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Canada at a Crossroads

Author : Jeffrey Denis

Publisher : University of Toronto Press

Page : 382 pages

File Size : 19,57 MB

Release : 2020-04-02

Category : Social Science

ISBN : 1442666013

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Winner of the John Porter Tradition of Excellence Book Award, Canada at a Crossroads draws on group position theory, settler colonial studies, critical race theory, and Indigenous theorizing. Canada at a Crossroads emphasizes the social psychological barriers to transforming white settler ideologies and practices and working towards decolonization. After tracing settlers’ sense of group superiority and entitlement to historical and ongoing colonial processes, Denis illustrates how contemporary Indigenous and settler residents think about and relate to one another. He highlights how, despite often having close cross-group relationships, residents maintain conflicting perspectives on land, culture, history, and treaties, and Indigenous residents frequently experience interpersonal and systemic racism. Denis then critically assesses the promise and pitfalls of commonly proposed solutions, including intergroup contact, education, apologies, and collective action, and concludes that genuine reconciliation will require radically restructuring Canadian society and perpetually fulfilling treaty responsibilities.



Parting at the Crossroads

Author : Antonia Maioni

Publisher : Princeton University Press

Page : 223 pages

File Size : 35,33 MB

Release : 2020-11-10

Category : Political Science

ISBN : 0691221286

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As almost all newspaper or magazine readers know, Canada figured prominently in the turbulent U.S. debates over health care reform in the early Clinton presidency. Furthermore, future news analysts and policymakers will undoubtedly again use Canada to cite the "good" and the "bad" aspects of single-payer national health insurance. Beyond the debate about the desirability of Canadian-style health care reforms, Antonia Maioni sees another question: Why did the United States and Canada, alike in so many ways, part "at the crossroads" to produce such different systems of health insurance? She answers this previously neglected query so interestingly that her book will hold the attention of anyone concerned with health care in either country or both. The author explores the development of health insurance in the United States and Canada, from the emergence of health care as a political issue in the 1930s to the passage of federal health insurance legislation in the 1960s. Focusing on how political institutions influence policy development, she shows that Canada's federal structure and its parliamentary institutions encouraged a social-democratic third party that became pivotal in demonstrating the feasibility of universal, public health insurance. Meanwhile, the constraints of the U.S. political system forced health care reformers to temper their own ideas to appeal to a wide coalition within the Democratic party. Even readers previously unfamiliar with Canadian politics will find in this book important clues about the "realm of the possible" in the uncertain future of U.S. health care.



At a Crossroads

Author : George P. Nicholas

Publisher : Burnaby, B.C. : Archaeology Press

Page : 324 pages

File Size : 19,21 MB

Release : 1997

Category : History

ISBN :

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Crossroads

Author : Kaleb Dahlgren

Publisher : Collins

Page : 288 pages

File Size : 10,23 MB

Release : 2022-03-15

Category : Biography & Autobiography

ISBN : 9781443462884

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The Instant #1 National Bestseller--Now in Paperback On April 6, 2018, sixteen people died and thirteen others were injured when a bus taking the Humboldt Broncos junior hockey team to a playoff game collided with a transport truck at a rural intersection in Saskatchewan. The tragedy moved millions of people to leave hockey sticks by their front doors to show sympathy and support for the Broncos. And people from more than eighty countries pledged millions of dollars to families that had been directly affected by the accident. Crossroads is the story of Kaleb Dahlgren, a young man who survived the bus crash and faced life after the accident with positivity and grit. In this chronicle of his time with the Broncos and in the loving community of Humboldt, Saskatchewan, Dahlgren takes a hard look at his experience of unprecedented loss yet also revels in the overwhelming response and outpouring of love from across Canada and around the world. But this book also goes much deeper, revealing the adversity Dahlgren faced long before his time in Humboldt and his inspiring journey since the accident. From a childhood spent learning to live with type 1 diabetes, to a remarkable recovery from severe brain trauma that astounded medical professionals, Dahlgren documents a life of perseverance, gratitude and hope in the wake of enormous obstacles and life-altering tragedy.



Crossroads to Social Studies

Author : Michael William Cranny

Publisher : Scarborough, Ont. : Prentice Hall Ginn Canada

Page : 340 pages

File Size : 50,2 MB

Release : 1998-01-01

Category : History, Modern

ISBN : 9780137868155

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Dominoes at the Crossroads

Author : Kaie Kellough

Publisher : Esplanade Books

Page : 0 pages

File Size : 24,87 MB

Release : 2020

Category : Fiction

ISBN : 9781550655315

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"Kaie Kellough is the author of the novel Accordéon (2016). Short stories taking place in Montreal, Paris, and the South American rainforest."--



Challenge and Opportunity

Author : John D. Dennison

Publisher : UBC Press

Page : 298 pages

File Size : 23,22 MB

Release : 2011-11-01

Category : Education

ISBN : 0774844515

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This book provides a critical analysis of the most significant developments in the college systems in every province and territory since 1895. With contributions by leading scholars, it addresses such topics as leadership, entrepreneurship, new forms of organization, accountability, instructional methodology, the emergence of a college culture, and education of First Nations students. Key questions are explored. How are differences in collective and individual interests to be managed? How can social, economic, and demographic realities be taken into account in managing the 'intangible capital' of education? What are the best ways of ensuring opportunities for education, training, flexibility, and varied access and mobility within higher education systems?



