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  1. Raab, Elisabeth M.: And Peace Never Came
    Resource Type: Book
    First Published: 1997
    The memoir of a Holocaust survivor.
  2. Raban, Jonathan: Curiouser and curiouser
    Tea Party members aren't foaming at the mouth racist bigots
    Resource Type: Article
    First Published: 2010
    A journalist travels to the first National Tea Party Convention in Tennessee as a delegate and finds the other delegates privately share his disdain for the racism and conspiracy theories the group fosters. He describes the delegates as average voters baffled by Obama's health care bill and economic policies.
  3. Rabinovitch, Robert: An Analysis of the Canadian Post Secondary Student Population
    Part 1: A Report on Canadian Undergraduate Students
    Resource Type: Article
    First Published: 1966
  4. Rainman, Schindler: The Creative Volunteer Community
    Resource Type: Book
    First Published: 1987
  5. Ramirez, Zulma; Valadon, Geoffrey: In the name of rose
    Resource Type: Article
    First Published: 2020
  6. Ramkhalawansingh, Ceta: Women's Courses
    Tough Problems, Far-reaching Aims
    Resource Type: Article
    First Published: 1973
    Newspaper article describing general issues arising in planning and operating introductory courses on women within the university setting, particularly at the University of Toronto.
  7. Rankin, Heather, Cookie, Raylene: Do You Hear...
    Christmas with Heather, Cookie and Raylene Rankin
    Resource Type: Audio
    First Published: 1997
  8. Rankins: The Rankin Family Reunion
    Resource Type: Audio
    First Published: 2007
  9. Rankins: Uprooted
    Resource Type: Audio
  10. Rapoport, Roger: Just a Little Pill to Keep a Kid Quiet
    Resource Type: Article
    First Published: 1971
    An article about drug control in the classroom by Roger Rapoport.
    Published in This Magazine is about Schools, Volume 5, Number 4, Fall/Winter 1971.
  11. Rath, Amitav, Herbert-Copley, Brent: Green Technologies for Development
    Transfer, Trade and Cooperation
    Resource Type: Book
    First Published: 1993
  12. Rawlyk, G. A: Historical Essays on the Atlantic Provinces
    Resource Type: Book
    First Published: 1967
  13. Rayburn, Alan: Dictionary of Canadian Place Names
    Resource Type: Book
    First Published: 1997
    Includes 6,200 names of Canadian cities, towns, lakes, rivers, national parks, mountains, capes, channels and bays.
  14. Ready, William: Necessary Russell
    An Introduction to Bertrand Russell and the Russell Archive
    Resource Type: Book
    First Published: 1969
  15. Reed, Drew: The weird afterlife of the world's subterranean 'ghost stations'
    Resource Type: Article
    First Published: 2014
    With plans afoot to transform disused London tube stations into tourist attractions, Drew Reed digs into how they get abandoned in the first place and what could become of them in the future.
  16. Reeves, Wayne; Palassion, Christina (eds.): HTO
    Toronto's Water from Lake Iroquois to Lost Rivers to Low-flow Toilets
    Resource Type: Book
    First Published: 2008
    A collection of essays on Toronto's water and watershed, ranging from burying streams to storm sewers and rainwater harvesting.
  17. Regulus, Leo: Why illegalism is stupid
    Resource Type: Article
    First Published: 2010
    Doing illegal things makes us look like criminals in the minds of most people.
  18. Reik, Dr. Theodor: Masochism in Sex and Society
    Resource Type: Book
    First Published: 1941   Published: 1962
  19. Reiner, E. Luca: Why Can't We Be Friends?
    Personal Notes of an Anarcha-Feminist
    Resource Type: Article
  20. Rekacewicz, Philippe: The airport malls
    Resource Type: Article
    First Published: 2013
    An airport is a zombie zone between two worlds. The retail spaces are seductive, yet you didn't choose to shop here. You didn't choose to be here. They are controlling you, guiding you, harassing you: will you be able to resist a purchase?
  21. Rekai, Kati: The Adventures of Mickey, Taggy, Puppo and Cica and How They Discover Vienna
    Resource Type: Book
    First Published: 1980
  22. Renton, Alex: War on the seabed: the shellfishing battle
    Resource Type: Article
    First Published: 2013
    In the fertile inshore waters of the west coast of Scotland, a battle is brewing between small-boat fisherman and industrial trawlers.
  23. Repo, Marjaleena: I'm a PhD. Who Needs the PhD?
    Resource Type: Article
    First Published: 1970
  24. Repo, Repo: Watching my children watching TV
    Resource Type: Article
    First Published: 1968   Published: 1986
    Television serves to teach the children who watch it about the world, a noticable generational difference in modern educaion for better or worse.
