Does our current system for dealing with young offenders -- which focuses on punishment -- work? Not according to the authors of this compelling and thought-provoking book. It simply ensures that we jail more youth than any other...
Social science
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Author:Green, Ross Gordon, Healy, KearneySummary: - Author:Berrisford, Stephen, Kihato, Caroline Wanjiku, McGaffin, Rob, Napier, Mark, Royston, LaurenSummary:
Trading Places is about urban land markets in African cities. It explores how local practice, land governance and markets interact to shape the ways that people at society's margins access land to build their livelihoods. The authors...
- Author:Oosten, Jarich, Miller, Barbara Helen, Buijs, Cunera, Laugrand, Frédéric, Olsthoorn, Thea, Rasing, Willem C.E., Van Dam, Kim, Zorgdrager, NellejetSummary:
The transfer of knowledge is a key issue in the North as Indigenous peoples meet the ongoing need to adapt to cultural and environmental change. In eight essays, experts survey critical issues surrounding the knowledge practices of the...
- Author:Gilliam, Dorothy ButlerSummary:
Dorothy Butler Gilliam, whose fifty-year-career as a journalist put her in the forefront of the fight for social justice, offers a comprehensive view of racial relations and the media in the US, covering a wide swath of media history--...
- Author:Ozzi, Dan, Grace, Laura JaneSummary:
Illuminated by Laura Jane's never-before-published journal entries, Tranny reveals the struggles and victories that Laura Jane Grace, the lead singer of the cult punk rock band Against Me!, experienced in her quest for gender transition...
- Author:McClellan, JosephSummary:
Trans women-assigned male at birth and later transitioned into a female gender- are recently in media because of celebrities and controversial legislation. Therefore cis men-who identify with a masculine gender they were assigned at...
- Author:Gin, Pascal, Goyer, Nicolas, Moser, WalterSummary:
L'ouvrage propose trois axes de réflexion sur le concept de transfert. Dans la première partie du volume, Hans-Jürgen Lüsebrink évoque les changements contemporains qui augmentent les communications interculturelles. Walter Moser...
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Social work field education in Canada is in crisis. New understanding and approaches are urgently needed. Innovative and sustainable models need to be explored and adopted. As professionals, social workers are expected to use research...
- Author:Bourré, Jean-SébastienSummary:
Ce livre jette un regard sur l’histoire et l’évolution des droits des personnes trans au Canada et ailleurs dans le monde. Il dépeint la naissance du mouvement, les changements de mentalités à travers des témoignages inspirants et les...
- Author:Mancini, Stephanie, Mancini, JosephSummary:
The Working Centre in the downtown core of Kitchener, Ontario, is a widely recognized and successful model for community development. Begun from scratch in 1982, it is now a vast network of practical supports for the unemployed, the...
- Author:SlySummary:
A memoir of transformation and self-discovery that explores fetish communities from a gender diverse perspective. Transland is a fiery and revealing memoir that delves into what happens when a non-binary person goes looking for self-...
- Author:Belzile, Louise, Couturier, YvesSummary:
Depuis toujours, les travailleuses sociales collaborent de très près avec les professionnels du monde de la santé, les médecins et les infirmières au premier chef. Or la formation de ceux-ci a peu à offrir sur la nature et l'...
- Author:Hildebrandt, Walter, Cardinal, HaroldSummary:
"It is my hope, and the hope of the Office of the Treaty Commissioner, that this publication can help provide the historical context needed to intelligently and respectfully forge new relations between First Nations people and non-...
- Author:Micallef, ShawnSummary:
What do your Eggs Benedict say about your notions of class? Every weekend, in cities around the world, bleary-eyed diners wait in line to be served overpriced, increasingly outré food by hungover waitstaff. For some, the ritual we call...
- Author:Manning, ChandraSummary:
By the end of the Civil War, nearly half a million slaves had taken refuge behind Union lines in what became known as "contraband camps." This book probes what the camps were like and how former slaves and soldiers warily united there--...
- Author:Litt, PaulSummary:
In 1968, Canadians dared to take a chance on a new kind of politician. Pierre Trudeau became the leader of the Liberal Party in April and two months later won the federal election. His meteoric rise to power was driven by Trudeaumania,...
- Author:Lindemann, Danielle J.Summary:
Sociologist and TV lover Danielle J. Lindemanna presents a sociological study of reality TV that explores its rise as a culture-dominating medium, and what the genre reveals about our attitudes toward race, gender, class, and sexuality...
- Author:Burshtein, SheldonSummary:
Never has there been a president like Donald J. Trump. In the five years since he announced his candidacy, through Impeachment proceedings and the impact of COVID-19, President Trump has challenged or ignored almost every standard of...
- Author:McMillan, L. JaneSummary:
The name "Donald Marshall Jr." is synonymous with "wrongful conviction" and the fight for Indigenous rights in Canada. In Truth and Conviction, Jane McMillan - Marshall's former partner, an acclaimed...
- Author:De Gaulejac, ClémentSummary:
Depuis 2012, Clément de Gaulejac a produit un grand nombre d’affiches et d’illustrations qui ont contribué à équiper visuellement la critique sociale et politique au Québec. Ce livre offre un prolongement à son travail d’illustrateur...
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