University Of Toronto Press Higher Education Division: 213 books
Welfare Reform in Canada
Provincial Social Assistance in Comparative Perspective
Language: English
Release Date: September 18, 2015
Welfare Reform in Canada provides systematic knowledge of Canadian social assistance by assessing provincial welfare regimes and emphasizing changes since the late twentieth century. The book examines activation, social investment, and economic inequalities and provides nuanced perspectives on social...
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Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2004
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2004
This fascinating account is the principal source for a number of momentous political developments leading up to the millennium. These include struggles among the Carolingians, the rise of the Saxon dynasty in Germany, and various Viking and Magyar raids.
Academics please note that this is a...
Work Your Career
Get What You Want from Your Social Sciences or Humanities PhD
Language: English
Release Date: May 22, 2018
Work Your Career shows PhD students how to use the unique opportunities of doctoral programs to build successful career outcomes. The authors encourage students to consider both academic and non-academic career options from the outset, and to prepare for both concurrently. The book presents a systematic...
Bending the Cost Curve in Health Care
Canada's Provinces in International Perspective
Language: English
Release Date: December 3, 2014
Through Canadian and international perspectives, Bending the Cost Curve in Health Care explores the management of growing health costs in an extraordinarily complex arena. The book moves beyond previous debates, agreeing that while efficiencies and better value for money may yet be found, more fundamental...
A World Beyond Borders
An Introduction to the History of International Organizations
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2010
This short and well-written overview provides essential information on the history of international organizations (IOs), with particular focus on the League of Nations, the development of the United Nations, and the UN system. Starting at the beginning of the twentieth century, when there were very...
The Promise of Sociology
Classical Approaches to Contemporary Society, Second Edition
Language: English
Release Date: August 29, 2016
Unlike most introductory texts that take a topical approach to studying sociology, this smart, challenging, and accessibly written text looks at the core principles of the discipline, making links to a contemporary context.
The second edition of this award-winning book has been substantially...
Learning Activism
The Intellectual Life of Contemporary Social Movements
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2015
What do activists know? Learning Activism is designed to encourage a deeper engagement with the intellectual life of activists who organize for social, political, and ecological justice. Combining experiential knowledge from his own activism and a variety of social movements, Choudry suggests that...
Adventures in Blogging
Public Anthropology and Popular Media
Language: English
Release Date: April 6, 2018
Paul Stoller has been writing a popular blog for the Huffington Post since 2011. Blogging, says Stoller, allows him to bring an anthropological perspective to contemporary debates, but it also makes him a better writer: snappier, more concise, and more focused on the connection he wants to make with...
by Jim Lightbody
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2005
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2005
City Politics, Canada is an introduction to the basic politics and core policies of today's city halls. While the book surveys classic discussions and accurately describes municipal institutions in Canada, it also explains why particular policies assume the specific shape they do. James Lightbody...
Kickstarting Your Academic Career
Skills to Succeed in the Social Sciences
Language: English
Release Date: February 10, 2017
Kickstarting Your Academic Career is a primer on the common scholastic demands that social sciences students face upon entering college or university. Based on the challenges that instructors most often find students need help with, the authors offer practical advice and tips on topics such as how...
Linguistically Appropriate Practice
A Guide for Working with Young Immigrant Children
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2012
This path-breaking book provides a convincing argument for the importance of children's home languages and the benefits of dual- and multi-language learning. A new classroom practice known as Linguistically Appropriate Practice (LAP) offers guidance for those working with young children who arrive...
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Language: English
Release Date: December 7, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: December 7, 2016
Ontario is the most populous of Canada's provinces, contains the country's largest city, and continues to be the centre of finance, IT, and media. It is also experiencing significant changes and upheavals. The Politics of Ontario is the first comprehensive book on Ontario's politics, government, and...
The Middle Ages in Texts and Texture
Reflections on Medieval Sources
Language: English
Release Date: August 2, 2011
The Middle Ages in Texts and Texture is an introduction to medieval Europe unlike any other. These 26 essays, written by accomplished scholars all trained at the University of California, Berkeley, reflect on medieval texts and the opportunities they present for exploration of the Middle Ages. Introduced...
Journeys
Reconceptualizing Early Childhood Practices through Pedagogical Narration
Language: English
Release Date: October 27, 2014
Inspired by the idea of documentation as a valuable tool for making learning visible, pedagogical narration offers an opportunity to move beyond checklists and quick answers to a more complex understanding of how children learn, and how teachers might facilitate and support that learning in innovative...