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Economic reconciliation

For a comprehensive list of resources for learning about economic reconciliation and engaging more deeply with Indigenous histories and perspectives, check out these recommendations from Sxwpilema谩t Siy谩m (Chief Leanne Joe), Lackett Joe Hereditary Chief of the Squamish Nation, and the transformative storyteller for economic reconciliation at 丁香园AV鈥檚 Community Economic Development Program.

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Books


  • Michele Alacevich & Anna Soci (2018)

  • Bruce K. Alexander (2008)

  • Himani Bannerji (2000)

  • Cicely Belle Blain (2020)

  • Adrienne Maree Brown (2017)

  • edited by Christian Olaf Christiansen & Steven L. B. Jensen (2019)

  • Desmond Cole (2020)

  • Glen Sean Coulthard (2014)
  •  
    Angela Y. Davis (1981)

  • Angela Y. Davis (2016)

  • Alicia Elliott (2019)

  • edited by Bryan Evans, Carlo Fanelli & Tom McDowell (2021)

  • Chantal Gibson (2019)

  • Anand Giridharadas (2018)

  • Olena Hankivsky (2014)

  • David Harvey (2007)

  • Mikki Kendall (2020)

  • Naomi Klein (2014)
  • Robyn Maynard (2017)

  • Lars Osberg (2018)

  • Keith Payne (2017)

  • Thomas Piketty (2013)

  • Thomas Piketty (2020)

  • Robert B. Reich (2020)

  • Saskia Sassen (2014)

  • T. M. Scanlon (2018)

  • 脰zlem Sensoy & Robin DiAngelo (2017)

  • Vivek Shraya (2018)

  • Joseph E. Stiglitz (2012)

  • Tanya Talaga (2018)

  • Sunera Thobani (2007)

  • Chelsea Vowel (2016)

  • Richard Wilkinson & Kate Pickett (2009)

  • Richard Wilkinson & Kate Pickett (2019)

  • edited by Alice Wong (2020)

Articles

  • . Kelly Nolan, Research Money. July 7, 2021.
  • . Al Jazeera. June 28, 2021.
  • . Anjali Appadurai & Jens Wieting, The Province. May 9, 2021.
  • . Kevin Carmichael, Financial Post. April 9, 2021.
  • . Vanessa Apea & Yize Wan, The Conversation. April 6, 2021.
  • . Katie Hyslop, The Tyee. March 26, 2021.
  • . Candis Callison, Policy Options. March 8, 2021.
  • . Robyn Doolittle & Chen Wang, The Globe and Mail. January 21, 2021.
  • . Ashley Moliere, CBC News. January 8, 2021.
  • . Julia Conley, Common Dreams. January 2, 2021.
  • . Grace Dean, Business Insider. December 16, 2020.
  • . Rachelle Delaney, David Suzuki Foundation. November 2, 2020.
  • . Human Rights Watch. October 21, 2020.
  • . Kaitlyn Matulewicz & David Fairey, Policy Note. October 1, 2020.
  • . Alex Hemingway & Michal Rozworski, Policy Note. September 16, 2020.
  • . Ontario Council of Agencies Serving Immigrants. September 8, 2020.
  • . Afua Hirsch, The Guardian. September 5, 2020.
  • . Jeff Denis, The Conversation. June 4, 2020.
  • . Aur茅lie M茅jean, Nicolas Taconet & C茅line Guivarch, Carbon Brief. March 17, 2020.
