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  1. Abbey-Livingston, Diane: Volunteers in your Organization
    How future trends in society will affect volunteers and organisations who work with them
    Resource Type: Article
    First Published: 1980
  2. Abelson, Donald E.: Do think tanks matter?
    Assesing the impact of public policy institutes
    Resource Type: Book
    First Published: 2002
  3. Abernethy, Richard: Rosa Luxemburg's Birds
    Resource Type: Article
    First Published: 2020
  4. Ableman, Paul: Anatomy of Nakedness
    Resource Type: Book
    First Published: 1982
    Of all the things we possess the only one we can really claim as our own is our body. Yet nothing else gives rise to such complex attitudes. We hide it, reveal it, flaunt it, are ashamed of it, even scorn it, in an ever-changing array of feelings about it.
  5. Abley, Mark: Guided by Voices
    Oral historians are giving a voice to refugees fleeing trauma and persecution in their homelands
    Resource Type: Article
    First Published: 2011
  6. Abley, Mark: 'It's like bombing the Louvre'
    Resource Type: Article
    First Published: 2008
    Marie Smith Jones was the world's last Eyak speaker - by the time she died last week, she could use her mother tongue only in her dreams. But the loss of a language is not just a personal tragedy, it is a cultural disaster
  7. Abley, Mark: Stories from the Ice Storm
    Resource Type: Book
    First Published: 1999
    Personal stories of the ice storm which hit eastern North America in 1998.
  8. Aboud, Elaine: Origins: A History of Canada
    Resource Type: Book
    First Published: 1988
  9. Abraham, Carolyn: Mommy's little secret
    Resource Type: Article
    First Published: 2002
  10. Ackerman, Spencer; Roberts, Dan: Obama defiant over NSA revelations ahead of summit with Chinese premier
    Resource Type: Article
    First Published: 2013
    President says oversight of NSA surveillance programme should be left to Congress in comments criticising media 'hype.'
  11. Ackerman, Spencer; Stafford, Zach; Guarino, Mark;Laughland, Oliver: "Gestapo" tactics at US police 'black site' ring alarm from Chicago to Washington
    Resource Type: Article
    First Published: 2015
    Politicians and rights groups call for inquiries into interrogations at Homan Square. Mayor Rahm Emanuel faces questions as top supporters examine abuse.
  12. Ackroyd, Peter: Blake
    Resource Type: Book
    First Published: 1995
    A biography of William Blake.
  13. Acorn, Milton: The Business of the Country is Selling Out the Country
    Resource Type: Article
    First Published: 1971
    The sale of Ryerson Press and other things.
    Published in This Magazine is about Schools, Volume 5, Number 1, Winter 1971.
  14. Acorn, Milton: More Poems for People
    Resource Type: Book
    First Published: 1972
  15. Acorn, Milton: My life as a Co-adventurer
    Resource Type: Article
    First Published: 1972
    A recount of Milton Acorn's adventures as a weekly newsboy.
    Published in This Magazine is about Schools, Volume 6, Number 2, Summer 1972.
  16. Adams, Tim: Collectors on the edge
    The influence of Kew Gardens reaches far. In the heart of Botswana, meet the leaders of the Millenium Seed Bank Project
    Resource Type: Article
    First Published: 2009
    The Millenium Seed Bank Project is an international botanical project to collect and study 10% of the world's plant species.
  17. Adams, Tim: Jamie Oliver: 'Tell me Mr Gove, Mr Lansley. How can we stop Britain being the most unhealthy country in Europe?'
    In the 10 years since opening his Fifteen restaurant, Jamie Oliver's campaigns have gone global. But his passion to improve British schools
    Resource Type: Article
    First Published: 2012
    Jaime Oliver continues in his challenge to the educate people on healthy eating, with or without the British government's aid.
  18. Adams, Tim: Look back in joy: the power of nostalgia
    Resource Type: Article
    First Published: 2014
    Long considered a disorder, nostalgia is now recognised as a powerful tool in the battle against anxiety and depression. Researchers prove that looking back can improve the outlook for today and tomorrow.
  19. Adams, Tim: Why anger is all the rage
    The internet has made critics of us all. But why do so many commenters exploit the anonymity of chatrooms to promote hatred.
