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The Consulting Trap

By (author) Chris Hurl & Leah B. Werner
Categories: Consultancy

The Consulting Trap does a deep dive into how governments have become hooked on private consultancy firms with dire consequences for democratic decision-making, public accountability and accessible public ...

How We Gather Matters

Grow your audience, shrink your footprint, change the world

Events can help educate, inspire, and connect us to our community, but all too often they escalate into resource-intensive glorifications of ...

Much More than Police

By (author) Terry Carlson
Edited by Sandy Newton
Categories: Business & Economics

Terry Carlson’s thoroughly researched new history offers a detailed account of the activities and evolution of the Newfoundland Constabulary from 1871, when the force was founded, to 1949, when Newfoundland ...

Plundering the North

The manufacturing of a chronic food crisis

Food insecurity in the North is one of Canada’s most shameful public health and human rights crises. In Plundering the North, Kristin Burnett and Travis Hay ...

Social Democracy, Capitalism, and Competition

By (author) Marcel Boyer
Categories: Political economy

Our social democracies and welfare states face economic and governance challenges that threaten their very survival. Against this backdrop, Social Democracy, Capitalism, and Competition argues that a true ...

Buzz Kill

Cronyism, greed, and corruption trumped social justice and public health in Canada?s legalization of cannabis. How did we get here? Where are we going? More humane drug policy?which prioritizes public ...

She Said

By (author) Mitchell D. King
Categories: Business & Economics

Mia Kennedy is a student at Holy Spirit High School with a loving family and a large group of friends. Robert Harris is a divorced trucker who works long and tough hours on the road, alone and desolate. ...

Forecasts

By (author) Caroline E. Schuster
Illustrated by Enrique Bernardou & David Bueno
Categories: Ethnic studies
Series: ethnoGRAPHIC

Based in the agrarian world of commercial sesame farming in northern Paraguay, Forecasts tells a story about what happens when global insurance companies promise financial safety nets to local farmers ...

Generation Why

Perhaps more than ever before, young people entering the workforce are searching for meaning and authenticity in their careers. This book helps managers understand the postmodern worldview held by generation ...

Hunting Helena

By (author) Natalie Carter-Giles
Categories: Business & Economics

Helena Douglas is a survivor. For three months, two weeks, and five days, a madman held her captive, but she escaped. Barely alive and mentally exhausted, she finds the strength to put one foot in front ...