Dr. Sam Tsemberis ascertained through his work and research at the famed Bellevue Hospital that chronically homeless people could be stably housed with improved quality of life … 29 $2.90 Add
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Shock Treatment

Shock Treatment

From: To Wawa with Love

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 6 $0.60 Add
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Shopping Without Borders

Shopping Without Borders

From: Bill Gates, Pay Your Fair Share of Taxes...Like We Do!

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 … 11 $1.10 Add
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Dissident in Search of Consensus

Dissident in Search of Consensus

From: Beverley McLachlin

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 … ; 24 $2.40 Add
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Signed, Sealed and Delivered? The TPP and Canada's Public Postal Service

Signed, Sealed and Delivered? The TPP and Canada’s Public Postal Service

From: The Trans-Pacific Partnership and Canada

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 … ; 13 $1.30 Add
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Silicon Valley North

Silicon Valley North

From: BlackBerry Town

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. 26 $2.60 Add