    Resource Type: Article
    First Published: 2011
    Anonymity in the online community has its proponents and detractors, the author interviews the founder of wikipedia and a facebook employee about the importance of moderation in social media. He comes to the conclusion that many of the extremist opinions espoused online would not be published if their authors had to attach them to their names.
  20. Adelmab, Howard: The Holiversity
    Resource Type: Book
    First Published: 1973
  21. Adelman, Howard: A Report on the Duff-Berdahl Commission Report on "University Government in Canada"
    Resource Type: Article
  22. Adelman, Howard, & Lee, Dennis (ed.): The University Game
    Resource Type: Book
    First Published: 1968
  23. Adjali, Boubaker; dos Santos, Marcelino: FRELIMO: Interview with Marcelino dos Santos
    Resource Type: Article
    First Published: 1971
  24. Adolph, Val: Managing Crisis
    Managing the Human Service Agency in Difficult Times
    Resource Type: Article
  25. Africa, David: Mubarak's third force terror tactic
    Resource Type: Article
    First Published: 2011
    President Mubarak unleashed his 'personal' thugs in a failed attempt to silence protestors seeking an end to his regime.
  26. Aglukark, Susan: Unsung Heroes
    Resource Type: Audio
  27. Akuenje, Onesmus; Hamupenya, Hidipo: Namibia: Some light on the struggle for national liberation
    Resource Type: Article
    First Published: 1973
  28. Al-Khalili, Jim: Remember what we owe to Arab science
    It's time to herald the Arabic science that prefigured Darwin and Newton
    Resource Type: Article
    First Published: 2008
    In an era of intolerance, the West needs to appreciate the fertile scholarship that flowered with Islam.
  29. Alarcon, Daniel: All Politics is Local
    Election night in Peru's largest prison
    Resource Type: Article
    First Published: 2012
    Daniel Alarcon explores the internal politics of Peru's largest prison.
  30. Alavi, Hamza: Imperialism Old and New
    Resource Type: Book
    First Published: 1964
  31. Alexander, Anne: The New Intifada
    Israel, Imperialism and Palestinian resistance
    Resource Type: Article
  32. Alexander, David G. (compiled by Eric. W. Sager, Lewis R. Rischer, Stuart O. Pierson): Atlantic Canada and Confederation
    Essays in Canadian Political Economy
    Resource Type: Book
    First Published: 1983
    In these essays, Alexander maintains that there was an economic basie for the provinces of Atlantic Canada in the resources of the region and the genious of its people. He affirms the integrity and viability of the small society and culture in the economic blocs and political federations of the modern world.
  33. Alexander, Donald: The Psychology of Social Change
    Resource Type: Article
  34. Alexander, J.B.: Poems by J.B. Alexander
    Resource Type: Article
    First Published: 1986
  35. Alexiou, Alice Sparberg: Jane Jacobs, Urban Visionary
    Resource Type: Book
    First Published: 2006
    A biography of Jane Jacobs.
  36. Alfano, Adele; Scott, Kathy Glover: Sales Gurus Speak Out
    Resource Type: Book
    First Published: 2005
  37. Alia, Valerie; Brennan, Brian; Hoffmaster, Barry (ed.): Deadlines & Diversity
    Journalism Ethics in a Changing World
    Resource Type: Book
    First Published: 1996
    An anthology on journalism ethics.
  38. Allemang, John: The write place to work
    Resource Type: Article
    First Published: 2002
    A study of the perfect environment for writing, with views from many of Canada's pre-eminent authors.
  39. Allen, Gary; Cameron, Donald; Campbell, Robert; Hunt, Russell; Rousseau, John: The Mysterious East - An Independent Atlantic Magazine, July 1971
    Resource Type: Serial Publication (Periodical)
    First Published: 1971
  40. Allen, Gary; Cameron, Donald; Campbell, Robert; Hunt, Russell; Rousseau, John: The Mysterious East - An Independent Atlantic Magazine, March/April 1971
    Resource Type: Serial Publication (Periodical)
    First Published: 1971
  41. Allen, Gary; Cameron, Donald; Campbell, Robert; Hunt, Russell; Rousseau, John: The Mysterious East - An Independent Atlantic Magazine, October 1971
    Resource Type: Serial Publication (Periodical)
    First Published: 1971
  42. Allen, Gary; Cameron, Donald; Campbell, Robert; Hunt, Russell; Rousseau, John: The Mysterious East - An Independent Atlantic Magazine, May/June 1971
    Resource Type: Serial Publication (Periodical)
    First Published: 1971
  43. Allen, Gary; Cameron, Donald; Campbell, Robert; Hunt, Russell; Scott, Andrew: The Mysterious East - An Independent Atlantic Magazine, November 1971
    Resource Type: Serial Publication (Periodical)
    First Published: 1971
  44. Allen, Gary; Cameron, Donald; Campbell, Robert; Hunt, Russell; Scott, Andrew: The Mysterious East - An Independent Atlantic Magazine, Number 18
    Resource Type: Serial Publication (Periodical)
    First Published: 1971
  45. Allen, Gary; Cameron, Donald; Campbell, Robert; Hunt, Russell; Scott, Andrew: The Mysterious East - An Independent Atlantic Magazine, Number 19
    Resource Type: Serial Publication (Periodical)
    First Published: 1972
  46. Allen, Judy: Event Planning
    Resource Type: Book
    First Published: 2000
  47. Allen, Kieran: Workers and the Celtic Tiger
    Why Partnership Doesn't Pay
    Resource Type: Article
    First Published: 1999
  48. Allen, Martha Leslie (ed.): Index/Directory of Women's Media
    Resource Type: Book
    First Published: 1982
    Annual.
    Covers every link in the feminist circle of communication, listing periodicals, publishers, news services, video and cable, film, music, art, grapgics, threater groups, writer's associations, media oganizations, bookstores, liberies and individual media
  49. Allen, Robert Thomas: The Great Lakes
    The Illustrated Natural History of Canada
    Resource Type: Book
    First Published: 1970
  50. Almanac Singers: Talking Union and Other Union Songs
    Resource Type: Audio
  51. Althusser, Louis: Philosophy as a Revolutionary Weapon
    Interview with Louis Althusser
    Resource Type: Article
  52. Ames, Michael: The Awakening
    Ron Paul's generational movement
    Resource Type: Article
    First Published: 2013
    Article on the upsurge of THE movement that Ron Paul (from the Republican Party) initiated. This 'Awakening' is characterized for its emphasis on peace and liberty.
  53. Ample, Annie: The Bare Facts
    My Life as a Stripper
    Resource Type: Book
    First Published: 1988
  54. Analavage, Robert: Labor and the South
    Black Workers Set Against White - Strike Broken
    Resource Type: Article
    First Published: 1968
    Article originally appeared in the Southern Patriot, Jenuary 1968.
  55. Anderson, David & Benjaminson, Peter: Investigative Reporting
    Resource Type: Book
    First Published: 1976
    Explains the art and science of investigative reporting: how to decide on a subject, how to find and evaluate sources, how to approach and interview the sources and the subject of the investigation, how to write the investigative story, how to insure that it gets published, and how to advance the aims of an investigation even after the publication of the first article. A major portion of the book is devoted to research in public documents.
  56. Anderson, Hugh: Bulls and Bears
    Winning in the Stock Market in Good Times and Bad
    Resource Type: Book
    First Published: 1991
  57. angela_b117: Linoleum Block Printing
    Resource Type: Article
    In this Instructable I will be going step-by-step through the process of printmaking using a linoleum block. I will tell you what tools you need, and for what purpose and I will go through the process of designing the print in which you will be carving, transferring the design onto the block, carving the block, proofing the block and finally, printing the block.
  58. Anglin. Lise: Birder Extraordinaire
    The life and legacy of James L. Baillie
    Resource Type: Book
    First Published: 1992
    A biography of the naturalist Jim Ballie.
  59. Angus, Ian: Marx, Engels and Darwin
    How Darwin's theory of evolution confirmed and extended the most fundamental concepts of Marxism
    Resource Type: Article
    First Published: 2009
  60. Anonymous: The Erotic Power of Patriarchal Fantasies
    Resource Type: Article
    First Published: 1990
    It is not our desires but our actions in relation to our desires that define the realm of responsibility, and hence morality, in sexual matters.
