Politics & Current Affairs

★ The Nature of Economies

Here at the city limits, we call ourselves rural. Young families on small acreages, seniors on larger and older parcels, work the fertile muck to grow organic-ish food or keep a favourite nag in oats. ... Read More »

February 19, 2004 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs

Pepper in Our Eyes: The Apec Affair

By W. Wesley Pue, ed.

It’s been over two years since the pepper-spraying of University of British Columbia students by the RCMP at a meeting of the Asia-Pacific Economic Co-operation captured national attention. In an age of limited historical memory, ... Read More »

February 19, 2004 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs

Bread Not Bombs: A Political Agenda for Social Justice

By Douglas Roche

Fortunately, Douglas Roche seems to have missed the unspoken rule that an appointment to the Canadian Senate usually means well-compensated obscurity, little work, and the occasional fine if you never show up.Rather than fading into ... Read More »

February 19, 2004 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs

Out of Poverty: And into Something More Comfortable

By John Stackhouse

The title of John Stackhouse’s book on overseas development is an awkward one. His work is awkward, too: an uneasy mix of travel memoir, critique of global economic policies, and benevolent Western look at the ... Read More »

February 19, 2004 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs

The Garden of Eden

By Sharon Butala

Saskatchewan writer Sharon Butala, best known for her critically acclaimed work of creative non-fiction, The Perfection of the Morning, returns to fiction with her latest book. The Garden of Eden furthers her exploration of prairie ... Read More »

February 19, 2004 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs

The Child and the Machine: Why Computers Put Children’s Education at Risk

By Alison Armstrong & Charles Casement

The title of this book defines the argument: computer-based education is deleterious to the learning process, stifling creative thinking and cannibalizing scarce resources while separating the child from the teacher and limiting sensory/emotional learning processes. ... Read More »

February 19, 2004 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs

Fever: The Dark Mystery of the Bre-X Gold Rush

By Jennifer Wells

How much more remains to be said about Bre-X? Like the Titanic, it’s all over now – except perhaps the lawsuits. In the rush to publish first, early books about Bre-X, the greatest mining scam ... Read More »

February 19, 2004 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs

A Season of Opera: From Orpheus to Ariadne

By M. Owen Lee

Scholars will scoff, but I think one of the best pieces of ... Read More »

February 19, 2004 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs

Team Spirit: A Field Guide to Roots Culture

By Geoff Pevere

A couple of years ago, Greig Dymond and Geoff Pevere made a big, cross-Canada splash with a book called Mondo Canuck. This “Canadian pop-culture odyssey” was a delightfully snotty exercise in sacred-cow tipping: Rush got ... Read More »

February 18, 2004 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs

Celebrating Our Cultures: Language Arts Activities for Classroom Teachers

By Barbara DuMoulin and Sylvia Sikundar

Teachers looking for language arts ideas that can be integrated into a multicultural theme need look no further. Authors Barbara DuMoulin and Sylvia Sikundar have collaborated on a teacher resource book that not only gives ... Read More »

February 17, 2004 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs

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★ The Nature of Economies

Pepper in Our Eyes: The Apec Affair

Bread Not Bombs: A Political Agenda for Social Justice

Out of Poverty: And into Something More Comfortable

The Garden of Eden

The Child and the Machine: Why Computers Put Children’s Education at Risk

Fever: The Dark Mystery of the Bre-X Gold Rush

A Season of Opera: From Orpheus to Ariadne

Team Spirit: A Field Guide to Roots Culture

Celebrating Our Cultures: Language Arts Activities for Classroom Teachers

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