Lidia Turner Martî
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Restless Ideas
Contemporary Social Theory in an Anxious Age
Tony Simmons illustrates how social theory provides us with the skills for more informed observation, analysis and empathic understanding of social behaviour and social interaction.
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The Desirable Sister
“Presented like a kaleidoscopic tapestry, we watch with fascination as Gia and Serena come of age and emerge from the grip of race and colour to become independent young women. Taslim Burkowicz is a masterful storyteller of intimate details that are surprising and sometimes shocking.”
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Beyond Market Dystopia
New Ways of Living
How can we build a future with better health and homes, respecting people and the environment?
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Reconciliation in Practice
A Cross-Cultural Perspective
Reconciliation in Practice reminds us that reconciliation is an ongoing process, not an event, and that decolonizing our relationships and building new ones based on understanding and respect is empowering for all of us — Indigenous, settler, immigrant and refugee alike.
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Critical Perspectives on Social Control and Social Regulation in Canada
Critical Perspectives on Social Control and Social Regulation in Canada is an introduction to the sociology of what has traditionally been called deviance and conformity. This book shifts the focus from individuals labelled deviant to the political and economic processes that shape marginalization, power and exclusion.
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The Daughter Who Walked Away
A powerful and beautiful debut novel by Kimia Eslah, The Daughter Who Walked Away explores the lives of three Iranian women, across three generations, as they struggle to love and be loved unconditionally
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Thirty Years of Failure
Understanding Canadian Climate Policy
How did Canada go from climate leader to climate villain?
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When Poverty Mattered
Then and Now
Founded in Toronto in 1968, the Praxis Corporation was a progressive research institute mandated to spark political discussion about a range of social issues, such as poverty, homelessness, anti-war activism, community activism and worker organization. Deemed a radical threat by the Canadian state, Praxis was put under RCMP surveillance. In 1970, Praxis’s office was burgled and burned to the ground.
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Holocaust to Resistance, My Journey
A powerful, awe-inspiring memoir from author and activist Suzanne Berliner Weiss.
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Development in Latin America
Toward a New Future
In Development in Latin America, Maristella Svampa explores the contemporary development and resistance dynamics of capitalist development — the workings (on people and societies) of the world capitalist system — in the context of Latin America, where these dynamics have had their most notable outcomes.