Canadian Society

Author : Joseph Heath
Publisher : Penguin Canada
ISBN 13 : 0143181718
Total Pages : 378 pages
Book Rating : 4.12/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Efficient Society written by Joseph Heath and published by Penguin Canada. This book was released on 2002-05-21 with total page 378 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this fascinating account of what makes Canada such a successful society, Joseph Heath celebrates the much-maligned value of efficiency and asks some searching questions about the forces that threaten to undermine our quality of life. Canada is an efficient society, much more efficient than our neighbour to the south, where personal liberty takes precedence over collective well-being. This is one of the reasons, Heath argues, that the United Nations Annual Human Development Report consistently ranks Canada as the best place in the world to live. But this efficiency is under siege. Can we resist the allure of short-sighted tax cuts? Can we maintain our quality of life in the face of relentless pressure to increase our productivity - both at work and at home? This is a profound and important look at how government and business conspire to improve our lives - and at the dramatic changes that will decide our social and economic future.

Author : Neil Sutherland
Publisher : Wilfrid Laurier Univ. Press
ISBN 13 : 0889205892
Total Pages : 361 pages
Book Rating : 4.95/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Children in English-Canadian Society written by Neil Sutherland and published by Wilfrid Laurier Univ. Press. This book was released on 2006-01-01 with total page 361 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “So often a long-awaited book is disappointing. Happily such is not the case with Sutherland’s masterpiece.” Robert M. Stamp, University of Calgary, in The Canadian Historical Review “Sutherland’s work is destined to be a landmark in Canadian history, both as a first in its particular field and as a standard reference text.” J. Stewart Hardy, University of Alberta, in Alberta Journal of Educational Research Such were the reviewers’ comments when Neil Sutherland’s groundbreaking book was first published. Now reissued in Wilfrid Laurier University Press’s new series “Studies in Childhood and Family in Canada,” with a new introduction by series editor Cynthia Comacchio, this book remains relevant today. In the late nineteenth century a new generation of reformers committed itself to a program of social improvement based on the more effective upbringing of all children. In Children in English-Canadian Society, Neil Sutherland examines, with a keen eye, the growth of the public health movement and its various efforts at improving the health of children.

Author : Constance Backhouse
Publisher : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
ISBN 13 : 022800912X
Total Pages : 315 pages
Book Rating : 4.22/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Royally Wronged written by Constance Backhouse and published by McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP. This book was released on 2021-10-27 with total page 315 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Royal Society of Canada’s mandate is to elect to its membership leading scholars in the arts, humanities, social sciences, and sciences, lending its seal of excellence to those who advance artistic and intellectual knowledge in Canada. Duncan Campbell Scott, one of the architects of the Indian residential school system in Canada, served as the society’s president and dominated its activities; many other members – historically overwhelmingly white men – helped shape knowledge systems rooted in colonialism that have proven catastrophic for Indigenous communities. Written primarily by current Royal Society of Canada members, these essays explore the historical contribution of the RSC and of Canadian scholars to the production of ideas and policies that shored up white settler privilege, underpinning the disastrous interaction between Indigenous peoples and white settlers. Historical essays focus on the period from the RSC’s founding in 1882 to the mid-twentieth century; later chapters bring the discussion to the present, documenting the first steps taken to change damaging patterns and challenging the society and Canadian scholars to make substantial strides toward a better future. The highly educated in Canadian society were not just bystanders: they deployed their knowledge and skills to abet colonialism. This volume dives deep into the RSC’s history to learn why academia has more often been an aid to colonialism than a force against it. Royally Wronged poses difficult questions about what is required – for individual academics, fields of study, and the RSC – to move meaningfully toward reconciliation.

Author : Bernard R. Blishen
Publisher : Toronto: Macmillan of Canada
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 604 pages
Book Rating : 4.79/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Canadian Society written by Bernard R. Blishen and published by Toronto: Macmillan of Canada. This book was released on 1971 with total page 604 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Ryan Meili
Publisher : Purich Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1895830672
Total Pages : 144 pages
Book Rating : 4.75/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Healthy Society written by Ryan Meili and published by Purich Publishing. This book was released on 2012-04-16 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Income, education, employment, housing, the wider environment, and social supports; far more than the actions of physicians, nurses, and other health care providers, it is these conditions that make the greatest difference in our health. Drawing on his experiences as a family physician in the inner city of Saskatoon, Mozambique, and rural Saskatchewan, Dr. Ryan Meili uses scholarship and patient stories to explore health determinants and democratic reforms that could create a truly healthy society. By synthesizing diverse ideas into a plan for action based on the lived experiences of practitioners and patients, A Healthy Society breaks important ground in the renewal of politics toward the goal of better lives for all Canadians.

Author : George Karlis
Publisher : Thompson Educational Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9781550771671
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.71/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Leisure and Recreation in Canadian Society written by George Karlis and published by Thompson Educational Publishing. This book was released on 2010-12-31 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : David Coburn
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
ISBN 13 : 9780802080523
Total Pages : 668 pages
Book Rating : 4.29/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Health and Canadian Society written by David Coburn and published by University of Toronto Press. This book was released on 1998-01-01 with total page 668 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Health and Canadian Society provides a comprehensive overview of the relationship between health, health care, and Canadian society. It is a wide-ranging volume that moves from personal and micro concerns to a more macro and institutional focus. It includes chapters of a descriptive nature and others with a more explanatory intent. They have been selected from the major journals or have been expressly written for this book. Ninety-five percent of the contributions are new to this edition. The chapters and the studies reported on are methodologically diverse, ranging from ethnographic studies to statistical analyses of data from large national surveys. Though the chapters are written by anthropologists, economists, historians, political scientists, and physicians, as well as sociologists, they all have a sociological "turn." Recognized as the standard textbook on the sociology of health in Canada, Health and Canadian Society is an essential reference for sociologists, health care providers, health administrators, and policy planners.

Author : Samuel Delbert Clark
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 982 pages
Book Rating : 4.38/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Developing Canadian Community written by Samuel Delbert Clark and published by . This book was released on 1909 with total page 982 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Collection of papers and essays concerning the development of Canadian society. Includes a chapter on the gold rush society of British Columbia and the Yukon.

Author : James E. Moran
Publisher : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
ISBN 13 : 0773576541
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.44/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Mental Health and Canadian Society written by James E. Moran and published by McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP. This book was released on 2006-08-14 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Mental Health and Canadian Society leading researchers challenge generalisations about the mentally ill and the history of mental health in Canada. Considering the period from colonialism to the present, they examine such issues as the rise of the insanity plea, the Victorian asylum as a tourist attraction, the treatment of First Nations people in western mental hospitals, and post-World War II psychiatric research into LSD.

Author : Rudy Fenwick
Publisher : [East Lansing] : Michigan State University Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 72 pages
Book Rating : 4.08/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Canadian Society written by Rudy Fenwick and published by [East Lansing] : Michigan State University Press. This book was released on 1996 with total page 72 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: