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Untold Stories
This long-awaited reader explores the history of Canadian people with disabilities from Confederation to current day. This edited collection focuses on Canadians with mental, physical, and cognitive disabilities, and discusses their lives, work, and influence on public policy. Organized by time period, the 23 chapters in this collection are authored by a diverse group of scholars who discuss the untold histories of Canadians with disabilities―Canadians who influenced science and technology, law, education, healthcare, and social justice. Selected chapters discuss disabilities among Indigenous women; the importance of community inclusion; the ubiquity of stairs in the Montreal metro; and the ethics of disability research. This volume is a terrific resource for students and anyone interested in disability studies, history, sociology, social work, geography, and education. Untold Stories: A Canadian Disability History Reader offers an exceptional presentation of influential people with various disabilities who brought about social change and helped to make Canada more accessible.
Sociology
The 2nd Canadian edition ofSociologywill build on the 1st edition's reputation of being the most balanced, comprehensive text on the market. Edith Smith brings expertise in the feminist perspective, covering the perspective in 18 of the 22 chapters. With the addition of a dynamic author in Jana Grekul, who has breathed new life into the pedagogical program, and with a new streamlined design, Schaefer/Smith/Grekul is a means to help students see sociology as anexperience. Features including Social Policy Sections, Photo Essays, and the new Sociology Matters boxes will enable students to relate to, and contextualize themselves in the material.
The Oxford Handbook of the History of Eugenics
Eugenic thought and practice swept the world from the late nineteenth to the mid-twentieth century in a remarkable transnational phenomenon. Eugenics informed social and scientific policy across the political spectrum, from liberal welfare measures in emerging social-democratic states to feminist ambitions for birth control, from public health campaigns to totalitarian dreams of the "perfectibility of man." This book dispels for uninitiated readers the automatic and apparently exclusive link between eugenics and the Holocaust. It is the first world history of eugenics and an indispensable core text for both teaching and research. Eugenics has accumulated generations of interest as experts at...
Sociology: a Brief Introduction
The sixth Canadian edition has been fully updated to reflect the most recent developments in sociology both in Canada and around the globe. This text strengthens the foundation laid in the previous Canadian editions, providing compelling and relevant topics and examples that resonate with students and that are consistently interpreted through the lens of four theoretical perspectives. To navigate successfully through our changing world requires a perspective that takes into account contextual factors, as well as individual factors, one that is able to link our individual experiences to the broader social processes occurring around us.
Sociology Matters/Richard T. Schaefer, Jana Grekul
Meet Sociology Matters: the third sibling in our Schaefer/Smith Sociology and Schaefer/Haaland Sociology: A Brief Introduction family of texts. This volume in the Schaefer introductory sociology series is perhaps the most unique. Though a slim, core-concepts volume, Sociology Matters does not sacrifice depth and breadth of coverage for its length. Rather, with streamlined use of features and visuals, it covers much of the same content as Sociology: A Brief Introduction in fewer pages, making it an attractive-and affordable-option for both university and college professors who enjoy the freedom of using readers and other ancillary material alongside their text. While delivering the fundamentals in sociological theory, research, and vocabulary, the First Canadian Edition of Sociology Matters also exercises readers' sociological imaginations, taking them on a journey towards the discovery of their own sociological perspectives and an understanding of why sociology matters in the real world.
Criminology
In some ways, criminals are not all that different from "non criminals", except that environmental, social and other factors have joined together in a particular configuration that worked to produces their criminal behaviours. In other words, criminals are sometimes not really so different from the rest of us: we are all interconnected, like links in a chain, through our humanity. It follows then, that a more humanistic stance toward understanding and dealing with such deviant and criminal behaviours is in the best interest of society's members.The Canadian edition ofCriminologyis a student-first text, rich with pedagogical elements that promote and foster critical thinking. Building on the strong foundation of the US edition, the work of Canadian critical criminologists is discussed in some detail. The chapter on white collar crime in particular draws on the many Canadian examples that exist, from Conrad Black's exploits, to the Walkerton tragedy and the mercury poisoning suffered by First Nations groups in Canada. Many would argue that white collar and corporate offences have been on the periphery of the field of criminology-but not for much longer.
Sociology: a Brief Introduction
Schaefer, Sociology: A Brief Introduction, 7th Canadian Edition provides students with the tools they need to successfully navigate in today's social world. The new edition offers a Canadian perspective within a global context, allowing students to examine the place of themselves and others in society. The new edition has been completely updated with the Canadian student in mind. Students will engage with content that features relevant social topics, diverse examples, and the latest Canadian statistics, research and data. This resource is ideal for degree and diploma level Introductory Sociology courses, or for any learner eager to explore the study of social worlds.
An Investigation Into the Formation and Recruitment Processes of Aboriginal Gangs in Western Canada
"This report provides a brief literature review of current gang research, including the incorporation of information from documents produced by agencies that work with gang-involved youth. The contribution of this report is an integration of the information found in the documents with analysis of in-depth interviews conducted with ex-gang members (incarcerated and nonincarcerated), law enforcement officials, correctional workers, and elders who work within the correctional system. This is the first study of its kind: aside from two exploratory studies produced through government agencies, a body of literature on Aboriginal street and prison gangs in Canada is virtually nonexistent."--Document.
Critical Social Work Praxis
What we think must inform what we do, argue the editors and authors of this cutting-edge social work textbook. In this innovative, expansive and wide-ranging collection, leading social work thinkers engage with social work traditions to bridge social work theory and practice and arrive at social work praxis: a uniting of critical thought and ethical action. Critical Social Work Praxis is organized into sixteen sections, each reflecting a critical social work tradition or approach. Each section has a theory chapter, which succinctly outlines the tradition’s main concepts or tenets, a praxis chapter, which shows how the theory informs social work practice, and a commentary chapter, which provides a critical analysis of the tensions and difficulties of the approach. The text helps students understand how to extend theory into praxis and gives instructors critical new tools and discussion ideas. This book is the result of decades of experience teaching social work theory and praxis and is a comprehensive teaching and learning tool for the critical social work classroom.
