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Boundaries of the City
The Architecture of Western Urbanism
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 1994
In this study Alan Waterhouse draws on anthropological, social and cultural history, literature, and philosophy to reach an understanding of the roots of Western architecture and city building. He explores the illusion that cities are constructed to impose rational order, an order articulated through...
At the Limits of Justice
Women of Colour on Terror
Language: English
Release Date: September 24, 2014
The fear and violence that followed the events of September 11, 2001 touched lives all around the world, even in places that few would immediately associate with the global war on terror. In At the Limits of Justice, twenty-nine contributors from six countries explore the proximity of terror in their...
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Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 1967
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 1967
Mountain ranges are the most conspicuous elements of the earth's architecture, and the manner in which the architectural units are arranged or disarranged has become the study of a subdivision of geology known as Tectonics. A hundred years ago James Hall attempted the first scientific synthesis of...
Leaders in the Shadows
The Leadership Qualities of Municipal Chief Administrative Officers
Language: English
Release Date: February 26, 2015
In most municipalities across Canada, the top public servant is the chief administrative officer (CAO) or city manager. Compared to elected politicians such as the mayor and the council, the work of a CAO is often overlooked and not well understood. In Leaders in the Shadows, David Siegel brings the...
Candid Eyes
Essays on Canadian Documentaries
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2003
Beginning in 1922, when Robert Flaherty filmed 'Nanook of the North' in Canada's Arctic, and encouraged by John Grierson and the federal government in 1939 when they created the National Film Board of Canada (NFB), documentaries have dominated Canada's film production and, more than any other form,...
The Extended Mind
The Emergence of Language, the Human Mind, and Culture
Language: English
Release Date: June 12, 2008
The ability to communicate through language is such a fundamental part of human existence that we often take it for granted, rarely considering how sophisticated the process is by which we understand and make ourselves understood. In The Extended Mind, acclaimed author Robert K. Logan examines the...
Knowledge and Practice in Mayotte
Local Discourses of Islam, Sorcery and Spirit Possession
Language: English
Release Date: October 4, 1993
On the East African island of Mayotte, Islam co-exists with two other systems of understanding and interpreting the world around its inhabitants: cosmology and spirit-mediumship. In a witty, evocative style accessible to both the specialist and non-specialist reader, Michael Lambek provides a significant...
The Real Dope
Social, Legal, and Historical Perspectives on the Regulation of Drugs in Canada
Language: English
Release Date: May 30, 2011
Recent debate around the potential decriminalization of marijuana, along with a growing perception that illicit drug use is on the rise, has brought the role of the state in controlling intoxication to the forefront of public discussion. Until now, however, there has been little scholarly consideration...
by Rachel Heydon, Luigi Iannacci
Language: English
Release Date: April 11, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: April 11, 2009
Educators have become increasingly interested in the diverse learning environments of young children and the ways in which children and childhood are positioned within those environments. The documentation and analysis of processes of pathologization and de-pathologization in early childhood may provide...
by Kenneth R Melchin, Cheryl A. Picard
Language: English
Release Date: June 5, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: June 5, 2009
Examining the difficulties of conflict resolution, Transforming Conflict through Insight demonstrates how applying Bernard Lonergan's philosophy of insight to mediation can lead to more productive and constructive negotiations. Kenneth R. Melchin and Cheryl A. Picard provide both an overview of conflict...
School Rules
Obedience, Discipline and Elusive Democracy
Language: English
Release Date: April 28, 2012
How much say should students have in shaping their schools' disciplinary cultures? Should they have the power to weigh in on contentious issues like favouritism, discrimination, ‘no hats’ rules, and zero tolerance? What if pupils disagree with their teachers and administrators on certain rules?...
Do Men Mother?
Second Edition
Language: English
Release Date: April 13, 2018
The first edition of Do Men Mother? (2006) was awarded the John Porter Tradition of Excellence Book Award from the Canadian Sociological Association and remains one of the most widely cited books on primary caregiving fathers and stay-at-home fathers. This second edition of Do Men Mother? builds on...
Social Science and Modern Man
Alan B. Plaunt Memorial Lectures 1969
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 1970
The main theme of these lectures is man's struggle to understand himself as a social being. The author argues that the chief inspiration for this effort, insofar as it has been successful, has been the rationalist philosophy of physical science, and that constructive social science has been based...
Indigenous Methodologies
Characteristics, Conversations, and Contexts
Language: English
Release Date: October 23, 2010
What are Indigenous research methodologies, and how do they unfold? Indigenous methodologies flow from tribal knowledge, and while they are allied with several western qualitative approaches, they remain distinct. These are the focal considerations of Margaret Kovach's study,which offers guidance...