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Desiring Canada

By (author) Patricia Cormack & James Cosgrave
Categories: Sociology

What do Tim Hortons, Hockey Night in Canada, and Rick Mercer have in common? Each is a popular symbol of Canadian identity, seen across the country – and beyond – on television and in other forms ...

The Freedom of Security

By (author) Colleen Bell
Categories: Human rights, civil rights
Series: Law and Society

Post-9/11 security measures have sparked fears that the West is violating the very civil rights it strives to protect. Debates centre on the United States, but how have the politics of security influenced ...

Hierarchies of Belonging

By (author) Ailsa Henderson
Categories: Sociology

"As we incorporate objective and subjective boundaries and view national identification as a process that relies on a shared understanding of several social factors, we can gain a more detailed view of ...

Policing the Wild North-West

By (author) Zhiqiu Lin
Categories: Social Science

In Policing the Wild North-West, the first comprehensive social history of provincial police in western Canada between 1905 and 1932, Zhiqiu Lin investigates the complex relationship between the role ...

Recent Social Trends in Canada, 1960-2000

Lance W. Roberts is professor of sociology, University of Manitoba.
Rodney A. Clifton is professor of education, University of Manitoba.
Barry Ferguson is professor of history, University of Manitoba. ...

Contesting Fundamentalisms

A multidimensional understanding of the nature of fundamentalism is presented in this exploration of fundamentalism’s manifestations in economics, nationalism, ethnic relations, gender politics, and ...

User Error

By (author) Ellen Rose
Categories: Human–computer interaction

User Error explodes the myth of computer technology as juggernaut. Multimedia educator Ellen Rose shows that there is no bandwagon, no out-of-control dynamo, no titanic conspiracy to overwhelm us. Instead, ...

The Review of Economic Performance and Social Progress, 2002

The issue of Productivity and the related issue of innovation continue to be high on the public policy agenda. Policymakers are particularly interested in the social aspects of Productivity. In The Review ...

Canada: The State of the Federation 2001

Arguably, political changes in Canada have been greater in the 1990s than in any other decade since Confederation, but do these changes signify a shift in Canadian political culture? Can we even speak ...