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Based on presentations made to a symposium on the Canadian Wheat Board organized by the National Farmers union held in Regina, Saskatchewan, February 24 and 25, 2006, this book helps farmers and non-farmers better understand the essential role of the CWB in the lives of western wheat producers and their communities, and the Canadian economy.

How do we make sense of poverty, globalization, violence between men and women, youth politics, barriers to Aboriginal economic development, privatization of universities, and the like? This work shows that, collectively and individually, Canadians resist these inequalities in order to resolve our social troubles and create a more just society.

When social workers arrived on the scene after the Halifax explosion it marked the beginning of the transition from a charity model of social welfare to a profession of trained and paid social workers. This work reflects on the lessons the profession of social work took from its work in rebuilding the lives of Haligonians.

The Internet poses diverse challenges to researchers. This book discusses these challenges in all their complexity. It covers issues of copyright, privacy and ethical use of Internet materials. It also analyzes contradictions between the federal Tri- Council Policy Statement and university-based research ethics boards.

Challenging traditional notions of development, the essays in this book examine community economic development strategies in a variety of contexts, for example, as a means of improving lives in northern, rural and inner-city settings.

Deals with linguistic racism and the centrality of language in the discourse of anti-racism. This work discusses how language is used and how, especially in that usage, race and racism are expressed in everyday practice. It explores the topic of change through the poetics of words and action, thereby giving voice to the possibilities of change.

Canada has always been a global nation, integrated with the international economy and having close relations with succeeding hegemonic powers. Recently, globalization was accompanied by an intellectual paradigm shift: moderate state interventionism associated with Keynesian economic theories was replaced by an economic orthodoxy that confined the state to a minimal role and trumpeted the virtue of market solutions. Paradigm Shift evaluates the globalization debate through a Canadian lens and places Canada in the forefront of the analysis. Opposition to neo-liberal globalization emerged on several fronts: from political opposition within civil society and social movements, skepticism about the claims of the globalizers from academic researchers, and lack of enthusiasm by some nation-states which found, contrary to expectations, that they retained some power. The Bush administration s aggressive unilateral foreign policy stimulated talk of a new imperialism and sharpened the debate over the nature of the new era. Canada faces difficult choices but so far the government shows intensified rather than lessened enthusiasm for removing obstacles to trade and investment. On the other hand, as the government moves toward greater integration with the United States, many Canadians seek a more independent path."

Discussing the evolving concept of social inclusion in Canada, these essays include topics such as the importance of social inclusion for government policy development and the positive effects social inclusion can have in the fight against racism. Seeking holistic and equity-based solutions, these essays take a positive approach when asking questions such as Is there a common understanding or definition of social inclusion? What role does poverty play in social inclusion? What are the contributions of feminism and of the disability rights movement? and What does social inclusion mean for minority communities and for Canada`s First Nations peoples?

Law's power to criminalize is formidable. Traditional legal doctrine argues that law dispenses justice in an impartial and unbiased fashion. Critical legal theorists claim that law reproduces gender, race and class inequalities. This text offers an analysis that acknowledges the tensions between these two views of law.

As the fisheries have dramatically changed in Newfoundland and Labrador, so has the work and learning experiences of women fish harvesters. This text explores women's lives in the restructured fishery, their workload and work responsibilities, work relations, professionalization and training.

This study of the challenges that same-sex couples face in Nova Scotia considers the legal issues that have arisen since Nova Scotia passed legislation permitting same-sex couples to legally register their relationship and the social expectations that continue to affect personal decisions. Closeted relationships and the history of discrimination have led many partners to avoid making end-of-life decisions. The personal interviews and group discussions presented offer insight into the challenges that same-sex couples face and provide a framework for discussing what partners need to consider to assert their legal rights.

Fred MacKinnon has been hailed as the outstanding public servant of his generation in Nova Scotia. During a 55-year career in government, he was a key figure in the formulation and reform of social policy for the province.

A solidarity-based economic model involving revised relationships between the state, market, and informal economy is outlined in this collection of essays on the social economy of four Canadian provinces.

The three-year-long transformation of Lawrence Heights Middle School from an underachieving, gang-ridden school with a high teacher attrition rate to a thriving, diverse school whose reading, writing, and math scores rated above average in the province is described in this personal account by the school`s agent of change: the principal. Anecdotal stories of students throwing library books out the window during the principal`s first tour of the school accompany inspiring stories of students who excelled beyond the expectations of a community dominated by public-housing complexes. Practical theories and real-life applications from a leading expert on inner-city revitalization offer hope and strategies for instilling pride and dignity in at-risk students.

The constitutional soundness of Ontario`s Safe Streets Act, which prohibits begging and other activities that more severely criminalize the homeless, is critiqued in these essays. The exclusion and punishment of the population termed "disorderly people" is discussed, with attention to how this law encourages a constriction of the public and private rights of the poor.

This book about crime, law, power, and social issues in Canada includes contributions from academics, legal practitioners, journalists, and social activists who have been studying and struggling for years against the abuse of power in myriad realms of Canadian life and represents the first systematic effort in Canada to integrate a variety of topics related to power into a single collection aimed at identifying and exploring common themes, issues, problems, and remedies.

Examining when and why governments implement progressive childcare policies, this study takes a look at the different systems Canadians have adopted over the past five decades and argues that childcare is better understood as a public responsibility.

This impassioned account of life on the mean streets of Vancouver's Downtown Eastside chronicles the grim spirals of poverty, marginalization, and despair that propel people from their homes, onto the streets, and into the ambit of emergency shelters like Triage.