  25. Repo, Satu: B.C. Teachers Turn Political
    Resource Type: Article
    First Published: 1972
    Political conflict between the BCTF and the government.
    Published in This Magazine is about Schools, Volume 6, Number 3, Fall 1972.
  26. Repo, Satu: Canada Past: Aristocrats, Plutocrats, Workers
    Resource Type: Article
    First Published: 1972
    Reviews of three works: The Sense of Power, The History of Canadian Wealth, and The Bunkhouse Man.
    Published in This Magazine is about Schools, Volume 6, Number 2, Summer 1972.
  27. Repo, Satu: Do Children Have a Culture of Their Own?
    Resource Type: Article
    First Published: 1971
    An interview with Richard Lewis. Published in This Magazine is about Schools, Volume 5, Number 1, Winter 1971.
  28. Repo, Satu: Drug Control in the Classroom
    Resource Type: Article
    First Published: 1971
    An article about drug control in the classroom by Satu Repo.
    Published in This Magazine is about Schools, Volume 5, Number 4, Fall/Winter 1971.
  29. Repo, Satu: Mrs. Timbrell & the social workers
    Resource Type: Article
    First Published: 1968
    Satu Repo discusses the role of social workers in children's welfare using the case study of working class foster mother Mrs. Timbrell.
  30. Repo, Satu: Schools for the Poor, Drugs and Shrinks
    Resource Type: Article
    First Published: 1972
    Short notes on three books for downtown teachers: Blaming the Victim, Free Schools, and Mystification and Drug Abuse.
    Published in This Magazine is about Schools, Volume 6, Number 1, Spring 1972.
  31. Repo, Satu: Shall We Copy the Russians?
    Resource Type: Article
    First Published: 1970
    A review of Urie Bronfenbrenner's book, "Two Worlds of Childhood U.S. and U.S.S.R."
  32. Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press: Access to Places
    Resource Type: Book
    First Published: 1997
    A guidebook intended to give reporters a "plan of attack" when access to newsworthy events has been unreasonably denied, and discusses legal restrictions that may be placed on reporters, as well as what to do if the restrictions seem unreasonable.
  33. Ribao, Renmin: China's Great Revolution and the Soviet Union's Great Tragedy
    Resource Type: Book
    First Published: 1967
  34. Rice, Xan: The treasures of Timbuktu
    The race is on to preserve papers dating back to a west African golden age
    Resource Type: Article
    First Published: 2007
    West African scholars are quickly discovering the wealth of manuscripts burried in and near Timbuktu dating from the 11th century. Governments and universities are building archives in which to house and digitize these important relics.
  35. Rich, Nathaniel: The Man Who Saves You from Yourself
    Going Undercover with a Cult Infiltrator
    Resource Type: Article
    First Published: 2013
    An account of the life and work of David Sullivan, a San Francisco-based private investigator who specializes in cults.
  36. Richards, Denis; Cruickshank, J.E.: The Modern Age
    1760-1955
    Resource Type: Book
    First Published: 1955   Published: 1963
  37. Richardson, Gus: The Left and Everyday Life
    Resource Type: Article
    First Published: 1974
  38. Richler, Mordecai: Their Canada and Mine
    Resource Type: Article
    First Published: 1961   Published: 1972
    A republished article from Commentary in 1961 for Jewish-American readers.
    Published in This Magazine is about Schools, Volume 6, Number 2, Summer 1972.
  39. Richmond, Ted: Canada and Capitalism
    Resource Type: Article
  40. Richter, Volkmar (editor): The Varsity 1967-1968
    Resource Type: Serial Publication (Periodical)
    First Published: 1968
  41. Riddell, John: Comintern
    Revolutionary Internationalism in Lenin's Time
    Resource Type: Article
    First Published: 2008
  42. Riddell, John; Weiss, Suzanne: Venezuela Eyewitness
    Canadian socialists report on Venezuela's achievements and the challenges facing the Bolivarian Revolution today
    Resource Type: Article
    First Published: 2008
  43. Rimbert, Pierre: Don't expect tech giants to build back better
    Resource Type: Article
    First Published: 2021
    Tech giants need to quantify human behaviour to make money from it. The pandemic, by forcing much of our lives online, has shown just how much money they can make.