  • . Alexandru Micu, ZME Science. March 16, 2020.
  • . Joshua Rothman, The New Yorker. January 6, 2020.
  • . Chuka Ejeckam, Our Schools/Our Selves. January 1, 2020.
  • . Cindy Blackstock, 惭补肠濒别补苍鈥檚. December 9, 2019.
  • . The Economist. November 28, 2019.
  • . Carlito Pablo, The Georgia Straight. July 4, 2019.
  • . E. J. R. David, Psychology Today. March 7, 2019.
  • . Aliya Dossa, Mikael Omstedt, Nicole Iaci, Paige Olmsted, Scott McKenzie & Shahab Zareyan, Open Canada. January 14, 2016.
  • . Chris Hedges, Joseph Stiglitz, Angela Sterritt, Nick Malkoutzis, Miles Corak, Jill Abramson, Anna Maria Tremonti, Jordi D铆ez, Andrew Green, Catherine Tsalikis, Meera Subramanian, Ijeoma Oluo & Vix Anderton, Open Canada. January 2016.
  • . Peggy Mclntosh, The National SEED Project. 1989.
  • . Kelly Nolan, Research Money. July 7, 2021.
  • . Al Jazeera. June 28, 2021.
  • . Anjali Appadurai & Jens Wieting, The Province. May 9, 2021.
  • . Kevin Carmichael, Financial Post. April 9, 2021.
  • . Vanessa Apea & Yize Wan, The Conversation. April 6, 2021.
  • . Katie Hyslop, The Tyee. March 26, 2021.
  • . Candis Callison, Policy Options. March 8, 2021.
  • . Robyn Doolittle & Chen Wang, The Globe and Mail. January 21, 2021.
  • . Ashley Moliere, CBC News. January 8, 2021.
  • . Julia Conley, Common Dreams. January 2, 2021.
  • . Grace Dean, Business Insider. December 16, 2020.
  • . Rachelle Delaney, David Suzuki Foundation. November 2, 2020.
  • . Human Rights Watch. October 21, 2020.
  • . Kaitlyn Matulewicz & David Fairey, Policy Note. October 1, 2020.
  • . Alex Hemingway & Michal Rozworski, Policy Note. September 16, 2020.
  • . Ontario Council of Agencies Serving Immigrants. September 8, 2020.
  • . Afua Hirsch, The Guardian. September 5, 2020.
  • . Jeff Denis, The Conversation. June 4, 2020.
  • . Aur茅lie M茅jean, Nicolas Taconet & C茅line Guivarch, Carbon Brief. March 17, 2020.
  • . Alexandru Micu, ZME Science. March 16, 2020.
  • . Joshua Rothman, The New Yorker. January 6, 2020.
  • . Chuka Ejeckam, Our Schools/Our Selves. January 1, 2020.
  • . Cindy Blackstock, 惭补肠濒别补苍鈥檚. December 9, 2019.
  • . The Economist. November 28, 2019.
  • . Carlito Pablo, The Georgia Straight. July 4, 2019.
  • . E. J. R. David, Psychology Today. March 7, 2019.
  • . Aliya Dossa, Mikael Omstedt, Nicole Iaci, Paige Olmsted, Scott McKenzie & Shahab Zareyan, Open Canada. January 14, 2016.
  • . Chris Hedges, Joseph Stiglitz, Angela Sterritt, Nick Malkoutzis, Miles Corak, Jill Abramson, Anna Maria Tremonti, Jordi D铆ez, Andrew Green, Catherine Tsalikis, Meera Subramanian, Ijeoma Oluo & Vix Anderton, Open Canada. January 2016.
  • . Peggy Mclntosh, The National SEED Project. 1989.