  61. Ansara, Amy; Eisen Borgman, Arlene: "A Woman Who Took a Rifle to Moncade Had to be a Liberated Woman"
    Interview with Haydee Santamaria by Arlene Eisen Borgman and Amy Ansara
    Resource Type: Article
  62. Antonine, Chet: Johnny Sold His Gun
    The Untold Story of US Outlaw GIs in WWII Europe
    Resource Type: Article
    Although it was not reported at the time, thousands of American soldiers had gone AWOL and were wandering the European countryside or congregating in cities such as Paris and Brussels.
  63. Apor, Anne: Toronto Life's Super Shopper
    Resource Type: Book
    First Published: 1976   Published: 1978
  64. Arlett, Allan, Rotterdam, Ingrid van: Canadian Directory to Foundations
    Seventh Edition 1987
    Resource Type: Serial Publication (Periodical)
    First Published: 1987
  65. Arlett, Allan, Rotterdam, Ingrid van: Canadian Index to Foundation Grants
    First Annual Edition 1986
    Resource Type: Serial Publication (Periodical)
    First Published: 1986
  66. Armstrong, Hugh: An Appraisal of the Educational Opportunity Bank Proposal
    Resource Type: Article
    First Published: 1968
  67. Arnot, Chris: Pictures of health
    Resource Type: Article
    First Published: 2010
    Care-home staff are using books to stimulate those suffering from dementia.
  68. Aronson, James: The Press and the Cold War
    Resource Type: Book
    First Published: 1973
  69. Arthur, Eric; Otto, Stephen A.: Toronto: No Mean City
    Resource Type: Book
    First Published: 1986
  70. Ash, Timothy Garton: The Stasi could only dream of such data
    Britain, the birthplace of liberalism, has become the database state
    Resource Type: Article
    First Published: 2008
    As technology increases the flow of stored data about individual actions, assurances of the "right to informational self-determination" must be hard won from governments. Government surveillance of citizens has become an accepted 'counter-terrorism' measure.
  71. Associated Press: Louisiana prisoner released after 41 years in solitary
    Resource Type: Article
    First Published: 2013
    Herman Wallace, who is dying of cancer, endured long legal battles after his 1972 murder conviction.
  72. Asséo, Henriette: Gypsies who went nowhere
    Resource Type: Article
    First Published: 2012
    The EU misclassification of Roma as inherently itinerant has done considerable, and continuing, damage to groups of often deeply rooted people.
  73. Atkins, Martha; Hynes, Maureen: The Hidden History of the Female and A History of the Rise of Women's Consciousness in Canada & in Quebec
    The Early Feminist Movement in the United States and Including Various Tracts on the Ideology of Women in the Working Class, the Movement...
    Resource Type: Article
    Two essays are contained in this pamphlet, each exploring the history of women's movements in North America:
    1. "The Hidden History of the Female: the Early Feminist Movement in the United States" by Martha Atkins
    2. "A History of the Rise of Women's Consciousness in Canada & in Quebec Including Various Tracts on the Ideology of Women in the Working Class, The Movement for Female Emancipation & its Links With the Temperance Struggle & With Some Conclusions Drawn Concerning the Struggle of Canadian Women Today" by Maureen Hynes
  74. Atkisson, Alan: Ten Tactics of Social Innovation
    Ways for individuals to facilitate change -- both in their own lives and on the societal leve.
    Resource Type: Article
  75. Attenborough, David: The Living Planet
    Resource Type: Book
    First Published: 1984
    The story of the Earth's surface and its colonization by animals and plants.
  76. Atzmon, Gilad: Israel Must Win
    "You Cannot Promise Victory, Produce a Humiliating Defeat and Stay in Power"
    Resource Type: Article
    First Published: 2006
    IDF military offensive doctrine is grounded on one basic axiom that was defined by David Ben Gurion in the early fifties: whatever it takes, Israel must always win! This axiom is indeed very powerful, yet, in reality, the Israeli army can’t provide the goods anymore. In the last three decades the Israeli army is constantly being beaten time after time by enemies that are getting smaller and smaller.