The Sleeping Giant Awakens

Author : David B. MacDonald

Publisher : University of Toronto Press

Page : 253 pages

File Size : 44,13 MB

Release : 2019-05-09

Category : History

ISBN : 1487518056

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Confronting the truths of Canada’s Indian residential school system has been likened to waking a sleeping giant. In The Sleeping Giant Awakens, David B. MacDonald uses genocide as an analytical tool to better understand Canada’s past and present relationships between settlers and Indigenous peoples. Starting with a discussion of how genocide is defined in domestic and international law, the book applies the concept to the forced transfer of Indigenous children to residential schools and the "Sixties Scoop," in which Indigenous children were taken from their communities and placed in foster homes or adopted. Based on archival research, extensive interviews with residential school Survivors, and officials at the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada, among others, The Sleeping Giant Awakens offers a unique and timely perspective on the prospects for conciliation after genocide, exploring the difficulties in moving forward in a context where many settlers know little of the residential schools and ongoing legacies of colonization and need to have a better conception of Indigenous rights. It provides a detailed analysis of how the TRC approached genocide in its deliberations and in its Final Report. Crucially, MacDonald engages critics who argue that the term genocide impedes understanding of the IRS system and imperils prospects for conciliation. By contrast, this book sees genocide recognition as an important basis for meaningful discussions of how to engage Indigenous-settler relations in respectful and proactive ways.



Crossroads of Twilight

Author : Robert Jordan

Publisher : Tor Fantasy

Page : 623 pages

File Size : 36,99 MB

Release : 2010-07-20

Category : Fiction

ISBN : 1429960744

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The Wheel of Time is now an original series on Prime Video, starring Rosamund Pike as Moiraine! In Crossroads of Twilight, the tenth novel in Robert Jordan’s #1 New York Times bestselling epic fantasy series, The Wheel of Time®, Rand al'Thor and his allies endure trials by fire amidst battles, sacrifices, and treachery. Fleeing from Ebou Dar with the kidnapped Daughter of the Nine Moons, whom he is fated to marry, Mat Cauthon learns that he can neither keep her nor let her go, not in safety for either of them, for both the Shadow and the might of the Seanchan Empire are in deadly pursuit. Perrin Aybara will stop at nothing to free his wife Faile from the Shaido Aiel. Consumed by rage, he offers no mercy to those he takes prisoner. And when he discovers that Masema Dagar, the Prophet of the Dragon, has been conspiring with the Seanchan, Perrin considers making an unholy alliance. Rand al'Thor, the Dragon Reborn himself, has cleansed the Dark One's taint from the male half of the True Source, and everything has changed. Yet nothing has, for only men who can channel believe that saidin is clean again, and a man who can channel is still hated and feared—even one prophesied to save the world. Now, Rand must gamble again, with himself at stake, and he cannot be sure which of his allies are really enemies. Since its debut in 1990, The Wheel of Time® by Robert Jordan has captivated millions of readers around the globe with its scope, originality, and compelling characters. The last six books in series were all instant #1 New York Times bestsellers, and The Eye of the World was named one of America's best-loved novels by PBS's The Great American Read. The Wheel of Time® New Spring: The Novel #1 The Eye of the World #2 The Great Hunt #3 The Dragon Reborn #4 The Shadow Rising #5 The Fires of Heaven #6 Lord of Chaos #7 A Crown of Swords #8 The Path of Daggers #9 Winter's Heart #10 Crossroads of Twilight #11 Knife of Dreams By Robert Jordan and Brandon Sanderson #12 The Gathering Storm #13 Towers of Midnight #14 A Memory of Light By Robert Jordan and Teresa Patterson The World of Robert Jordan's The Wheel of Time By Robert Jordan, Harriet McDougal, Alan Romanczuk, and Maria Simons The Wheel of Time Companion By Robert Jordan and Amy Romanczuk Patterns of the Wheel: Coloring Art Based on Robert Jordan's The Wheel of Time At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.



Crossroads [10]

Author : Davies, Richard

Publisher : Scarborough, Ont. : Gage Educational Pub.

Page : 352 pages

File Size : 23,38 MB

Release : 2000

Category : English language

ISBN : 9780771513329

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Crossroads is an English/Language Arts series for grades 7 to 10, developed by a team of educators from across Canada. This series provides a developmental approach to instruction over the four grades, and reflects congruence with all Canadian curricula, while meeting a wide range of student interests. Benefits/Features: Organized thematically - 6 themes Alternate Table of Contents indicates genre and alternate themes, allowing organizational flexibility "Goals at a Glance" boxes focus students on the key expectations/outcomes "Strategy" boxes offer practical suggestions for activities that focus on writing, media studies, and literary analysis "Focus on Process" pages provide in-depth, how-to guides for the processes of writing and other language strands "Student Response" activities for each selection focus on writing, reading comprehension, and oral comprehension "End of Unit" activities provide a basis for formative evaluation covering all aspects of the curriculum