  44. Ringle, W.F.P. (Jim Harding): Political Oppression in Canadian History
    Resource Type: Article
  45. Ringuette, Johl; Diemer, Ulli: Johl Whiteduck Ringuette interviewed by Ulli Diemer
    Resource Type: Audio
    First Published: 2020
  46. Riordon, Michael: Zatoun: a Life story in four parts
    Resource Type: Audio
    First Published: 2007
    In four audio documentaries (17–19 minutes each), Zatoun - a life story explores the genesis and evolution of a unique grassroots initiative to bring fair trade organic olive oil from farmer co-operatives in Palestine to North America. Zatoun is the Arabic word for olive.
  47. Ripley, Gordon: Canadian Serials Directory
    Repertoire des publications seriees canadiennes
    Resource Type: Serial Publication (Periodical)
    First Published: 1987
  48. Ritter, Scott: The Trouble with Defectors
    What informants taught an intelligence officer
    Resource Type: Article
    First Published: 2017
    Author and former U.S. Intelligence Officer Scott Ritter writes about his experiences working with informants and defectors. Recounting first hand experiences he discusses the problems and issues working with informants, notably their motivation, quality of information, and its reliabitlity and currency. While quality control is a recurring problem with informants Ritter further discusses why intelligence professionals still keep using them.
  49. Ritter, Thomas J.; Denniston, George C.: Say No to Circumcision!
    40 Compelling Reasons
    Resource Type: Book
    First Published: 1996
  50. Robert, General Henry W.: Robert's Rules of Order
    Resource Type: Book
    First Published: 1981
  51. Roberts, Dan; Booth, Robert: Leave Yemen, US tells citizens
    Resource Type: Article
    First Published: 2013
    The United States and Britain on Tuesday told their citizens to leave Yemen in the light of intelligence apparently gathered from overseas communications intercepts showing a serious but unspecified threat against western and US interests. The US was reported to have begun evacuating citizens immediately on military flights.
  52. Roberts, Shirley: Harness the Future
    The 9 Keys to Emerging Consumer Behaviour
    Resource Type: Book
    First Published: 1998
  53. Roberts, Wayne: Catering to Cows' Sociability
    Resource Type: Article
    First Published: 1993
    Organic dairy farming involves putting cows out to pasture. This provides better quality feed at half the cost of silage, reduced vet bills, and longer productive lifespans.
  54. Roberts, Wayne: Cracking The Food Chain
    Shut out by supermarkets, farmers fertilize direct links between the field and the kitchen table
    Resource Type: Article
    First Published: 1993
    A survey of the challenges faced by farmers seeking to market for their organic produce.
  55. Roberts, Wayne: Good Accounting is M.I.A
    City budget system is obsolete: daycare is as much a capital item as bridges
    Resource Type: Article
    First Published: 2011
    The author calls on Toronto's city hall to recognize that environmental and social programs are a kind of infrastructure in that they create stakeholders in the community. He advocates that the municipal budget treat these as such and consider them an investment rather than an expenditure.
  56. Robeson, Paul: Here I Stand
    Resource Type: Book
    First Published: 1958
  57. Robeson, Paul: Paul Robeson sings "Ol'Man River" and other favorites
    Recorded 1928-39
    Resource Type: Audio
  58. Robicheau, Colette: Making the Most of Your Media Interview
    Resource Type: Article
    First Published: 2010
    Being prepared for an interview will make you less nervous and more confident, and with confidence comes increased credibility.
  59. Robicheau, Colette: VIP: Very Inventive Procrastinator
    Resource Type: Article
    First Published: 2010
  60. Robinson, James: UK press targets middle India
    Associated's Mail Today is one of many British titles targeting the growing market
    Resource Type: Article
    First Published: 2008
    International publishing groups have recently rushed to publish and market Indian versions of their publications. They are taking advantage of the booming market the growing middle class demographic has created and the recent elimination of restrictions on foreign ownership of national media.
  61. Robinson, John; Francis, George; Legge Russel; Lerner, Sally: Defining a Sustainable Society
    Values, Principles and Definitions
    Resource Type: Article
    First Published: 1990
    We can approach our future in many ways, the conventional route is to project forward from present trends and make adjustments to avoide some of the uglier prospects.
  62. Robinson, Michael: Surrealism
    Resource Type: Book
    First Published: 2005
    Takes the reader on a journey through one of the most fascinating and influential are movements of the twentieth century. Exploring works from some the the modern ear's greatest masters including Dai, Ernst, Miro and Magritte, this richly illustrated reference book offers a welath of insight into the complexities of the Surrealist imagination.
  63. Robson, Ruthann: Pornography, Power, and the First Amendment
    Resource Type: Article
    First Published: 1985
    The central question about pornography is not whether it should be legal or illegal, or whether it should be protected or unprotected by the First Amendment. The question central to pornography as a genre is why. Why would someone make, do, buy, enjoy this?
