Saving Canada The Kiran Manifesto For Canada

Author : Chandra Kiran
Publisher : AuthorHouse
Page : 189 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2019-06-17
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781728315799

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Saving Canada: the Kiran Manifesto for Canada by Chandra Kiran Pdf

This book provides a philosophic framework for an ideal life and society in Canada. Today, civilized society in Canada appears to be in palliative care. We need to take urgent action to improve this society so we can all lead a free, peaceful, secure, healthy, safe, prosperous, and happy life. The book first provides an assessment of where we are today, how we got here, and the current issues and challenges. It then describes the need to build a new political and socioeconomic system that provides true personal freedom, inclusive growth, and happiness yearned by the silent majority. The new system is presented as the Kiran Manifesto for Canada that will be a beacon of hope and road map for populist movements in Canada.

Author : Meenal Shrivastava,Lorna Stefanick
Publisher : Athabasca University Press
Page : 437 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2015-10-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781771990295

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Alberta Oil and the Decline of Democracy in Canada by Meenal Shrivastava,Lorna Stefanick Pdf

In Democracy in Alberta: The Theory and Practice of a Quasi-Party System, published in 1953, C. B. Macpherson explored the nature of democracy in a province that was dominated by a single class of producers. At the time, Macpherson was talking about Alberta farmers, but today the province can still be seen as a one-industry economy—the 1947 discovery of oil in Leduc having inaugurated a new era. For all practical purposes, the oil-rich jurisdiction of Alberta also remains a one-party state. Not only has there been little opposition to a government that has been in power for over forty years, but Alberta ranks behind other provinces in terms of voter turnout, while also boasting some of the lowest scores on a variety of social welfare indicators. The contributors to Alberta Oil and the Decline of Democracy critically assess the political peculiarities of Alberta and the impact of the government’s relationship to the oil industry on the lives of the province’s most vulnerable citizens. They also examine the public policy environment and the entrenchment of neoliberal political ideology in the province. In probing the relationship between oil dependency and democracy in the context of an industrialized nation, Alberta Oil and the Decline of Democracy offers a crucial test of the “oil inhibits democracy” thesis that has hitherto been advanced in relation to oil-producing countries in the Global South. If reliance on oil production appears to undermine democratic participation and governance in Alberta, then what does the Alberta case suggest for the future of democracy in industrialized nations such as the United States and Australia, which are now in the process of exploiting their own substantial shale oil reserves? The environmental consequences of oil production have, for example, been the subject of much attention. Little is likely to change, however, if citizens of oil-rich countries cannot effectively intervene to influence government policy.

Author : Ted McCoy
Publisher : Athabasca University Press
Page : 350 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : History
ISBN : 9781926836966

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Hard Time by Ted McCoy Pdf

The success and failure of prison reform and the corresponding social history of punishment in Canada.

Author : Ian Kalman
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
Page : 251 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2021-03-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781487539924

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Framing Borders by Ian Kalman Pdf

Framing Borders addresses a fundamental disjuncture between scholastic portrayals of settler colonialism and what actually takes place in Akwesasne Territory, the largest Indigenous cross-border community in Canada. Whereas most existing portrayals of Indigenous nationalism emphasize border crossing as a site of conflict between officers and Indigenous nationalists, in this book Ian Kalman observes a much more diverse range of interactions, from conflict to banality to joking and camaraderie. Framing Borders explores how border crossing represents a conversation where different actors "frame" themselves, the law, and the space that they occupy in diverse ways. Written in accessible, lively prose, Kalman addresses what goes on when border officers and Akwesasne residents meet, and what these exchanges tell us about the relationship between Indigenous actors and public servants in Canada. This book provides an ethnographic examination of the experiences of the border by Mohawk community members, the history of local border enforcement, and the paradoxes, self-contradictions, and confusions that underlie the border and its enforcement.

