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À quoi sert la philanthropie
Dans À quoi sert la philanthropie?, Hilary Pearson démystifie le monde de la philanthropie canadienne en dressant un portrait actuel des fondations et en mettant en lumière des organisations qui agissent avec détermination face à certains des défis sociaux et économiques les plus pressants de not...
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From charity to change
A timely contribution to the current debate on the legitimacy of organized philanthropy in an era of increasing social division and inequality, in From Charity to Change Hilary Pearson draws on personal experience and interviews with foundation leaders from across Canada to make a compelling case...
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Tug of war
Lifting the veil on a corporate world girded by powerful forces at the nexus of state, capital, and geopolitical power games.
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Booze, cigarettes, and constitutional dust-ups
In 2012, after Gerard Comeau had driven to Quebec to purchase cheaper beer and crossed back into New Brunswick, police officers tailed and detained him, confiscated his haul, and levied a fine. With Comeau’s story as his starting point, Ryan Manucha tells the fascinating tale of Canadian interpro...
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Trade barriers to the public good
The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) and the Agreement on Internal Trade (AIT) were designed to strengthen investor's rights at the expense of community rights and environmental protection. Both deals have achieved their aims.
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Quotations for the fast lane
A indispensable reference for finding the right thing to say at the right time.
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Social democracy, capitalism, and competition
Our social democracies and welfare states are facing challenges that threaten their very survival. Boyer argues that a true social democracy requires a clear definition and a refocusing of the roles of the public and private sectors in the provision of public and social goods and services – a rei...
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Reconfiguring the museum
A case study of an app designed for the Museum of London (UK) and remade for the McCord Museum (Canada), Reconfiguring the Museum offers a detailed account of digital exhibitionary practices and their politics and offers practical considerations for practitioners charged with creating digital exh...
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Africa's gene revolution
An evaluation of the potential for genetically modified crops to alleviate poverty and hunger in Africa.
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History of canadian business, new edition
R.T. Naylor traces the insidious interplay of big business and big government in Canada in the period between Confederation and World War I, presenting corruption as the norm rather than an abberation. He tells the often sordid story of the emergence and development of corporate capitalism in Can...
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Leave no doubt
A practical and engaging primer for living up to your potential from a leader in the world of sports.
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Generation why
Based on hundreds of interviews conducted with under-thirty-year-olds across the globe, as well as executives’ perspectives on changing dynamics in the workplace, Generation Why provides a thorough study of how the worldview of millennials and generation Z informs their ideas about truth, hierarc...
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The sum of the satisfactions
In our age of measurement, economic numbers - productivity, inflation, unemployment, gross domestic product - inform the decisions of both citizen and state. Since World War II, Canada has been at the global forefront in developing a set of national accounts that measure every beat of our economi...
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Subsistence under capitalism
An understanding of subsistence is crucial to comprehending and challenging the human relationship to nature under capitalism.
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A world away
The 1950s and 1960s were a transformative period in Britain, and an important part of this was how Britons’ lives were changed when they began flying abroad for their holidays. In A World Away Law investigates how something that previously only the rich could afford became available to working-cl...
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There's always something to do
Peter Cundill, a philanthropist and investor whose work has been praised by the likes of Warren Buffett, found his life changed forever when he discovered the value investment principles of Benjamin Graham and began to put them into action. There's Always Something to Do tells the story of Cundil...
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Dirty money
“Dirty Money offers valuable insight into this vexing and important topic. The expert perspectives of its contributors shed light on money laundering, financial crime, and the ever-present shadow of corruption – all real concerns for today’s governments and the public at large.” The Hon. Austin C...
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Turbulent empires
An examination of global politics, emphasizing American hegemony and the rise of Asian economies.
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Money and banking in canada
This collection of original documents, contemporary commentaries and articles outlines the major developments in the history of money and banking in Canada.
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Rockefeller foundation funding and medical education in toronto, montreal, and halifax
In 1919 a five million dollar Rockefeller Foundation gift to certain Canadian medical schools, coupled with a major donation from Sir John Craig and Lady Eaton, helped bring Canadian medical education into the twentieth century. Marianne Fedunkiw charts how this significant gift affected the univ...
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Federalism, bureaucracy, and public policy
In this book Richard J. Schultz analyses the political process which resulted in a major section of the 1967 National Transportation Act-Part III, which deals with highway transport regulation-never being implemented. In effect, he presents us with a case study of an act that has not become law.
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Families in transition
Economic and social conditions in Saint-Hyacinthe changed dramatically in the later nineteenth century with the arrival of the railway and the emergence of manufacturing industry. In Families in Transition Peter Gossage shows how the rise of industrial capitalism transformed the lives of the town...
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Intelligent citizen's guide to the postal problem
The author of this controversial study takes a multi-disciplinary look at what is wrong with the Canadian postal system. The analysis is based in the fields of economics, politics and philosophy. Anyone concerned with what has happened to the once-excellent Canadian mail service should read this ...
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