Wilfrid Laurier University Press: 402 books
by Rod Preece, Lorna Chamberlain
Language: English
Release Date: October 30, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: October 30, 2010
As the most populous province in Canada, Ontario is a microcosm of the animal welfare issues which beset Western civilization. The authors of this book, chairman and vice-chairman, respectively, of the Ontario Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, find themselves constantly being made...
by R. Bruce Elder
Language: English
Release Date: August 6, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: August 6, 2013
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Dadism and the Disasters of War
R. Bruce Elder
Here I examine in some detail two artistic movements that extolled the value of escaping reason’s enfeebling effects. In the first of these chapters, I challenge the view of DADA as chiefly a negative or protest movement, and...
Canada and the Changing Arctic
Sovereignty, Security, and Stewardship
Language: English
Release Date: November 10, 2011
Global warming has had a dramatic impact on the Arctic environment, including the ice melt that has opened previously ice-covered waterways. State and non-state actors who look to the region and its resources with varied agendas have started to pay attention. Do new geopolitical dynamics point to...
IDRC
40 Years of Ideas, Innovation, and Impact
Language: English
Release Date: October 4, 2010
The book focuses on the International Development Research Centre as a unique institution that has funded research in the developing South—research proposed and undertaken by Southern researchers—and how, as a result, it has had tremendous impact despite a relatively small budget. The IDRC is...
Craving and Salvation
A Study in Buddhist Soteriology
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2006
Is there any escape form the awareness of pain and the bonds of an unending cycle of life? Why are human subject to craving" What is the nature human beings? The Buddhist understanding of salvation is based upon such queries.
A thorough grasp of the function of craving in religious life...
Scandalous Bodies
Diasporic Literature in English Canada
Language: English
Release Date: April 7, 2011
Scandalous Bodies is an impassioned scholarly study both of literature by diasporic writers and of the contexts within which it is produced. It explores topics ranging from the Canadian government’s multiculturalism policy to media representations of so-called minority groups, from the relationship...
Covering Niagara
Studies in Local Popular Culture
Language: English
Release Date: July 3, 2010
Covering Niagara: Studies in Local Popular Culture closely examines some of the myriad forms of popular culture in the Niagara region of Canada. Essays consider common assumptions and definitions of what popular culture is and seek to determine whether broad theories of popular culture can explain...
Social Policy and Practice in Canada
A History
Language: English
Release Date: May 9, 2012
Social Policy and Practice in Canada: A History traces the history of social policy in Canada from the period of First Nations’ control to the present day, exploring the various ways in which residents of the area known today as Canada have organized themselves to deal with (or to ignore) the needs...
One Hundred Years of Social Work: A History of the Profession in English Canada, 1900–2000
A History of the Profession in English Canada, 1900–2000
Language: English
Release Date: February 17, 2011
One Hundred Years of Social Work is the first comprehensive history of social work as a profession in English Canada. Organized chronologically, it provides a critical and compelling look at the internal struggles and debates in the social work profession over the course of a century and investigates...
The Young, the Restless, and the Dead
Interviews with Canadian Filmmakers
Language: English
Release Date: October 22, 2009
The Young, the Restless, and the Dead captures the spirit of Canadian filmmakers through interviews with the most accomplished and dynamic of yesterday’s, today’s, and tomorrow’s film greats. Funny, provocative, and enlightening, the filmmakers reflect on their careers and explore with the interviewers...
Education for Development or Underdevelopment?
Guyana’s Educational System and its Implications for the Third World
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2010
How critical is education in the development struggle of a third world country? Responding to popular demands for more accessible education, the Guyanese government instituted numerous educational reforms, hoping to promote economic growth in both the modern and the traditional sectors of the economy....
Human Rights in Canada
A History
Language: English
Release Date: March 31, 2016
This book shows how human rights became the primary language for social change in Canada and how a single decade became the locus for that emergence. The author argues that the 1970s was a critical moment in human rights history—one that transformed political culture, social movements, law, and...
Music in Range
The Culture of Canadian Campus Radio
Language: English
Release Date: November 2, 2015
Chapter 6 Alternative Music Culture and Imagined-Community Radio
Brian Fauteux
Presents concluding arguments and questions about campus radio culture, including issues of exclusion and inclusion and the future of the sector. Reflects on the current role of campus stations in relation to Canadian media and culture and argues for the need to sustain this sector.
From Desolation to Reconstruction
Iraq’s Troubled Journey
Language: English
Release Date: October 26, 2010
Iraq’s streets are unsafe, its people tormented, and its identity as a state challenged from within and without. For some, Iraq is synonymous with internal hatred, bloodshed, and sectarianism. The contributors to this book, however, know another Iraq: a country that was once full of hope and achievement...