Author : Kalam A P J Abdul
Publisher : Pearson Education India
Page : 140 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2010-09
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 8131729605

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Ignited Minds: Unleashing The Power Within India by Kalam A P J Abdul Pdf

Author : Pope Francis
Publisher : Our Sunday Visitor
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2015-07-18
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781612783871

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Laudato Si by Pope Francis Pdf

“In the heart of this world, the Lord of life, who loves us so much, is always present. He does not abandon us, he does not leave us alone, for he has united himself definitively to our earth, and his love constantly impels us to find new ways forward. Praise be to him!” – Pope Francis, Laudato Si’ In his second encyclical, Laudato Si’: On the Care of Our Common Home, Pope Francis draws all Christians into a dialogue with every person on the planet about our common home. We as human beings are united by the concern for our planet, and every living thing that dwells on it, especially the poorest and most vulnerable. Pope Francis’ letter joins the body of the Church’s social and moral teaching, draws on the best scientific research, providing the foundation for “the ethical and spiritual itinerary that follows.” Laudato Si’ outlines: The current state of our “common home” The Gospel message as seen through creation The human causes of the ecological crisis Ecology and the common good Pope Francis’ call to action for each of us Our Sunday Visitor has included discussion questions, making it perfect for individual or group study, leading all Catholics and Christians into a deeper understanding of the importance of this teaching.

Author : David P. Barash
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 217 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2014
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780199985562

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Buddhist Biology by David P. Barash Pdf

Compares teachings of Buddhism with principles of modern biology, revealing many significant points of compatibility.

Author : Dan Kieran
Publisher : AA Publishing
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Travel
ISBN : 0749574739

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The Idle Traveller by Dan Kieran Pdf

Geography and travel.

Author : Alex Marland,Jared J. Wesley
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 648 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2020-03-16
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0199032629

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Inside Canadian Politics by Alex Marland,Jared J. Wesley Pdf

Contemporary and accessible, Inside Canadian Politics provides a fresh perspective on the institutions and issues at the heart of our political system. This text explores key concepts and topics in Canadian politics from federalism, regionalism, Indigeneity, and diversity, to the party system,media and political communication, and elections. Each chapter invites students to debate and discuss the effectiveness of government mechanisms in the daily lives of Canadians. This new edition has been fully updated to include the political realities of Canada today, including discussion of fakenews, the effects of social media on democracy, issues surrounding resource development and climate change, and the renegotiation of crucial trade agreements.

Author : Patrick Johnstone
Publisher : InterVarsity Press
Page : 130 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2018-06-26
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780830871490

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Serving God in Today's Cities by Patrick Johnstone Pdf

Welcome to the world's first urban century. How will you respond? For the first time ever, more people now live in cities than outside them. Cities offer both big headaches and vast opportunities, and agencies that once focused on rural work are increasingly turning their attention to urban centers. Join veteran researcher and missiologist Patrick Johnstone as he explores the fastest growing cities and megacities in the world, showing how Christian workers are addressing people's spiritual, physical, and social needs. In 1962 Patrick Johnstone left England's countryside to serve the bustling townships of apartheid-era South Africa. His pioneering of urban ministries changed his life. Journey with Patrick and Dean Merrill as they share God's heart for the city and introduce pastors, missionaries, and community workers who are addressing urbanization's key challenges. God has a heart for today's cities. See how you can join this urgent mission.

Author : Monika Gagnon
Publisher : arsenal pulp press
Page : 198 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Art
ISBN : 1551520923

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Other Conundrums by Monika Gagnon Pdf

Other Conundrums, copublished with Vancouver's Artspeak Gallery and the Kamloops Art Gallery, is an extraordinary collection of essays on Canadian artists of colour by Monika Kin Gagnon, one of Canada's most respected art writers and curators. The essays explore the history of cultural production in this country with an emphasis on race, cultural difference, and cultural hybridity. Using specific artists and exhibitions as a starting-point for Gagnon's discussions, these essays, and the artists she writes about, are firmly grounded in Canadian cultural events, artistic projects, and theoretical ideas concerning race and culture which have circulated in often disparate contexts for the last decade. The book makes a distinctively Canadian contribution to ongoing dialogues on issues of race and culture that have originated from artists, writers, and theorists from the US and Britain, and provides an important and relevatory context to the work of Canada's artists of colour. The book includes numerous colour and black and white images, and a foreword by award-winning writer Larissa Lai (When Fox Is a Thousand). Chapters include overviews of the work of such artists as Shani Mootoo, Paul Wong, Jamelie Hassan, and Dana Claxton. Other Conundrums is an essential snapshot of contemporary issues surrounding race and identity as revealed in visual art.

