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Much of the discussion of social transformation and resistance in socio-legal studies centres around the question of whether and how the law can be used to achieve practical change. However, the editors of this volume argue that it will never be possible to enact change through the law because it is inseparable from violence, be it metaphysical, social, or political. They posit that a "just world," free from oppressive power relations, requires us to imagine communities where the state and its law cease to exist.

OEuvre sinon mal aimée, du moins largement méconnue d'Alain Grandbois, Les voyages de Marco Polo ne manque pourtant pas d'intérêt, du moins si l'on accepte de lire ce récit comme une authentique création littéraire et non pas uniquement comme un texte qui relèverait d'un exotisme désuet. Présenté par Grandbois lui-même dans son avant-propos comme "un simple récit des voyages du Vénitien et des événements qui touchent plus particulièrement son époque", ce livre est en effet bien plus que cela.

Depuis des millénaires, nos rapports au monde et aux autres sont déterminés par les histoires que nous échangeons, celles que nous nous transmettons d'une génération à l'autre, celles que nous oublions, refoulons ou nions, celles qui se font à l'instant même. L'écriture travaille à rétablir les liens qui nous lient au vivant; à la fois, aux êtres et à la terre, au territoire. Ce faisant, il se produit des choses étonnantes, des clartés et des ouvertures qui nous tirent vers le monde et nous y incluent, qui nous mettent au monde - à condition d'être attentif.

« Et je vivrais ainsi, perchée, dans ce véritable chantier, un chantier d'écriture qui ressemblerait à un jardin suspendu... » Durant trois ans, Evelyne de la Chenelière a écrit sur un mur d'Espace GO, construisant de jour en jour la résidence artistique qui allait ébranler profondément sa pratique. Elle raconte ce parcours de création dans l'essai Errance et tremblements. La pièce La vie utile est issue de cette résidence. Jeanne s'affaire dans son appartement quand un homme apparaît : c'est la Mort. En même temps, Jeanne enfant fait une chute mortelle à cheval.

David Carpenter's collection of essays explores a city boy's love of the wild, a passion that has enriched his life from boyhood. At 80, this irrepressible Saskatchewan raconteur examines his intense fascination with predators large and small, and his awe in the face of the variety of creatures that may be out to get us--or who are out to get one another. How does this combination of fear and wonder affect our relationship with the natural world?

In The Sunday Book, Michael Trussler uses memoir to excavate and explore a range of inner lives, all lived at different speeds. With essays touching on the meaning of the Holocaust in the twenty-first century to confronting the complexities of being a parent in the Anthropocene, Trussler's interconnected essays are united by his lived experience with a rare learning disability. The Sunday Book freshly engages with fundamental existential problems such as free.

Through poetry, letters, essays, and interviews, The Life Sentences of Rik McWhinney relates the harrowing experiences of a man who spent nearly thirty-five years in the Canadian prison system. Rik McWhinney spent thirty-four years and four months in Canada's federal penitentiaries--sixteen of those in solitary confinement. His incarceration began in the 1970s, as a system-wide war was raging over the implementation of penal reforms.

Recent efforts to solve the problems of education-created by neoliberalism in and out of higher education-have centred on the use of technology that promises efficiency, progress tracking, and automation. The editors of this volume argue that using technology in this way reduces learning to a transaction. They ask administrators, instructors, and learning designers to reflect on our relationship with these tools and explore how to cultivate a pedagogy of care in an online environment.

This collection explores sustainability education in the North American academy. The authors advocate for a more integrated approach to teaching sustainability in order to help students address the most pressing problems of the world, embrace experimentation, and foster more meaningful involvement with the communities in which universities are located. Throughout, they remain focussed on identifying opportunities for sustainability in higher education and suggesting specific strategies and tactics to achieve them.

This collection challenges misconceptions that rural Canada is a bastion of intolerance. While examining the extent and nature of contemporary cultural and religious discrimination in rural Canadian communities, the editors and contributors explore the many efforts by rural citizens, community groups, and municipalities to counter intolerance, build inclusive communities, and become better neighbours. Throughout, scholars and community leaders focus on building new understandings, language, and ways of thinking about diversity and inclusion that will resonate with rural people.