University Of Toronto Press Scholarly Publishing Division: 2585 books
Manufacturing Mennonites
Work and Religion in Post-War Manitoba
Language: English
Release Date: June 17, 2013
Manufacturing Mennonites examines the efforts of Mennonite intellectuals and business leaders to redefine the group's ethno-religious identity in response to changing economic and social conditions after 1945. As the industrial workplace was one of the most significant venues in which competing identity...
Fairness in Taxation
Exploring the Principles
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 1993
The papers in this volume explore the idea of distributive justice and fairness in taxation. The collection begins with Head’s excellent presentation and analysis of equity in the public finance literature. The other authors, starting from this point, critique and amplify the concept from various philosophical perspectives and academic disciplines.
Understanding the Social Economy
A Canadian Perspective
Language: English
Release Date: November 7, 2009
In Understanding the Social Economy, Jack Quarter, Laurie Mook, and Ann Armstrong integrate a wide array of organizations founded upon a social mission - social enterprises, nonprofits, co-operatives, credit unions, and community development associations - under the rubric of the 'social economy.'...
Businesses with a Difference
Balancing the Social and the Economic
Language: English
Release Date: May 25, 2012
Market-based social economy firms such as social enterprises, social purpose businesses, co-operatives, credit unions, and community economic development corporations aim to meet distinct social needs while making money. Do these types of businesses have the potential for growth in the modern economy?...
Understanding the Social Economy
A Canadian Perspective, Second Edition
Language: English
Release Date: November 29, 2017
Suitable for courses addressing community economic development, non-profit organizations, co-operatives and the social economy more broadly, the second edition of Understanding the Social Economy expands on the authors’ ground-breaking examination of organizations founded on a social mission –...
Funding Policies and the Nonprofit Sector in Western Canada
Evolving Relationships in a Changing Environment
Language: English
Release Date: May 9, 2016
Funding Policies and the Nonprofit Sector in Western Canada offers a detailed yet accessible account of nonprofit funding policies in a region characterized by fiscal conservatism, a cyclical resource-based economy, and a growing share of Canada’s population and GDP.
The chapters in this...
Health Systems in Transition
Canada, Second Edition
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
The health care system in Canada is much-discussed in the international sphere, but often overlooked when it comes to its highly decentralized administration and regulation. Health Systems in Transition: Canada provides an objective description and analysis of the public, private, and mixed components...
The Inequality Trap
Fighting Capitalism Instead of Poverty
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2015
US President Barack Obama has called economic inequality the “defining issue of our time.” It has inspired the “Occupy” movements, made a French economist into a global celebrity, and given us a new expression – the “one percent.” But is our preoccupation with inequality really justified?...
The Montreal Canadiens
Rethinking a Legend
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2015
One of the most famous and certainly most successful professional hockey teams of all time, the Montreal Canadiens are practically a national institution in Quebec society. More than any other team, the Habs play an important role in the identity, economy, and culture of their home town and province.
The...
The People Link
Human Resource Linkages Across The Pacific
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 1997
This volume is the third in a series that examines Canada's economic relationships with the countries of East Asia. The purpose of this volume is to illuminate the links among the peoples of the region that Canadians needs to understand when doing business abroad or cooperating with East Asians in...
Multiple Account Benefit-Cost Analysis
A Practical Guide for the Systematic Evaluation of Project and Policy Alternatives
Language: English
Release Date: October 16, 2010
Most commonly used in economic and public policy decisions, benefit-cost analysis traditionally attempts to calculate a bottom line by assigning monetary values to all factors associated with a proposed project or action. By contrast, multiple account benefit-cost analysis recognizes that all values...
by Gerald Hunt, David Rayside
Language: English
Release Date: October 6, 2007
Language: English
Release Date: October 6, 2007
In recent years, the Canadian labour movement has undergone fundamental change in response to demands for greater inclusion and representation by women, visible and sexual minorities, and people with disabilities. Equity, Diversity, and Canadian Labour explores the specific challenges put to outmoded...
Hard Choices
Financial Exclusion, Fringe Banks and Poverty in Urban Canada
Language: English
Release Date: March 30, 2012
When low-income city dwellers lack access to mainstream banking services, many end up turning to ‘fringe banks,’ such as cheque-cashers and pawnshops, for some or all of their financial transactions. This predicament of ‘financial exclusion’ – faced by those underserved by conventional financial...
Urban Systems Development in Central Canada
Selected Papers
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 1972
This anthology of research is divided into five sections: definition of the urban system, structural characteristics, distribution of urban growth, transportation networks and interaction between cities, and the impact of growth on urban behaviour and the rural economy. Each section is preceded by...