Author : Maleeha Lodhi
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2012-10-03
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0199327432

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Pakistan Beyond the Crisis State by Maleeha Lodhi Pdf

Seen through the lens of the outsider, Pakistan has often been reduced to a caricature. Its diversity and resilience have rarely figured in the single-issue focus of recent literature on the country, be it journalistic or scholarly. This book seeks to present an alternate paradigm and to contribute a deeper understanding of the country's dynamics that may help explain why Pakistan has confounded all the doomsday scenarios. It brings together an extra-ordinary array of leading experts, including Ahmed Rashid, Ayesha Jalal and Zahid Hussain, and practitioners, such as the book's editor, Maleeha Lodhi, Akbar Ahmed and Munir Akram. Together they debate their country's strengths and weaknesses and offer ways out of its current predicament. This book provides a picture of how Pakistanis see themselves and their country's faultlines and spells out ways to overcome these. Pakistan's political, economic, social, foreign policy and governance challenges are assessed in detail. So too is the complex interplay between domestic developments and external factors including great power interests that are so central to the Pakistan story and explain the vicissitudes in its fortunes. Lodhi and her contributors contend that Pakistan and its people have the capacity to transform their country into a stable, modern Muslim state, but bold reforms will be needed to bring about this outcome.

Author : Lorenzo Cherubini
Publisher : UBC Press
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2014-11-15
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780774826587

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Aboriginal Student Engagement and Achievement by Lorenzo Cherubini Pdf

Aboriginal people want an education that reflects their cultural values and linguistic heritages, an education that will foster their children’s engagement and identity and not marginalize them as learners. This book turns the spotlight on a rare success story – one Ontario high school’s attempt to recognize Aboriginal students’ cultural and academic needs while helping them build relationships with non-Aboriginal students. Aboriginal students constitute one of the fastest-growing groups in public schools. This timely study not only reveals how the current system is failing Indigenous students – it offers recommendations for enhancing their achievement levels in Canada and abroad.

Author : Candice Malcolm
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 158 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2016-04-12
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0993919510

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Losing True North by Candice Malcolm Pdf

On Nov. 4, 2015, Justin Trudeau became Canada's 23rd prime minister. Trudeau promised to govern differently - in an optimistic and transparent way. Instead, as author and Sun columnist Candice Malcolm reports in this detailed examination of his earliest decisions, Trudeau has chosen to pursue a cynical political agenda to manipulate Canada's immigration system. As authorities in Europe struggle to respond to terror attacks and waves of migration from conflict zones, Trudeau is haphazardly throwing Canada's doors open to the world. Why is Trudeau granting Canadian citizenship to a convicted terrorist? Why is he scrapping the language test for many citizenship applicants? Malcolm puts forward compelling evidence that the prime minister is undermining Canadian values - and doing it for one simple reason: so his Liberal Party can win favour with special interest groups and add to its voting coalition in time for the next election. With his radical changes to our immigration system, Trudeau is sacrificing Canada's traditions and advantages. He is putting our economy, our national security and our very way of life at risk. Trudeau is changing our country - and changing what it means to be Canadian. Losing True North is a wake-up call to all Canadians.

Author : Sheila Jeffreys
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 378 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2008-11-19
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781134126736

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The Industrial Vagina by Sheila Jeffreys Pdf

The industrialization of prostitution and the sex trade has created a multibillion-dollar global market, involving millions of women, that makes a substantial contribution to national and global economies. The Industrial Vagina examines how prostitution and other aspects of the sex industry have moved from being small-scale, clandestine, and socially despised practices to become very profitable legitimate market sectors that are being legalised and decriminalised by governments. Sheila Jeffreys demonstrates how prostitution has been globalized through an examination of: the growth of pornography and its new global reach the boom in adult shops, strip clubs and escort agencies military prostitution and sexual violence in war marriage and the mail order bride industry the rise in sex tourism and trafficking in women. She argues that through these practices women’s subordination has been outsourced and that states that legalise this industry are acting as pimps, enabling male buyers in countries in which women’s equality threatens male dominance, to buy access to the bodies of women from poor countries who are paid for their sexual subservience. This major and provocative contribution is essential reading for all with an interest in feminist, gender and critical globalisation issues as well as students and scholars of international political economy.