  64. Roebuck, Don: Marxist Projections
    Some Post-Marxist Projections for the Next Third- to Half-Century (Draft Phantasy)
    Resource Type: Article
    First Published: 1969
  65. Rogers, Carl R.: On Becoming a Person
    Resource Type: Book
    First Published: 1961
    On the human potential for growth and creativity.
  66. Rogers, Stan: Home in Halifax
    Resource Type: Audio
  67. Rogers, Stan et al: Remembering Stan Rogers: An East Coast Tribute
    Resource Type: Audio
  68. Rosen, David; Mladen, Caryn: Making Money With Multimedia
    Resource Type: Book
    First Published: 1994
  69. Rosenberg, Avis Lang: Pork Roasts
    250 Feminist Cartoons
    Resource Type: Book
    First Published: 1981
  70. Rosenblum, Simon: A Dialectic of Liberation
    A Proposal for a 'liberation caucus'
    Resource Type: Article
    First Published: 1972
  71. Rosenblum, Simon: Review of Jews and Arabs by Albert Memmi
    Resource Type: Article
  72. Rosner, Cecil: Rage Against the Noose
    How four Canadian journalists helped to kill capital punishment
    Resource Type: Article
    First Published: 2023
    Focuses on four journalists who fought the death penalty: Betty Lee, Jacques Hebert, J.E. Belliveau, Isabel LeBourdais, and the cases they wrote about: Wilbert Coffin, Steven Truscott, Arthur Lucas, and Ronald Turpin.
  73. Ross, Jeffrey: Hoffman critical of wimps; advocates action
    Resource Type: Article
    First Published: 1982
    An interview with political activist Abbie Hoffman about his belief that environmentalists are ineffective because they do not take action.
  74. Rothstein, Richard: Down the Up Staircase
    Resource Type: Article
    First Published: 1971
    In this pamphlet, Richard Rothstein breaks some new and valuable ground for those developing a detailed critique of our urban school systems. Published in This Magazine is about Schools, Volume 5, Number 3, Summer 1971.
  75. Roussopoulos, Dimitri: Cegeps, Charlebois, Chartrand: The Quebec Revolution Now
    Resource Type: Article
    First Published: 1970
    An interview with Dimitri Roussopoulos, editor of "Our Generation," a radical new left quarterly published in Montreal. Roussopoulos discusses the state of student protest and campus unrest in Quebec.
  76. Roussopoulos, Dimitrios: The Politics of the Peace Movement
    Resource Type: Article
    First Published: 1982
    What Roussopoulos emphasizes in the new peace movement is the need for a theoretical framework within which tactics and strategy become more effective. Essay available in "Dissidence: Essays Against the Mainstream."
  77. Roussopoulos, Dimitrios: Root and Branch: The political origins of the 1960s New Left and the Future
    Resource Type: Article
    The new left in the 1960s sought to redefine the revolutionary project. The need for a such a redefinition became evident to a new generation of activists when it appeared that the old left socialist tradition lacked the practice or the theory appropriate for the complete transformation of advanced industrial/technological societies.
    Essay available in the book "Dissidence: Essays Against the Mainstream."
  78. Rowbotham, Sheila: The Women's Movement & Organizing for Socialism
    Resource Type: Article
    A photocopy of a chapter or portion of a larger book, spanning pages 9 to 27. It assesses how some of the approaches to organizing under the headings of Leninism and Troskyism are flawed, and discusses how the women's movement suggests modes of improvement for a strong and popular socialist movement.
  79. Rowland, Wade: Spirit of the Web
    The Age of Information from Telegraph to Internet
    Resource Type: Book
    First Published: 1999
    A journey through communication technology and our fascination and tribulations with it.
  80. Roy, M.N.: A Marxist Interpretation of Chinese History
    Resource Type: Article
    First Published: 1946   Published:
    Roy argues that there is nothing essential about Chinese history. Instead he asserts that Chinese culture, like its Greek and Indian counterparts, is conditioned by the historical evolution of private property. The development of early Chinese civilization stagnated due to a lack of cattle and horses to be domesticated into a means of production. During the transition from feudalism to capitalism, the resulting insufficiency of surplus derived from agriculture retarded the development of Chinese society. The pamphlet concludes by asserting that the structure of contemporary Chinese society is a result of the conditions of production at these earlier stages of Chinese history.
