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As well as Jean-Claude Parrot's story, this is also the story of the formation of a union. In this book, you will follow the life of one of Canada's greatest union leaders as he fought to give the workers a voice. You also learn about how the struggle was waged and how a union leadership worked tirelessly in the service of the union membership.

Fundamentalism has been thrust into the limelight by recent world events. In this text, the authors cast a wide net to include an array of ideological positions in social and cultural movements, as well as more traditional areas of religious practice.

The immigrant case studies in this text - Ghanaian women learning English, migrant women sex-workers in our cities, East Asian women and sexual harassment, and Canadian aid workers in the South - all contribute to performa reality check for the notion of Canada as a "caring and sharing" country.

Conway explores topics that affect groups involved in social justice and offers some hard hitting analysis on how it is that small groups scattered around the world are able to affect change.

The inequalities in the treatment of individuals whose gender, race, class, or sexual orientation relegates them to a minority status are presented as the root cause of social, economic, and political problems in this survey of Canadian social issues.

These days almost anyone is bound to be depressed by the litany of economic woes we are told are besieging Canada. At the same time, mainstream economists, politicians and business leaders claim that workers wages must fall, the social safety net must be stripped away, taxes must be cut and environmental regulations must be relaxed. There Is No Alternative if Canada is to be competitive."

The ten essays in this richly illustrated volume detail Nova Scotia's industrial history. Covering coal, steel, iron, ropeworks, and railways, this work presents a rich and diverse industrial heritage that includes a discussion of the impact of industrialization on humans, the role of external capital, and the involvement of unions.

13-year-old Russian Alexi Gertoff had a chance meeting with Lev, Leon Trotsky's son. In the spring of 1917, Lev has come to Amherst to help his father escape from the wartime prison camp and Alexi becomes involved in this dangerous attempt to reunite Trotsky with his family.

Examines the importance of the US-Canada border against the background of the new pressure of increased security practices and the continuing need to have a sufficiently porous border for the purpose of trade.