Download or read book What Killed Jane Creba written by Anita Arvast and published by Dundurn. This book was released on 2016-06-04 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The death of a fifteen-year-old girl caught in the crossfire of “gang warfare” the day after Christmas in downtown Toronto shook the city to its core. A decade later, What Killed Jane Creba takes us through what led to the shooting, compared to what was said and done afterward, to show something far more nuanced than gang rivalries.
Download or read book Harper s Team written by Tom Flanagan and published by McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP. This book was released on 2009-05 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In five years, Stephen Harper went from private citizen to prime minister of Canada. Tom Flanagan was his chief campaign organizer for most of that period. In Harper's Team, Flanagan tells the story of Harper's rise to power - how a small group of colleag
Download or read book The Heart of Toronto written by Daniel Ross and published by UBC Press. This book was released on 2022-04-01 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the 1950s to the 1970s, downtown North America was reconfigured for the suburban age. The Heart of Toronto follows one example of efforts to address the problems and possibilities of city centres: downtown Yonge Street. Attempts to keep pace with, or even lead, urban change included the street’s conversion into a car-free public space, a clean-up campaign targeting the sex industry, and the construction of North America’s largest urban shopping mall. Linking these projects to postwar decentralization, economic restructuring, and cultural transformation, Daniel Ross reveals the politics and power dynamics involved in reinventing the heart of Toronto.
Download or read book Youth and the Law written by Daniel J. Baum and published by Dundurn. This book was released on 2014-01-20 with total page 269 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Real cases from the Supreme Court dealing with youth issues. Laws, as they relate to youth and youth issues, can be difficult to understand for those they are intended to serve. In the first book of the Understanding Canadian Law series, author Daniel J. Baum breaks down the Supreme Court of Canada’s decisions relating to youth in plain language intended for readers of all ages. Drawing on examples from recent Supreme Court rulings, Youth and the Law walks the reader through such controversial subjects as spanking, bullying, youth violence, and police in the schools. Each chapter contains prompts to encourage critical thinking. Youth and the Law is an objective introduction for all readers to better understand how law impacts the young.
Download or read book Fearing the Immigrant written by Parastou Saberi and published by U of Minnesota Press. This book was released on 2022-08-23 with total page 330 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A fascinating deep dive into one city’s urban policy—and the anxiety over immigrants that informs it The city of Toronto is often held up as a leader in diversity and inclusion. In Fearing the Immigrant, however, Parastou Saberi argues that Toronto’s urban policies are influenced by a territorialized and racialized security agenda—one that parallels the “War on Terror.” Focusing on the figure of the immigrant and so-called immigrant neighborhoods as the targets of urban policy, Saberi offers an innovative, multidisciplinary approach to the politics of racialization and the governing of alterity through space in contemporary cities. A comprehensive study of urban policymaking in Canada’s largest city from the 1990s to the late 2010s, Fearing the Immigrant uses Toronto as a jumping-off point to understand how the nexus of development, racialization, and security works at the urban and international levels. Saberi situates urban policymaking in Toronto in relation to the dominant policies of international development and public health, counterinsurgency, and humanitarian intervention. Engaging with the genealogies and contemporary developments of major policy techniques involving mapping and policy concepts such as poverty, security, policing, development, empowerment, as well as social determinants of health, equity, and prevention, she scrutinizes the parallel ways these techniques and concepts operate in urban policy and international relations. Fearing the Immigrant ultimately asserts that the geopolitical fear of the immigrant is central to the formation of urban policy in Toronto. Rather than addressing the root causes of poverty, urban policy as it has been practiced aims to pacify the specter of urban unrest and to secure the production of a neocolonial urban order. As such, this book is an urgent call to reimagine urban policy in the name of equality and social justice.
Download or read book Understanding Canadian Law Three Book Bundle written by Daniel J. Baum and published by Dundurn. This book was released on 2015-01-23 with total page 512 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Daniel Baum's guides to Canadian law have become essential legal guides for topics ranging from young offenders to first responders. Whether for law professionals of citizens who need to understand their legal rights, the books of the Understanding Canadian Law series are indispensable. Now, the first three instalments of the series are available in an ebook-exclusive bundle. Includes Youth and the Law What's the law? What does it mean? If the law is broken, especially criminal law, there may be a penalty. But who makes the law? How can the government draw lines in imposing individual responsibility? This book examines these questions in the context of dealing with youth, with case studies and analysis. Freedom and Expression This book detailing the protections, limits, and interpretation of freedom of expression in Canada is the second in a series exploring key topics pertaining to Canadian law. Crime Scene Investigations Police investigations can become legal minefields. Crime Scene Investigations is a clear guide to the powers and limitations of law enforcement officials. From the right to a lawyer's advice, to privacy law in search and seizures, to stop-and-frisk-style "carding" operations, this book covers the key topics in depth.
