Bøger udgivet af Canadian Scholars

Explores what it means to exist in a body that is constantly on display and subjected to public scrutiny. Victoria Kannen examines the interplay of many ways our bodies express identity, such as gender, race, sexuality, disability, body modification, and age, and how public scrutiny of those expressions can impact our public and private selves.

A unique text to the field, Doing Ethics in Child and Youth Care serves as an essential introductory guide to ethical practice across a range of child and youth care settings within North America. The text offers a practical and engaging introduction and explores the theoretical under-pinnings and field-specific application of ethics.

Experienced community organizer and professor Patricia Spindel provides a practical guide for producing change through community action and social activism in this updated second edition of Changing Communities.

Filling a gap in literature and fulfilling the need for trans-focused work, TransNarratives is an interdisciplinary collection featuring narratives of transgender experiences, providing a sourcebook of a range of trans perspectives, writing styles, and trans methodological fields of applicability.

Maps, deconstructs, and engages with different models of equity as they pertain to the early childhood education landscape in Ontario. Drawing on marginalized narratives of gender, race, Indigeneity, dis/ability, inclusion and migration, immigration and displacement, the authors discuss how to advance the field and make it more equitable.

How do we perceive ourselves and our bodies in relation to our physical geographical social cultural political psychological and spiritual environments? Body Studies in Canada uses intersectional methodological and theoretical frameworks to discuss the political and socio-historical discourses that shape body studies in Canadian society.

Focusing on children who are subject to welfare intervention, Protecting Children addresses the challenges and issues of the child welfare system, and provides foundational knowledge on the theoretical and practical aspects of the field.

Offers an updated, practical real-world guide for current and aspiring project managers. Using concise and approachable language, this second edition features new concept illustrations, a greater consistency with the Project Management Body of Knowledge terminology, and additional case studies in the updated instructor resources.

Now in its fourth edition, Canadian Society in the Twenty-First Century examines Canada's development and current circumstances in a socio-historical framework. This foundational text encourages students to consider some of the tough questions Canadian citizens are likely to face in the twenty-first century.

Reviews how various Agile methods can be applied to project management in complex corporate environments beyond the software development sphere. Readers will learn various techniques across the many methodologies that are part of the Agile family, including Scrum, XP, and Crystal, as well as some of Agile's influences, such as Lean and Kanban.

Bringing together researchers from geographically, culturally, and linguistically diverse regions, Indigenous Knowledge Systems and Research Methodologies offers practical guidance and lessons learned from research projects in and with Indigenous communities around the world.

Focusing on acknowledging and confronting the complex issues within child and youth care, this new volume includes groundbreaking chapters on pertinent topics from homelessness to immigration, antiracism, African-centred praxis, and Indigenous ways of being.

Provides a uniquely Canadian focus and perspective on telecommunications policy, broadcasting policy, internet regulation, freedom of expression, censorship, defamation, privacy, government surveillance, intellectual property, and more.

Authored by the world-renowned sociologist, Dr. Irving Zeitlin, Classical Sociological Theory is an abridged version of the popular textbook, Ideology and the Development of Sociological Theory. This new, abridged edition features an updated introduction, extensive index, and 17 succinct chapters.

This original and timely book focuses on critical issues surrounding work and labour in Canada. It examines changes to the labour market and in the workplace, with a strong empirical component based on the most recent Statistics Canada data. An ideal text for Sociology of Work, and a wide range of courses in Labour Studies and Industrial Relations programs across Canada.

Explores the complexities of decolonization and indigenization of post-secondary institutions. Seeking to advance critical scholarship on issues including the place of Indigenous epistemologies, knowledges, curriculum, and pedagogy, this book builds space in the academy for Indigenous peoples and resistance and reconciliation.

Uses critical reflection to facilitate student learning and growth throughout the practicum experience. Students can apply and build upon the theory and skills acquired during their fieldwork by utilizing the interactive features and writing spaces included in the text.

Explores the factors and dimensions involved in recognising and resolving public problems. By presenting six principles for developing good public policy, Bobby Siu identifies various approaches that are used to determine issues, conduct research, formulate policy options and recommendations, and derive intelligent decisions.

Exploring the impact of oppression and power in constraining and limiting people's voices, this timely resource moves social work forward by highlighting the practical application of feminist, narrative, anti-racist, and postcolonial frameworks.

Presents an edited collection of teacher-tested interdisciplinary lesson plans that provides K-12 teachers with the tools to implement gender-inclusive practices into their curriculum and talk to their students about gender and sex.

Explores women and non-binary people in popular culture in Canada, with a focus on intersectional analysis of settler colonialism, race, white privilege, ability, and queer representations and experiences in diverse media. Throughout, readers are encouraged to think carefully about the role women play in the cultural landscape.

Explores, develops and evaluates theories of Black girls and Black girlhoods. This volume brings together scholars from North America to discuss what Black girlhood means historically and in the 21st century, and how concepts of race, ethnicity, gender, sexuality, class, religion, and nationality inform or affect identities of Black girls.

How do we encourage meaningful growth in schools and classrooms? With over a decade of research and development, the authors of this book suggest that sustained and purposeful growth starts with provocation: an emotional incitement that causes reflection, a shift in thinking, and a variation in the course of action.

Now in its second edition, Research Methods offers students a highly accessible and engaging introduction to research methodology from a uniquely Canadian perspective. This text examines both qualitative and quantitative research methods from the early planning stages to writing proposals and reports.

Written to reflect a diverse Canada, Intercultural Communication is a practical guide that provides readers with effective approaches to intercultural communication theories and strategies.

Lawyers, Crown counsels, district attorneys, and paralegals are often tasked with managing negotiation and conflict resolution in the courtroom; however, very little theory or literature surrounding this specialization exists. This handbook closes these gaps and discusses theories of negotiation and conflict resolution in criminal practice.

Designed as an all-in-one guide, this practical, easy to use text is essential to all courses offering instruction to students who are training to become language teachers in Canada and abroad. This wonderfully concise textbook covers key topics including course design, lesson planning, and classroom management.

This textbook is uniquely dedicated to connecting faith and social justice in various social work contexts. Contributors offer a diverse range of research and experience that place spirituality at the heart of social workers' pursuit of equality and fairness.

In this edited collection, leading scholars seek to disrupt Eurocentric research methods by introducing students, professors, administrators, and practitioners to frameworks of Indigenous research methods through a lens of reconciliation.