  81. Royte, Elizabeth: Drinking Problems
    A Kansas town confronts a tap-water crisis
    Resource Type: Article
    First Published: 2018
    Investigation on the drinking water crisis in the US, examinign the sources of contamination, the inadequate regulatory responses, and the potential helath consequences of long-term exposure to pollutants in the country's water supply.
  82. Ruane, Michael E.: Diaries reveal Jewish suffering during Holocaust in Hungary
    Resource Type: Article
    First Published: 2014
    Diary reveals how doctor hid Jewish boy and his aunt from Nazis in her Budapest home during the late stages of the Second World War.
  83. Rubin, Gayle: Leather Menace, The.
    Comments on Politics and S/M
    Resource Type: Article
    First Published: 1982
    Attitudes towards S&M in the women's movement.
  84. Ruby, Clayton: Law, law, law
    A Down-to-Earth Citizen's Manual on the Laws You Most Frequently Encounter
    Resource Type: Book
    First Published: 1970
  85. Rumack, Leah: Has Fetish Flaked Out?
    Resource Type: Article
    First Published: 1998
    Now that everyone's doing it, perversion may never be the same.
  86. Runtz, Michael: The Explorer's Guide to Algonquin Park
    Resource Type: Book
    First Published: 1993   Published: 2000
  87. Rusbridger, Alan; MacAskill, Ewen: I, spy: Edward Snowden in exile
    Resource Type: Article
    First Published: 2014
    The Guardian interviews Edward Snowden, the former NSA contractor who leaked thousands of classified documents to media outlets. Snowden shares his views on the events that have occured since his exile, and describes his life in Moscow.
  88. Rushdie, Salman: The Satanic Verses
    Resource Type: Book
    First Published: 1992
  89. Rushe, Dominic: Google: don't expect privacy when sending to Gmail
    Resource Type: Article
    First Published: 2013
    People sending email to any of Google's 425 million Gmail users have no "reasonable expectation" that their communications are confidential, the internet giant has said in a court filing.
  90. Russel, Franklin: The Atlantic Coast
    The Illustrated Natural Historyof Canada
    Resource Type: Book
    First Published: 1970
  91. Russell, Bertrand: History of Western Philosophy
    And its Connection with Political and Social Circumstances from the Earliest Times to the Present Day
    Resource Type: Book
    First Published: 1946   Published: 1961
    A history of western philosophy in relation to its social and economic background.
  92. Russell, Franklin: Watchers at the Pond
    Resource Type: Book
    First Published: 1961   Published: 1978
  93. Russell, Jenni: State steals authority from adults
    An official power grab is creating a British society that has no control over its children
    Resource Type: Article
    First Published: 2009
    Adults no longer have the authority to reprimand or comment on the behaviour of children whom they are not the guardians of. Adults who directly speak to children about inappropriate behavious even if such behaviour is directed toward their own children, are increasingly facing legal consequences.
  94. Russell, Jim: Education and Society: British Columbia
    Resource Type: Article
    CUS pamphlet 25-30-223. Connexions Archive has both print and digital copies of this publication.
  95. Russell, Nick: Morals and the Media
    Ethics in Canadian Journalism
    Resource Type: Book
    First Published: 1994
    Russell focuses on the fundamental moral questions and ethical dilemmas faced by journalists and discusses how the media both reflect and influence society.
  96. Russell, Peter H.: Leading Constitutional Decisions
    Resource Type: Book
    First Published: 1965   Published: 1968
  97. Russell, Sara Josephine: The Lesson
    Resource Type: Article
    First Published: 1997
    An educator in a nursing home's essay on Alzheimer's disease.
  98. Rust-D'Eye, George: Cabbagetown, Remembered
    Resource Type: Book
    First Published: 1984
    Stories and photographs of the Toronto neighbourhood known as old Cabbagetown.
  99. Rust-D'eye, George: Many bridges have spanned the Don River
    Resource Type: Article
    First Published: 1976
    A history of early bridges spanning Toronto's Don River.
  100. Rust-D'Eye, George: The Riverdale Zoo
    Resource Type: Article
    First Published: 1975
    A history of the Riverdale Zoo from its founding it the 1890s to its closing in 1974.
  101. Rustin, Susanna: Cotton trade: where does your T-shirt grow?
    Resource Type: Article
    First Published: 2014
    Growers of the world's most important non-food crops are learning how to raise it without harmful chemicals.
  102. Rutherford, Paul: Endless Propaganda
    The Advertising of Public Goods
    Resource Type: Book
    First Published: 1999
    Rutherford investigates how advocacy advertising colonized the political, social, and moral realms of the public sphere in the affluent democracies during the last three decades.