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Published some two decades ago, Elizabeth Comack's Women in Trouble explored the connections between the women's abuse histories and their law violations as well as their experience of im

Living the Changes explores the nature and extent of women's changing realities.

The voices of young female prostitutes offer a chorus of disturbing firsthand perspectives on sexual exploitation and the inadequacies of government programs designed to help them in this account o

For a country as wealthy as Canada, poverty is utterly unnecessary.

This accessible and engaging book introduces readers to key historical events, and the women who were central to them, in the struggle for women’s equality in Canada.

Five hundred years of colonization have taken an incalculable toll on the Indigenous peoples of the Americas: substance use disorders and shockingly high rates of depression, diabetes, and other ch

Before I Was a Critic I Was a Human Being is the debut collection of essays by Amy Fung.

Build an organization that is growth-minded, values-based, and innovative using the six steps to 'responsible impact.' At age 16, Michael 'Piecez' Prosserman, a professional b-b

John Werner was a storyteller. A Mennonite immigrant in southern Manitoba, he captivated his audiences with tales of adventure and perseverance.

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

Almost daily scientists are sounding dire warnings about the effects of climate change. Our young will bear an unprecedented burden.

Sanaaq is an intimate story of an Inuit family negotiating the changes brought into their community by the coming of the qallunaat, the white people, in the mid-nineteenth century.

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 kno

A groundbreaking meditation on pain, painkillers, and dependence from a prescription opioid user.Her writing has been described as 'measured,' 'sensuous,' and 'compelling.&

For readers of Ronald Wright, Rebecca Solnit, and Yuval Noah Harari, comes a compelling inquiry into our relationship with humanity's latest and greatest calamity In The Environmentalist'