In the space of another generation, the population of the earth will rise by 2.5 billion. Yet the real problem we face is not so much the increase in numbers as the fact that growth will be highly uneven. Whereas rich countries will see...
SOCIAL SCIENCE
- Author:Bacci, Massimo LiviSummary:
- Author:Kingwell, MarkSummary:
With COVID-19 comes a heightened sense of everyday risk. How should a society manage, distribute, and conceive of it? As we cope with the lengthening effects of the global COVID-19 pandemic, considerations of everyday risk have been...
- Author:Walcott, RinaldoSummary:
From plantation rebellion to prison labour's super-exploitation, Walcott examines the relationship between policing and property.That a man can lose his life for passing a fake $20 bill when we know our economies are flush with...
- Author:Zwarenstein, CarlynSummary:
A groundbreaking meditation on pain, painkillers, and dependence from a prescription opioid user.Her writing has been described as 'measured,' 'sensuous,' and 'compelling.' In 2016, Carlyn Zwarenstein'...
- Author:Biss, EulaSummary:
Upon becoming a new mother, Eula Biss addresses a chronic condition of fear-fear of the government, the medical establishment, and what is in your child's air, food, mattress, medicine, and vaccines. She finds that you cannot immunize...
- Author:Lhomme, Florence, Morell Bonet, Alvaro, Berger, Patrick, Deslauriers, Jean-Martin, Flynn, Catherine, Maheu, Josiane, Couturier, Pénélope, Lafortune, Louise, Mathieu, Kathy, Lessard, Geneviève, Iribarne, Anna, Gagnon, Charlotte, Cousineau, Marie-Marthe, Antonin-Tattini, Véronique, Beauchamp, Julie, Chamberland, Line, Carbonneau, Hélène, Cantin, Étienne, Duhaime, Gérard, Galbrun, Frédérick, Beaucaire, Krystof, Rivard, Jacinthe, Harton, Catherine, Frigon, Sylvie, Jenny, Claire, Dubé, Marcelle, Belhadj-Ziane, Kheira, Morel, Maia, Galvez, Natacha, Le Coq, Sophie, Vinet-St-Pierre, Marilou, Labrie, Marie-Pierre, Perahia, Mathilde, Lafontaine, Élise, Brum Schäppi, Paula, Bourassa-Dansereau, Caterine, G.-Langlois, Maxime, Robert, François P., Laliberté, Bianca, Hamelin-Brabant, LouiseSummary:
Ce numéro est le fruit d'un travail de longue haleine dont les dernières étapes ont été réalisées alors que le Québec et une bonne partie de la planète étaient « en pause » en raison de la pandémie de la maladie à coronavirus (...
- Author:Wunker, ErinSummary:
Following in the tradition of Sara Ahmed (the originator of the concept 'feminist killjoy'), Wunker brings memoir, theory, literary criticism, pop culture, and feminist thinking together in this collection of essays that take...
- Author:Chambers, Lori, Verrelli, NadiaSummary:
An RCMP sting caught Nicole Doucet (Ryan) trying to hire a hitman to kill her ex-husband. It was supposed to be an open-and-shut case. It wasn't. She was acquitted on the basis of duress in a context of abuse. But her ordeal did...
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This book will be a significant reference for social work researchers, educators, and students, and for local, national, and international policy practitioners, urban planners, community developers, and community service providers.
- Author:Larivière, Nadine, Corbière, MarcSummary:
La méthode est la pierre angulaire de la recherche appliquée en sciences humaines, sociales et de la santé, car c'est elle qui balise le chemin qu'emprunte le chercheur pour réaliser ses travaux. Elle doit soutenir le processus de...
- Author:Al Kontar, HassanSummary:
When civil war broke out in his home country in 2011, Hassan Al Kontar was a young Syrian living and working in the UAE. He refused to return to Syria for compulsory military service and lived illegally before being deported to Malaysia...
- Author:Mercredi, DuncanSummary:
mahikan ka onot collects the finest work of accomplished Indigenous poet Duncan Mercredi, from his first book in 1991 to recent unpublished poems. These are poems of life on the land as well as life in the city, vibrant with the rhythms...
- Author:B. , DaphnéSummary:
A nuanced, feminist, and deeply personal take on beauty culture and YouTube consumerism, in the tradition of Maggie Nelson's Bluets As Daphné B. obsessively watches YouTube makeup tutorials and haunts Sephora's website, she...
- Author:Cote, Margaret, Cote, LynnSummary:
Mācī-Anihināpēmowin / Beginning Saulteaux is an introductory look at one of the most widely spoken of all North American Indigenous languages, regionally known as Saulteaux, Ojibway, Ottawa (Odawa), Chippewa, and Algonquian. In an easy-...
- Author:Homel, DavidSummary:
In 1970, when he was travelling in Spain as an 18-year-old, David Homel took a false step and ended up in pieces at the foot of a cliff. After a spell in a Spanish hospital, he was gathered up in the arms of a nearby US military...
- Author:D'Orso, MichaelSummary:
When a black man was accused of attacking a white woman in a rural Florida town, a tinderbox of racial hatred was ignited. On New Year's Day 1923, Rosewood, a town of hard-working, middle class African Americans was burned to the ground...
- Author:Landry, JulienSummary:
Ce livre retrace l'histoire des groupes de réflexion ou think tanks canadiens, tout en inscrivant ceux-ci dans un contexte plus large permettant de mieux comprendre les rapports entre la politique, les sciences sociales et l'...
- Author:Gagnon, AlexSummary:
En mai 2000, à Montréal, le chanteur André « Dédé » Fortin s'enlève la vie et laisse dans le deuil une collectivité affligée. Un an plus tard, le commandant Robert Piché fait atterrir aux Açores un avion en panne, arrachant à une...
- Author:Labbé, StéphaneSummary:
Huit heures par jour, c'est le temps moyen que les jeunes Canadiens passent les yeux rivés sur un écran, qu'il s'agisse d'un téléphone, d'une tablette, d'un ordinateur ou d'un téléviseur. Les adultes, quant à eux, interagissent en...
- Author:Bellot, CélineSummary:
Premier manuel francophone traitant des droits de la personne au regard du travail social, le présent ouvrage s'ancre directement dans les conceptions contemporaines de ce domaine en participant au développement des compétences et...