Download or read book Violence Against Women written by Walter S. DeKeseredy and published by University of Toronto Press. This book was released on 2011-01-01 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Violence Against Women, award-winning author Walter S. DeKeseredy offers a passionate but well-documented sociological overview of a sobering problem. He starts by outlining the scope of the challenge and debunks current attempts to label intimate violence as gender neutral. He then lays bare the structural practices that sustain this violence, leading to a discussion of long- and short-term policies to address the issue. DeKeseredy includes an examination of male complicity and demonstrates how boys and men can change their roles. Throughout, he responds to myths that dismiss threats to women's health and safety and provides an impassioned call to action for women, men, and policymakers.
Download or read book Collective Morality and Crime in the Americas written by Christopher Birkbeck and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines the nature of collective morality as it materializes in public commentary about crime in the Americas and identifies the ways in which the moral community is talked into being and how the imagined moral universe is mapped.
Download or read book 14 Days written by Bruce Carson and published by McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP. This book was released on 2014-06-07 with total page 438 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A first-hand look into the back rooms of the conservative movement in Canada, 14 Days provides insights into how the recent history of the Canadian right has influenced the Conservative government over the past two decades. Bruce Carson, having worked in close proximity to many Conservative leaders, describes a series of important moments in the disintegration, re-integration, and eventual repeated electoral success of the modern Conservative Party, formed from its Progressive Conservative forebears. Carson recounts how decisions are made and communicated, how issues are managed, and policies are developed under Harper's leadership. Crucial moments in the Conservatives' rise to power - from the devastating results of the 1993 election to the growth of the Reform Party and its election as Official Opposition, through the parties' merger, leadership decisions, conventions, and elections as minority and majority governments and most recently, the Conservative Party as majority government holder in Canada - are presented from the point of view of an outspoken witness and active participant. Carson candidly shares information on the government's approaches to Afghan detainees, the Cadman and Schreiber affairs, the 2008 constitutional crisis and worldwide recession, the development of their first budget, and the determination of the tenets of Harper's approach to federalism. A rare, behind-the-scenes account of the Harper Conservatives from opposition to government, 14 Days provides a vivid portrayal of all participants and will be eagerly read by anyone interested in the government's inner circle.
Download or read book Legal Slavery written by Aspi Maneckjee and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2009-05-26 with total page 127 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Legal Slavery Divine Justice By writing this book I would like to bring to public attention and awareness that slavery is common in the 21st Century, please refer to website: (http://magma.nationalgeographic.com/ngm/0309/feature1/index.html). I am a victim of a different scheme where I have been treated as a slave by my separated wife and her male friend and guru using the judicial system of family law which has made me homeless, and in debt. Due to my ex-wifes unrighteous and immoral lifestyle prior to marriage, and later her joining a New Age Reike Cult in Ottawa with beliefs Universe will provide without working, single parenthood, love everyone; she decided to leave the marriage and abandoned me with with the help from her lawyer with lies and untruths in her affidavits that I was controlling and abusive. Before she abandoned me she was practicing in the field of Reike, psychic healing, black magic and herbal medicine. She quit her executive job, and then abandoned me on May 9th 1997. After which, with the help of her male friend and guru and dishonest lawyer, my wife lived off me by receiving spousal and child payments, and has taken all I have worked and saved during the past 30 years. She refused to work and did not provide medical evidence to the court that she was unable to work. I am a simple righteous, religious and educated man, and I live by the tenets of my Zoroastrian religion which are opposite to her New age beliefs. My separated wife, and her male friend are responsible for my present New Age slavery. On October 3rd, 2003, at the Superior Court of Justice (Family Court) in Ottawa, I made a request to the Madam Justice during my defense that "Justice should be based on truths and not on untruths", to which a Madam Justice replied as follows: An officer of the court, the lawyer (representing my estrange wife), can say untruths or lies in order to win the case, and make money for his client and himself. Repercussions from such an action by an officer of the court, namely telling lies, have been very serious to me; as, for the past thirteen years I have suffered extreme mental and psychological cruelty in terms of having no life, financial hardships, and also my daughter has been separated from me. The bag of tricks used by my wifes lawyers to increase the settlement were very painful, mentally cruel and devastating to me. Initially my wife did not provide financial disclosure for very long time, and then I lost my lawyer as he joined a high tech company. After which my wifes lawyer went for a trial, and I was told 2 weeks prior to that and hence had to get a new lawyer. A settlement was reached at the eve of the trial where the disclosure for the settlement from my wife was minimal. Then my wife garnished my CSCOOP bank account when I was away from the country on a Zoroastrian historical and religious tour of Persia in spring of 2003. This