Social science

  • The Gift is in the Making: Anishinaabeg Stories

    Creator

    Simpson, Leanne

    Abstract

    The Gift Is in the Making retells previously published Anishinaabeg stories, bringing to life Anishinaabeg values and teachings to a new generation. Readers are immersed in a world where all genders are respected, the tiniest being has influence in the world, and unconditional love binds families and communities to each other and to their homeland. Sprinkled with gentle humour and the Anishinaabe language, this collection speaks to children and adults alike, and reminds us of the timelessness of stories that touch the heart.

    Publisher (Source)

    Winnipeg

    HighWater Press

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  • Bold School: An Inquiry Model to Transform Teaching

    Creator

    Jagdeo, Tina

    Abstract

    The move toward teaching through inquiry is evident in curriculum documents across the continent. In this book, you�ll find a clear approach for incorporating inquiry into your classroom. Based on current research and solid classroom experience, authors Tina Jagdeo and Lara Jensen examine what inquiry is, then break it down into manageable steps that can be used with any K�12 age group. They explore and explain each step, providing real-life classroom examples.

    Publisher (Source)

    Winnipeg

    Portage & Main Press

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  • One Without the Other

    Creator

    Moore, Shelley

    Abstract

    In One Without the Other: Stories of Unity Through Diversity and Inclusion, Shelley Moore explores the changing landscape of inclusive education. Presented through real stories from her own classroom experience, this passionate and creative educator tackles such things as inclusion as a philosophy and practice, the difference between integration and inclusion, and how inclusion can work with a variety of students and abilities.

    Publisher (Source)

    Winnipeg

    Portage & Main Press

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  • Achieving Indigenous Student Success

    Creator

    Toulouse, Pamela R.

    Abstract

    In Achieving Indigenous Student Success, author Pamela Toulouse provides strategies, lessons, and hands-on activities that support both Indigenous and non-Indigenous learners in the secondary classroom. While the author�s primary focus is the needs of Indigenous students, this book is for all teachers of grades 9�12 who are looking for ways to infuse Indigenous world-views into their courses. Ideas include wise practices such as retention/transition/graduation planning, differentiated instruction, assessment, and equity instruction.

    Publisher (Source)

    Winnipeg

    Portage & Main Press

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  • Indigenous Writes: A Guide to First Nations, M�tis & Inuit Issues in Canada

    Creator

    Vowel, Chelsea

    Abstract

    Delgamuukw. Sixties Scoop. Bill C-31. Blood quantum. Appropriation. Two-Spirit. Tsilhqot�in. Status. TRC. RCAP. FNPOA. Pass and permit. Numbered Treaties. Terra nullius. The Great Peace� Are you familiar with the terms listed above? In Indigenous Writes, Chelsea Vowel, writer, lawyer, and intellectual, opens an important dialogue about these (and more) concepts and the wider social beliefs associated with the relationship between Indigenous peoples and Canada.

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  • Nostalgia for the Absolute

    Creator

    Steiner, George

    Abstract

    Writer and scholar George Steiner's Massey Lectures are just as cogent today as when he delivered them in 1974 -- perhaps even more so. He argues that Western culture's moral and emotional emptiness stems from the decay of formal religion. He examines the alternate mythologies (Marxism, etc.) and fads of irrationality (astrology, the occult). Steiner argues that this decay and the failure of the mythologies have created a nostalgia for the absolute that is growing and leading us to a massive clash between truth and human survival.

    Publisher (Source)

    [S.l.]

    House of Anansi Press Inc

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  • A Short History of Progress

    Creator

    Wright, Ronald

    Abstract

    Each time history repeats itself, so it's said, the price goes up. The twentieth century was a time of runaway growth in human population, consumption, and technology, placing a colossal load on all natural systems, especially earth, air, and water -- the very elements of life. The most urgent questions of the twenty-first century are: where will this growth lead? can it be consolidated or sustained? and what kind of world is our present bequeathing to our future?

    Publisher (Source)

    [S.l.]

    House of Anansi Press Inc

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  • Race Against Time Searching for Hope in AIDS-Ravaged Africa

    Creator

    Lewis, Stephen

    Abstract

    "I have spent the last four years watching people die." With these wrenching words, diplomat and humanitarian Stephen Lewis opens his 2005 CBC Massey Lectures. Lewis's determination to bear witness to the desperate plight of so many in Africa and elsewhere is balanced by his unique, personal, and often searing insider's perspective on our ongoing failure to help.

    Publisher (Source)

    [S.l.]

    House of Anansi Press Inc

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  • The Elsewhere Community

    Creator

    Kenner, Hugh

    Abstract

    Acclaimed literary critic Hugh Kenner examines Western culture's insatiable need for stimulation encountered elsewhere - from the eighteenth century's Grand Tour, to the self-imposed exile of modernist writers, to the disembodied global journeys the Internet avails us today. Kenner brings to this fascinating study knowledge of a wide array of disciplines. Hugh Kenner has written on topics ranging from geodesic domes to Bugs Bunny, but is perhaps best known for The Pound Era, his definitive study of Ezra Pound's life and work.

    Publisher (Source)

    [S.l.]

    House of Anansi Press Inc

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  • Prisons We Choose to Live Inside

    Creator

    Lessing, Doris

    Abstract

    In her 1985 CBC Massey Lectures Doris Lessing addresses the question of personal freedom and individual responsibility in a world increasingly prone to political rhetoric, mass emotions, and inherited structures of unquestioned belief. The Nobel Prize-winning author of more than thirty books, Doris Lessing is one of our most challenging and important writers.

    Publisher (Source)

    [S.l.]

    House of Anansi Press Inc

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