Work is a central aspect of human life in every culture and every society. In certain societies work may be a means by which individuals define themselves and/or maintain their quality of life. However, as a whole, work is the essential...
Law and legislation
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Author:Schumacher, MichaelSummary:A documentary drawn from testimony at the Coast Guard's official inquiry looks anew at one of the most storied, and mysterious, shipwrecks in American history, the Edmund Fitzgerald.
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Author:Mangan, MikeSummary: - Author:Starblanket, TamaraSummary:
Originally approved as a master of laws thesis bya respected Canadian university, this booktackles one of the most compelling issues of ourtime—the crime of genocide—and whether in factit can be said to have occurred in relation to...
- Author:Picoult, JodiSummary:
Zoe Baxter is finally pregnant after a 10-year struggle with fertility problems. When she loses the baby, she and her husband Max soon divorce. In time, she falls in love with another woman, and they decide to try for a child using Zoe...
- Author:Manenzhe, Resoketswe MarthaSummary:
A BEST NEW BOOK from *Vanity Fair *The New York Times *The Washington Post. A lyrical, moving novel in the spirit of Transcendent Kingdom and A Burning--and the most awarded debut title in South Africa--that tells the story of a...
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Power Struggles: Hydro Development and First Nations in Manitoba and Quebec examines the evolution of new agreements between First Nations and Inuit and the hydro corporations in Quebec and Manitoba, including the Wuskwatim Dam Project...
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Author:Boyer, YvonneSummary:Continuing the theme of social determinants of health, this book is an historical examination of Canadian legal regimes and the negative impact they have had on the health of Aboriginal peoples. Everything from the early ban on...
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Author:Harris, Douglas C.Summary:Landing Native Fisheries reveals the contradictions and consequences of an Indian land policy premised on access to fish, on one hand, and a program of fisheries management intended to open the resource to newcomers, on the other....
- Author:Winchester, SimonSummary:
Land--whether meadow or mountainside, desert or peat bog, parkland or pasture, suburb or city--is central to our existence. Simon Winchester examines what we human beings are doing, and have done, with the billions of acres that...
- Author:Doctorow, CorySummary:
Cory Doctorow takes on the state of copyright and creative success in the digital age. This is an essential read for anyone with a stake in the future of the arts.
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In 1888, the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council ruled in the St. Catherine's case. This precedent-setting decision would define the legal contours of Aboriginal title in Canada for almost a hundred years. In Flawed Precedent,...
- Author:Ford, Richard ThompsonSummary:
For centuries, clothing has been a wearable status symbol; fashion, a weapon in struggles for social change; and dress codes, a way to maintain political control. Dress codes evolved along with the social and political ideals of the day...
- Author:Scala, FrancescaSummary:
Are assisted reproductive technologies (ARTs) a medical issue or a matter of public policy, subject to restrictions? Francesca Scala employs the concept of boundary work to explain the protracted debates that ensued when Canada...
- Author:Duthu, N. BruceSummary:
Duthu highlights the major events, the differing principles, and the evolving perspectives that have governed relations among the Native American Indian tribes, the federal government, and the states.
- Author:AlbertaSummary:
The Libraries Act provides the legal framework for public library service in Alberta.
- Author:Black, Dustin LanceSummary:
"he play is a powerful account of the case filed by the American Federation for Equal Rights (AFER) in the U.S. District Court in 2010 to overturn Proposition 8, a constitutional amendment that eliminated the rights of same-sex...