happened despite my letter to my wifes lawyer stating that I will be away from Ottawa for 3 weeks, then hire a lawyer and pay the settlement. Garnishment was purposely done, as I could not afford to hire a lawyer to defend myself without money. After that, I went through very difficult time financially, and had no money to pay bills for over 8 weeks, and had to borrow money at high interest rate to continue living. During this period, my wifes lawyer brought in 2 more motions to the court and won as I represented myself. The motions included occupancy rent, and exclusive rights to sell the house, and they also prevented me to purchase my own home twice by increasing the settlement amounts falsely. After that, my wifes lawyer made me look bad in the eyes of the Judge by making false accusations that I was interfering with the sale of the house etc; and for nearly 3 years they did not sell the house to make interest on the settlement, and also to collect the occupancy rent each month. Eventually the house was sold
Download or read book Understanding Canadian Law Four Book Bundle written by Daniel J. Baum and published by Dundurn. This book was released on 2015-08-29 with total page 663 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this special four-book bundle, legal expert Daniel J. Baum explains Canadian law in a clear and understandable way. Includes: Youth and the Law Laws, as they relate to youth and youth issues, can be difficult to understand for those they are intended to serve. Baum breaks down the Supreme Court of Canada’s decisions relating to youth in plain language intended for readers of all ages. Freedom of Expression Freedom of Expression details the protections, limits, and interpretation of freedom of expression in Canada. Crime Scene Investigations A clear guide to the powers and limitations of law enforcement officials. From the right to a lawyer’s advice, to privacy law in search and seizures, to stop-and-frisk-style “carding” operations, this book covers the key topics in depth. Life or Death (New!) Our bodies are ours to control, free from state interference — or so it would seem from the Charter of Rights and Freedoms. But how is this principle really applied?
Download or read book 28 Seconds written by Michael Bryant and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2012-08-21 with total page 342 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A night that began with a dinner to celebrate his eleventh wedding anniversary ended in a jail cell for Michael Bryant. He was charged with dangerous driving causing death and criminal negligence causing the death of cyclist Darcy Sheppard. Ironically, he had helped write the legal test for the same charges sixteen years earlier. Bryant, as Ontario's attorney general, was the man responsible for administering 500,000 criminal charges every year in that province. He now faced prosecution by the same justice system. The charges were eventually dropped, but nothing could undo what had happened to Sheppard-or Bryant.
Download or read book Inside the NDP War Room written by James S. McLean and published by McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP. This book was released on 2012 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A first-hand account of how decisions to represent political parties are made.
Download or read book Racialization Crime and Criminal Justice in Canada written by Wendy Chan and published by University of Toronto Press. This book was released on 2014-04-29 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Race still matters in Canada, and in the context of crime and criminal justice, it matters a lot. In this book, the authors focus on the ways in which racial minority groups are criminalized, as well as the ways in which the Canadian criminal justice system is racialized. Employing an intersectional analysis, Chan and Chunn explore how the connection between race and crime is further affected by class, gender, and other social relations.The text covers not only conventional topics such as policing, sentencing, and the media, but also neglected areas such as the criminalization of immigration, poverty, and mental illness.
Download or read book International Handbook of Victimology written by Shlomo Giora Shoham and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2010-02-23 with total page 734 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the nearly four decades since the First International Symposium on Victimology convened in Jerusalem in 1973, some concepts and themes have continued to hold a prominent place in the literature, while new ones have also emerged. Exploring enduring topics such as conceptions of victimhood, secondary and hidden victimization, and social services f
Download or read book Subdivided written by Jay Pitter and published by Coach House Books. This book was released on 2016-05-23 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Using Toronto as a case study, Subdivided asks how cities would function if decision-makers genuinely accounted for race, ethnicity, and class when confronting issues such as housing, policing, labor markets, and public space. With essays contributed by an array of city-builders, it proposes solutions for fully inclusive communities that respond to the complexities of a global city. Jay Pitter is a writer and professor based in Toronto. She holds a Masters in Environmental Studies from York University. John Lorinc is a Toronto-based journalist who writes about urban affairs, politics, and business. He co-edited The Ward: The Life and Loss of Toronto's First Immigrant Neighbourhood (Coach House, 2015).
Download or read book Living on the Boundaries written by Carol Camp Yeakey and published by Emerald Group Publishing. This book was released on 2012-05-18 with total page 645 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the first chapter to the last, this immensely insightful anthology richly details and informs us about the human condition, from multidisciplinary perspectives, about urban life in global contexts. It examines the complex, often controversial issues impacting those who live on the margins of society in our densely populated cities.