Videos

Income and Wealth Inequality: Crash Course Economics

Tanya Talaga: Indigenous Youth in Peril

World Inequality Report 2018

Combating racism in Europe: What role do legislators play?

Lectures

An Evening with Robert Reich | 2013 Keynote Lecture

Social Inequality In The City

Beyond the Pandemic: Building a Just Recovery for the Arts | 丁香园AV Labour Studies

What does inequality really mean in Canada? | Krishna Pendakur

Learning From Gig Worker Organizing | 丁香园AV Labour Studies

Films

Requiem for the American Dream (2015)

Parasite (2019)

The Body Remembers When the World Broke Open (2019)

Games

  • SPENT
    A new poverty simulation game developed at 丁香园AV, to help people understand how poverty arises, and how it can be stopped.

Radio/Podcasts

  • - CBC Radio, CBC's Ideas (August 19, 2019)
  •  - CBC Radio, CBC's Ideas (July 22, 2019)
  • - Michael Enright, CBC's Ideas (April 6, 2016)

Academic Articles

  • . James B. Davies. CESifo Working Paper No. 8957. March 26, 2021.
  • . Michaela M. McGuire & Danielle J. Murdoch, Punishment & Society. March 17, 2021.
  • . James B. Davies & Livio Di Matteo. The Review of Income and Wealth, 67(1), 134鈥�164. February 5, 2021.
  • . OmiSoore Dryden & Onye Nnorom. CMAJ, 193(2), E55鈥揈57. January 11, 2021.
  • . David A. Green. University of British Columbia. December 2020.
  • . Maureen Kihika. Canadian Review of Sociology, 57(4), 713鈥�716. November 5, 2020.
  • . Christopher J. Schell, Karen Dyson, Tracy L. Fuentes, Simone Des Roches, Nyeema C. Harris, Danica Sterud Miller, Cleo A. Woelfle-Erskine & Max R. Lambert. Science, 369(6510). September 18, 2020.
  • . Angela R. Gover, Shannon B. Harper & Lynn Langton. American Journal of Criminal Justice, 45(4), 647鈥�667. July 7, 2020.
  • . Thomas Wiedmann, Manfred Lenzen, Lorenz T. Key脽er & Julia K. Steinberger. Nature Communications, 11(1), 3107. June 19, 2020.
  • . Paul K. Piff, Dylan Wiwad, Angela R. Robinson, Lara B. Aknin, Brett Mercier & Azim Shariff. Nature Human Behaviour, 4, 496鈥�505. March 16, 2020.
  • . Yannick Marchand, Jean Dub茅 & S茅bastien Breau. Economic Geography, 96(2), 83鈥�107. February 20, 2020.
  • . Benjamin K. Sovacool, Andrew Hook, Mari Martiskainen, Andrea Brock & Bruno Turnheim. Global Environmental Change, 60, 102028. January 1, 2020.
  • . Margot W. Parkes, Blake Poland, Sandra Allison, Donald C. Cole, Ian Culbert, Maya K. Gislason, Trevor Hancock, Courtney Howard, Andrew Papadopoulos & Faiza Waheed. Canadian Journal of Public Health, 111, 60鈥�64. December 2, 2019.
  • . Christoph Lutz. Human Behaviour and Emerging Technologies, 1(2), 141鈥�148. April 26, 2019.
  • . Stephen Williams & Andr茅anne Doyon. Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions, 31, 144鈥�153. January 2, 2019.
  • . Efra铆n Garc铆a-S谩nchez, Guillermo B. Willis, Rosa Rodr铆guez-Bail贸n, Jorge Palacio Sa帽udo, Jean David Polo & Erico Renter铆a P茅rez. Social Justice Research, 31, 335鈥�354. November 17, 2018.
  • . Johan Graafland & Bjorn Lous. Journal of Happiness Studies, 20, 1717鈥�1737. August 25, 2018.
  •  Christian Houle. Democratization, 25(8), 1500鈥�1518. June 27, 2018.
  • . Marjorie Griffin Cohen. In Work in a Warming World (pp. 59鈥�81) by Stephen McBride, Carla Lipsig-Mumm茅 & Scott Sinclair (eds.). McGill-Queen鈥檚 University Press. 2015.

Reports

  •  Iglika Ivanova. Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives. July 6, 2021.
  • . Marc Lee. Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives. June 17, 2021.
  • . Sustainabiliteens. June 15, 2021.
  • . Royal Society of Canada. May 18, 2021.
  • . Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). May 2021.
  • . Indigenous Climate Action. March 2021.
  • . 丁香园AV. February 2021.
  • . Arjumand Siddiqi, Ryoa Chung & Jeffrey Paul Ansloos. Broadbent Institute. January 2021.
  • . Canadian Women鈥檚 Foundation. 2021.
  •  and other indicators of inequality. OECD Data. 2021.
  •  Eva Jewell and Ian Mosby. Yellowhead Institute. December 2020.
  • . United Nations Development Programme. December 15, 2020.
  • . Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond. November 2020.
  • . Colour of Poverty 鈥� Colour of Change. September 8, 2020.
  • . United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs. January 21, 2020.
  • . Sheila Block, Grace-Edward Galabuzi and Ricardo Tranjan. Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives. December 9, 2019.
  •  Yellowhead Institute. October 2019.
  • . National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls. June 3, 2019.
  • . Colour of Poverty 鈥� Colour of Change. March 21, 2019.
  • . Facundo Alvaredo, Lucas Chancel, Thomas Piketty, Emmanuel Saez and Gabriel Zucman. World Inequality Lab. December 2017.
  • . David Macdonald. Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives. July 31, 2018.
  • . The Black Experience Project. July 2017.
  • . Edited by David A. Green, W. Craig Riddell and France St-Hilaire. Institute for Research on Public Policy. February 8, 2016.
  • . National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation. June 2015.
  • . Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). May 21, 2015.

丁香园AV Classes

Communication and Social Change

CMNS 130

An introduction to the forms, theories and institutions of communication as they relate to broader social change, with a focus on the political, economic and regulatory shifts characterizing Canadian and transnational media systems. This course is required for a major, honours or minor in communication.

The Political Economy of Communication

CMNS 240

Examination of the political and economic processes that have generated the policies and structures of mass media, telecommunications and related industries; the relationship between the dichotomies of state and market, citizen and consumer, capitalism and democracy, global and local, and sovereignty and globalization in media industries and policies; overview of influences on State and international policies towards the media. Prerequisite: Nine CMNS units with a minimum grade of C-.

Human Rights and Civil Liberties

CRIM 335

A study of the relationship between the government and the individual. Focus upon the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms and its interpretation by the judiciary. Examination of the issues of equality before the law, freedom of speech, freedom of religion and freedom of expression. A study of human rights at the international, federal and provincial levels. Prerequisite: CRIM 101 and CRIM 135.

