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“nicky cox”

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  • The School of Wellbeing

    12 Extraordinary Projects Promoting Children and Young People's Mental Health and Happiness

    by Jenny Hulme, Nicky Cox, Jane Asher, Jane Powell, Gok Wan, Professor Tanya Byron, Rebecca Root, Asad Ahmad, Kate Griggs, Suzy Greaves ...
    As rates of depression, anxiety, self-harm and eating disorders are on the up among young people, how can schools provide appropriate information and support for the young people in their classrooms? How can they bridge the gap between what they know matters - the impact of these issues on learning and life-long health - and the mounting day-to-day priorities and pressures of school life?This book ... Read more

    $29.69 CAD

  • As an Equal?

    Au Pairing in the 21st Century

    by Rosie Cox, Nicky Busch ...
    Au pairs are relied upon by tens of thousands of UK families to do everything from childcare and housework to elder care, pet feeding and waiting at dinner parties. Traditionally thought of as privileged and well-educated young women having fun on a 'gap year' abroad, au pairs have been excluded from many of the recent discussions on migrant domestic labour. However, since 2008 au pairing has been ... Read more

    $37.99 CAD

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  • Sorry, I Don't Speak French

    Confronting the Canadian Crisis That Won't Go Away

    by Graham Fraser ...
    As the threat of another Quebec referendum on independence looms, this book becomes important for every Canadian — especially as language remains both a barrier and a bridge in our divided countryCanada’s language policy is the only connection between two largely unilingual societies — English-speaking Canada and French-speaking Quebec. The country’s success in staying together depends on making ... Read more

    $13.99 CAD

  • Social Class in the 21st Century

    by Mike Savage ...
    Series series Pelican Books
    A fresh take on social class from the experts behind the BBC's 'Great British Class Survey'.Why does social class matter more than ever in Britain today?How has the meaning of class changed?What does this mean for social mobility and inequality?In this book Mike Savage and the team of sociologists responsible for the Great British Class Survey look beyond the labels to explore how and why our ... Read more

    $10.99 CAD

  • Exploring Degrowth

    A Critical Guide

    by Vincent Liegey, Anitra Nelson ...
    Series series FireWorks
    A sense of urgency pervades global environmentalism, and the degrowth movement is bursting into the mainstream. As climate catastrophe looms closer, people are eager to learn what degrowth is about, and whether we can save the planet by changing how we live. This book is an introduction to the movement.As politicians and corporations obsess over growth objectives, the degrowth movement demands ... Read more

    $16.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Why Work?

    Economics and Work for People and Planet

    by Peter Merry ...
    We humans are born to be full of life, expressing all different parts of ourselves through creativity while building a vibrant world together. The current world of work deadens this human potential by only valuing that which adds to abstract economic indicators and deprives us of the time and space to contribute in ways that are meaningful and empowering. Why Work? shows us how we can change our ... Read more

    $10.99 CAD

  • Ending Poverty

    A Basic Income for all Canadians

    by Francois Blais ...
    As Canada's social safety net continues to be eroded and the gap between rich and poor in our society continues to grow, it becomes increasingly urgent to confront the problems of poverty in fresh and creative ways.Political scientist François Blais offers a bold new proposal to assist the poorest and most disadvantaged in our society: a guaranteed basic income, or allowance, to be paid to every ... Read more

    $16.99 CAD

  • University Governance in Canada

    Navigating Complexity

    by Julia Eastman, Claude Trottier, Olivier Bégin-Caouette, Glen Jones ...
    Universities play essential roles in Canadian society. The internal and external governance of these complex institutions faces ever-evolving challenges within a rapidly shifting international context.Written by a national team of scholars, University Governance in Canada asks how institutional decisions are made and who is behind these choices. By exploring the historical evolution and regional ... Read more

    $35.99 CAD

  • The Bureaucrat and the Poor

    Encounters in French Welfare Offices

    by Vincent Dubois ...
    Welfare offices usually attract negative descriptions of bureaucracy with their queues, routines, and impersonal nature. Are they anonymous machines or the locus of neutral service relationships? Showing how people experience state public administration, The Bureaucrat and the Poor provides a realistic view of French welfare policies, institutions and reforms and, in doing so, dispels both of ... Read more

    $101.99 CAD

  • To Exist is to Resist

    Black Feminism in Europe

    Edited by Akwugo Emejulu, Francesca Sobande ...
    This book brings together activists, artists and scholars of colour to show how Black feminism and Afrofeminism are being practiced in Europe today, exploring their differing social positions in various countries, and how they organise and mobilise to imagine a Black feminist Europe.Deeply aware that they are constructed as 'Others' living in a racialised and hierarchical continent, the ... Read more

    $16.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Media and Public Shaming

    Drawing the Boundaries of Disclosure

    by Julian Petley ...
    Series series Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism
    The media today, and especially the national press, are frequently in conflict with people in the public eye, particularly politicians and celebrities, over the disclosure of private information and behaviour. Historically, journalists have argued that 'naming and shaming' serious wrong-doing and behaviour on the part of public officials is justified as being in the public interest. However, when ... Read more

    $37.99 CAD

  • Calling for Change

    Women, Law, and the Legal Profession

    Edited by Sheila McIntyre, Elizabeth Sheehy ...
    Unique in both scope and perspective, Calling for Change investigates the status of women within the Canadian legal profession ten years after the first national report on the subject was published by the Canadian Bar Association. Elizabeth Sheehy and Sheila McIntyre bring together essays that investigate a wide range of topics, from the status of women in law schools, the practising bar, and on ... Read more

    $13.99 CAD