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- Dangerous memory : coming of age in the decade of greed / by Angus, Charlie,1962-author.;
Includes bibliographical references."The 1980s is remembered with nostalgia as a harmless decade of big hair, colourful clothes, and catchy pop songs. It was anything but. In Dangerous Memory, Charlie Angus undertakes a major rethink of the cultural and political shifts of an era that unleashed an unprecedented looting of the economy, the environment, and the common good that continue to haunt North Americans today. But the 1980s was also a time of resistance, creativity, and hope. In a world that stood on the brink of global annihilation, millions of ordinary people stepped up to save the planet and fight for human rights. As an idealistic eighteen-year-old, Charlie Angus quit school to play in a punk band and work with the homeless and refugees in Toronto's east end. Expertly weaving his story within the larger narrative of the times, Angus traces today's economic, environmental, and social problems to their roots in the 1980s. Planting the seeds of change, he challenges us to take action to confront widespread injustice and massive systemic inequity to create a better world"--
- Subjects: Angus, Charlie, 1962-; Environmental justice.; Equality.; Nineteen eighties.; Social action.; Social justice.;
- Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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- The new urban crisis : how our cities are increasing inequality, deepening segregation, and failing the middle class-- and what we can do about it / by Florida, Richard L.,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Subjects: Urbanization; Urban policy; Equality; Sociology, Urban;
- Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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- Inflamed : deep medicine and the anatomy of injustice / by Marya, Rupa,1975-author.; Patel, Raj,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."Our bodies, societies, and planet are inflamed. Boldly original, Inflamed takes us on a medical tour through the human body--our digestive, endocrine, circulatory, respiratory, reproductive, immune, and nervous systems. Unlike a traditional anatomy book, this groundbreaking work illuminates the hidden relationships between our biological systems and the profound injustices of our political and economic systems. Inflammation is connected to the food we eat, the air we breathe, and the diversity of the microbes living inside us, which regulate everything from our brain's development to our immune system's functioning. It's connected to the number of traumatic events we experienced as children and to the traumas endured by our ancestors. It's connected not only to access to health care but to the very models of health that physicians practice"--Dust jacket flap.
- Subjects: Discrimination in medical care.; Equality.; Health services accessibility.; Social medicine.; Social justice.;
- Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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- Dear Manny / by Stone, Nic,author.;
While running for junior class president at his university, Jared falls for his opponent who has a similar platform based on equity and inclusion, and processes his feelings by writing letters to his deceased friend Manny.014+.Grades 10-12.
- Subjects: Young adult fiction.; Novels.; Elections; Equality; Interpersonal relations; Letters; Universities and colleges; Elections; Equality; Interpersonal relations; Letters; Universities and colleges;
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- Cassandra speaks : when women are the storytellers, the human story changes / by Lesser, Elizabeth,author.;
"In her new book, bestselling author Elizabeth Lesser looks to the stories told about women over the ages and how they contribute to persistent misogyny and gender inequality, and offers a path towards framing new stories that honor all people"--
- Subjects: Equality.; Feminism.; Misogyny.; Sex role in literature.; Sexism.; Women in literature.; Storytelling;
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- Included : a book for all children about inclusion, diversity, disability, equality and empathy / by Sanders, Jayneen.; Carrossine, Camila.;
"The aim of this story is to ensure all kids understand that kids with disability are just like kids everywhere. They love playing games, books, making stuff and being silly. They have things they are good at and things they need to work on. And just like kids everywhere they want to feel safe, loved and included. This book provides the reader with ways they can be more inclusive in their play and encourages the celebration of diversity in all its unique and wonderful forms. Children will come away with a growing understanding that people everywhere have differing abilities, and this only makes the world a more colourful, exciting, diverse and amazing place."--Amazon.
- Subjects: Picture books.; Empathy; Equality; Disabilities; Children with disabilities; Interpersonal relations; Individual differences;
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- The time has come : why men must join the gender equality revolution / by Kaufman, Michael,1951-author.;
"From founding the White Ribbon Campaign, the largest organized effort in the world of men working to end violence against women, in the early 1990s to his appointment as the only male member of the G7 Gender Equality Advisory Council, Michael Kaufman has been a major figure in the fight for gender equality for decades. Now, in The Time Has Come, he issues a stirring call for men to get involved in the struggle for a more feminist culture. Expertly mixing his personal experiences, insights gleaned from his decades of work around the globe, and data on the state of our society, Kaufman explores topics ranging from domestic violence to parental leave. He also grapples with how toxic masculinity helps, and hurts, men, and how men can be better allies in this effort. Informative and provocative, The Time Has Come is an essential work towards building a better, more equal world."--
- Subjects: Male feminists.; Feminists.; Equality.; Feminist theory.; Feminism.; Women's rights.; Sexism.; Sex discrimination against women.; Sex discrimination.;
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- The flag, the cross, and the station wagon : a graying American looks back at his suburban boyhood and wonders what the hell happened / by McKibben, Bill,author.;
Includes bibliographical references.Like so many of us, McKibben grew up believing-knowing-that the United States was the greatest country on earth. As a teenager, he cheerfully led American Revolution tours in Lexington, Massachusetts. He sang "Kumbaya" at church. And with the remarkable rise of suburbia, he assumed that all Americans would share in the wealth. But fifty years later, he finds himself in an increasingly doubtful nation strained by bleak racial and economic inequality, on a planet whose future is in peril. And he is curious: What the hell happened? In this revelatory cri de coeur, McKibben digs deep into our history (and his own well-meaning but not all-seeing past) and into the latest scholarship on race and inequality in America, on the rise of the religious right, and on our environmental crisis to explain how we got to this point. He finds that he is not without hope. And he wonders if any of that trinity of his youth-The Flag, the Cross, and the Station Wagon-could, or should, be reclaimed in the fight for a fairer future.
- Subjects: Biographies.; Personal narratives.; McKibben, Bill.; Christianity and culture; Climatic changes.; Equality; Equality.; Middle class; Patriotism; Race relations; Racism.;
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- A world of three zeros : the new economics of zero poverty, zero unemployment, and zero net carbon emissions / by Yunus, Muhammad,1940-author.; Weber, Karl,1953-author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Subjects: Capitalism; Economic development; Equality; Social responsibility of business.; Sustainable development.;
- Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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- Just because / by Barnett, Mac.; Arsenault, Isabelle,1978-;
A child's curious questions are answered with equally curious answers.LSC
- Subjects: Humorous fiction.; Children's questions and answers;
- Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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