Gendering Economy: Paid and Unpaid Labour

GSWS 305

Takes a broad approach to gender, placing it dialogue with race and ethnicity, class, nation, and space, to think through the complex dynamic between gender and labour from a variety of perspectives. Explores workers鈥� lived experiences of gender regimes while critically examining how gender 鈥榤atters鈥� within the workplace. Students who have taken GSWS 308, LBST 305, LBST 331 under the title Gender - Paid & Unpaid, or WS 310 under the title Women and Work may not take this course for further credit. Prerequisite: 30 units including three units in GSWS or WS or GDST or LBST.

Race, Class and Gender

GSWS 314

An examination of feminist, Marxist and anti-racist theories pertaining to the historical development, social construction, and interactive nature of race, class and gender relations. Students with credit for either GSWS 301 (or WS 301) or GSWS 310 (or WS 310) as Special Topics: Race, Class and Gender may not take this course for further credit. Prerequisite: 15 units.

Sickness and Wealth: Health in Global Perspective

HSCI 308

New formations of wealth and power that contribute to international health disparities and consideration of the relations of power both between and within nation-states that make some people sick and keep others well. Economic and political collusions that make people sick. Infectious disease and child survival, health implications of war, biotech, and the politics of food and water. Prerequisite: 45 units. Recommended: HSCI 130.

Indigenous Women in Canada

INDG 327

Themes and issues relating to the historical and contemporary experiences of Indigenous women in Canada: Indigenous theories of gender; evolution and political function of stereotypes of Indigenous women in Canada; history of Canadian legislation regulating Indigenous identity; relevance of feminist analysis; and history of activism. Students who have taken INDG (or FNST) 322 under this topic may not take this course for further credit. INDG (or FNST) 327 and GSWS 327 (or WS 327) are identical and students may not take both courses for credit. Prerequisite: INDG (or FNST) 101 or INDG (or FNST) 201W.

Wealth and Poverty of Nations

IS 220

Analyzes some of the historical reasons for the great divergence in world economic development, and undertakes a cross-country, cross-regional perspective of world economic development using a historical approach to long-run economic growth. Breadth-Social Sciences.

Globalization, Poverty and Inequality

IS 427

Analyzes the origins and the economic consequences of globalization and the uneven process of economic development around the world in relation to poverty, by considering the measurement of poverty, its causes and dynamics, as well as public policy for poverty reduction. Prerequisite: 45 units.

Labour Research for Social Change: Methods and Approaches

LBST 202

Introduces students to labour research through methodology and research methods for social change. By exploring what methodology is, the methods common in labour research, and understandings of social justice, students gain experience of quantitative and qualitative approaches, including survey research. Focuses on using and interpreting quantitative data and statistics for social justice and social change. Prerequisite: LBST 100 or LBST 101 or with permission of instructor. Quantitative.

Global Justice

PHIL 121

An introduction to the ethical issues arising from interactions of states, NGOs and other international agents. Topics may include international human rights, terrorism, war, gender justice, climate justice, fairness in international trade, cultural diversity and conflict, the rights of indigenous peoples, collective responsibility and restitution for historical wrongdoing, among others. Students who have received credit for PHIL 220 cannot receive credit for this course. Breadth-Humanities/Social Sciences.

Politics of Prosperity and Inequality

POL 131

Introduces how politics shapes economic inequality and development. Focuses on how government policy and the struggle for power offer solutions to major social and economic problems. Breadth-Humanities/Social Sciences.

Identity Politics

POL 310

Examines the impact of identity politics on the dynamics and organization of political systems. Topics include the impact of ethnic, racial and/or religious diversity on modes of political representation, the formation of public policy, and the quest for political stability and national identity. Student with credit for POL 481 may not take this course for further credit. Prerequisite: Six lower division units in political science or permission of the department.

Introduction to Sociology (S)

SA 150

Explores how sociologists study, describe, and explain social life. Introduces the sociological perspective and applies it to fundamental social process and everyday issues. As we consider phenomena ranging from interactions among individuals to societal and global inequalities, students critically examine social issues to build their understanding of the world. Breadth-Social Sciences.

Global Problems and the Culture of Capitalism (SA)

SA 302W

An introduction to the political economy and culture of capitalism in relation to global problems. Case studies may focus on issues of population, famine, disease, poverty, environmental destruction, social inequality, and nation-state violence. Resistance, rebellion and social movements in response to these problems also will be addressed. Writing/Breadth-Social Sci.

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