Publishing Division: 2717 books
Dreams of Equality
Women on the Canadian Left, 1920-1950
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 1989
Canadian women on the political left in the first half of the twentieth century fought with varying degrees of commitment for women's rights. Women's dreams of equality were in part a vision of economic and class equality, though they also represented profound desires for equality with men - both...
Confronting the Blue Revolution
Industrial Aquaculture and Sustainability in the Global South
Language: English
Release Date: February 5, 2014
Like the Green Revolution of the 1960s, a “Blue Revolution” has taken place in global aquaculture. Geared towards quenching the appetite of privileged consumers in the global North, it has come at a high price for the South: ecological devastation, displacement of rural subsistence farmers, and...
Durable Peace
Challenges for Peacebuilding in Africa
Language: English
Release Date: May 12, 2004
The African continent has been racked with war in the years since decolonization. In the aftermath of violent conflict, peace is often fragile. With Durable Peace, Taisier M. Ali and Robert O. Matthews have brought together leading scholars to discuss the experiences of ten African countries - Angola,...
by John P. Miller
Language: English
Release Date: September 7, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: September 7, 2010
Public education is often viewed as dominated by an emphasis on test scores and narrowly defined parameters of performance and achievement. By contrast, John P. Miller's Whole Child Education fosters relationships between various forms of thinking, links body and mind, and recognizes the inner life...
Information in the Labour Market
Job-Worker Matching and Its Implications for Education in Ontario
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 1984
This study uses a simple model of information gathering to generate policy recommendations concerning education in Ontario, especially at the post-secondary level. The schools are viewed as helping students discover jobs matched to their abilities, and policy prescriptions are offered from that standpoint.
After...
Adaptive Education
An Inquiry-Based Institution
Language: English
Release Date: May 12, 2016
The obstacles that prevent the latest educational research reaching the classroom are daunting: few channels to communicate the results of educational research, fewer opportunities for teachers to participate in research themselves, and little support for honing a scientific approach to teaching.
The...
Learning to Change Lives
The Strategies and Skills Learning and Development Approach
Language: English
Release Date: March 13, 2013
The Strategies and Skills Learning and Development (SSLD) system is an action-oriented model for enabling clients in social work, health, mental health, and human services settings to address their needs and life goals. In Learning to Change Lives, author A. Ka Tat Tsang introduces SSLD’s powerful...
Voices From the Voluntary Sector
Perspectives on Leadership Challenges
Language: English
Release Date: January 15, 2011
The voluntary sector is made up primarily of not-for-profit and non-governmental organizations that engage with social issues. Voices from the Voluntary Sector contains reasoned reflections by practitioners on some of the significant challenges faced by today's not-for-profit organizations in Canada....
Home in the City
Urban Aboriginal Housing and Living Conditions
Language: English
Release Date: September 20, 2013
During the past several decades, the Aboriginal population of Canada has become so urbanized that today, the majority of First Nations and Métis people live in cities. Home in the City provides an in-depth analysis of urban Aboriginal housing, living conditions, issues, and trends. Based on extensive...
The Donut
A Canadian History
Language: English
Release Date: January 12, 2008
In Canada, the donut is often thought of as the unofficial national food. Donuts are sold at every intersection and rest stop, celebrated in song and story as symbols of Canadian identity, and one chain in particular, Tim Horton's, has become a veritable icon with over 2500 shops across the country....
Municipalities and Multiculturalism
The Politics of Immigration in Toronto and Vancouver
Language: English
Release Date: October 14, 2009
The Canadian model of diversity management is considered a success in the international community, yet the methods by which these policies are adopted by local governments have seldom been studied. Municipalities and Multiculturalism explores the role of the municipality in integrating immigrants...
Making Medicare
New Perspectives on the History of Medicare in Canada
Language: English
Release Date: November 23, 2012
The Canadian health care system is so indisputably tied to our national identity that its founder, Tommy Douglas, was voted the greatest Canadian of all time in a CBC television contest. However, very little has been written to date on how Medicare as we know it was developed and implemented. This...
Ukraine and Europe
Cultural Encounters and Negotiations
Language: English
Release Date: November 29, 2017
Ukraine and Europe challenges the popular perception of Ukraine as a country torn between Europe and the east. Twenty-two scholars from Europe, North America, and Australia explore the complexities of Ukraine’s relationship with Europe and its role the continent’s historical and cultural development.
Encompassing...
Power Switch
Energy Regulatory Governance in the Twenty-First Century
Language: English
Release Date: December 20, 2003
In the energy sector of Canadian economic and political life, power has a double meaning. It is quintessentially about the generation of power and physical energy. However, it is also about political power, the energy of the economy, and thus the overall governance of Canada. Power Switch offers a...