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Author | : Dennis Raphael |
Publisher | : Fernwood Publishing |
Total Pages | : 180 |
Release | : 2010 |
Genre | : Medical |
ISBN | : 9781552663752 |
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Most Canadians believe that their health is shaped by luck, genetics, lifestyle choices, and treatment options--and government agencies, public health units, and disease associations all reinforce this perception. This study, however, tells a different story, arguing that it is the social determinants of health, as imposed by the financial markets, that dictate the health of Canadians today. Showing that health care can be greatly improved with simple changes to social policy, the discussion describes the impact of food, housing, employment, education, and social services on the nation`s health.
Author | : Nupur Gogia |
Publisher | : Fernwood Publishing |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2011 |
Genre | : Canada |
ISBN | : 9781552664070 |
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Many Canadians believe that immigrants steal jobs away from qualified Canadians, abuse the healthcare system and refuse to participate in Canadian culture. In About Canada: Immigration, Gogia and Slade challenge these myths with a thorough investigation of the realities of immigrating to Canada. Examining historical immigration policies, the authors note that these policies were always fundamentally racist, favouring whites, unless hard labourers were needed. Although current policies are no longer explicitly racist, they do continue to favour certain kinds of applicants. Many recent immigrants to Canada are highly trained and educated professionals, and yet few of them, contrary to the myth, find work in their area of expertise. Despite the fact that these experts could contribute significantly to Canadian society, deeply ingrained racism, suspicion and fear keep immigrants out of these jobs. On the other hand, Canada also requires construction workers, nannies and agricultural workers - but few immigrants who do this work qualify for citizenship. About Canada: Immigration argues that we need to move beyond the myths and build an immigration policy that meets the needs of Canadian society.
Author | : Marianne Jennings |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 126 |
Release | : 2019-11-17 |
Genre | : Humor |
ISBN | : 9781734245615 |
Download So You Think You Know CANADA, Eh? Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
A collection of fun and interesting facts about Canada, the kind people who live there, all things maple syrup, hockey and lacrosse, its unique history, the breathtaking nature, and a few words to help you speak Canadian. Inside are fun nuggets of knowledge and trivia about whether or not Santa Claus is a Canadian citizen, why hockey is not the official national sport of Canada, what Canada could have been named, that parts of Canada are as cold as Mars, and that peanut butter was invented by a Canadian pharmacist. To test the reader's knowledge of Canada, a fun short quiz with answers are at the end of the book. If you're Canadian, know any Canadians, traveling to Canada or have ever wanted to know more about Canada, this fun little fact book will help.
Author | : Deborah Stienstra |
Publisher | : Fernwood Publishing |
Total Pages | : |
Release | : 2012-03-01T00:00:00Z |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 1552665682 |
Download About Canada: Disability Rights Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Through a close examination of employment, education, transportation, telecommunications and health care, About Canada: Disability Rights explores the landscape of disability rights in Canada and finds that, while important advances have been made, Canadians with disabilities still experience significant barriers in obtaining their human rights. Using the stories and voices of people with disabilities, Deborah Stienstra argues that disability is not about “faulty” bodies that need to be fixed, but about the institutional, cultural and attitudinal reactions to certain kinds of bodies, and that neoliberal ideas of independence and individualism are at the heart of the continuing discrimination against “disabled” people. Stienstra contends that achieving disability rights is possible, but not through efforts to “fix” certain kinds of bodies. Rather it can be achieved through universal design, disability supports, social and economic supports and belonging — in short, through foundational social transformation of Canadian society.
Author | : Linda Pannozzo |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 167 |
Release | : 2016 |
Genre | : Canada |
ISBN | : 9781552668818 |
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As the Earth veers toward a biological tipping point, as resources like water, fish, oil and natural gas become scarcer and as climate change threatens our survival, how is Canada responding? What kind of future can Canadians expect? What changes need to be made?
Author | : Jim Silver |
Publisher | : About Canada |
Total Pages | : 184 |
Release | : 2014 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 9781552666814 |
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For a country as wealthy as Canada, poverty is utterly unnecessary. In About Canada: Poverty, Jim Silver illustrates that poverty is about more than a shortage of money: it is complex and multifaceted and can profoundly damage the human spirit. At the centre of this analysis are Canada's neoliberal economic policies, which have created conditions that make a growing number of people vulnerable to low income, vanishing public services and poor physical health. Silver also highlights the ways in which poverty is intimately connected to colonialism and racial and gender discrimination, and finds that the political and economic policies enacted by the Canadian government serve only a powerful minority, while producing a range of negative outcomes for the rest of us, especially the poor. Silver points out that the costs of poverty -- relating to health care, crime, education and unemployment -- are higher than the costs of solving poverty, and he lays out an achievable strategy for its dramatic reduction in Canada. When poverty is understood as resulting from political choices, its elimination requires putting pressure on governments to ensure that different choices are made.
Author | : Roger E. Riendeau |
Publisher | : Infobase Publishing |
Total Pages | : 465 |
Release | : 2007 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1438108222 |
Download A Brief History of Canada Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Presents a concise history of Canada, from the time of early exploration by Europeans to the present day.
Author | : Chelsea Lin |
Publisher | : National Geographic Books |
Total Pages | : 212 |
Release | : 2018 |
Genre | : Canada |
ISBN | : 1426330243 |
Download Weird But True Canada Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Collects three hundred facts about Canada's wildlife, cuisine, history, sports, and culture.
Author | : John Ralston Saul |
Publisher | : Penguin Canada |
Total Pages | : 395 |
Release | : 2009-09-22 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 0143175335 |
Download A Fair Country Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
In this startlingly original vision of Canada, renowned thinker John Ralston Saul argues that Canada is a Métis nation, heavily influenced and shaped by Aboriginal ideas: Egalitarianism, a proper balance between individual and group, and a penchant for negotiation over violence are all Aboriginal values that Canada absorbed. An obstacle to our progress, Saul argues, is that Canada has an increasingly ineffective elite, a colonial non-intellectual business elite that doesn't believe in Canada. It is critical that we recognize these aspects of the country in order to rethink its future.
Author | : Wisdom Tettey |
Publisher | : University of Calgary Press |
Total Pages | : 254 |
Release | : 2005 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1552381757 |
Download The African Diaspora in Canada Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
This book addresses the conceptual difficulties and political contestations surrounding the applicability of the term "African-Canadian". In the midst of this contested terrain, the volume focuses on first generation, Black Continental Africans who have immigrated to Canada in the last four decades, and have traceable genealogical links to the continent.