Forestry and the Forest Industry in Japan
In recent years, Japan, like many other forest-dependent nations, has been facing difficult times: forest self-sufficiency is low; unplanted areas after harvesting are increasing; and forest industries and companies are losing international competitiveness in the global market.
Such challenges, however, are not unique to Japan but are relevant - an …
Multicultural Nationalism
Generations of intellectuals have debated Canada’s national question. Rather than join the debate, Multicultural Nationalism challenges its logic. The national question is self-defeating: attempts to constitute a Canadian political community generate polarizing and depoliticizing deliberations. Gerald Kernerman engages with leading political theo …
Defending Rights in Russia
Pamela Jordan’s engaging study of the Russian bar (advokatura) provides a richly textured portrait of how, after the USSR’s collapse, practising lawyers called advocates began to assume new, self-defined roles as contributors to legal reform and defenders of rights in Russia. Jordan argues that the post-Soviet advokatura as an institution gaine …
Wired to the World, Chained to the Home
How does working at home change people's activity patterns, social networks, and their living and working spaces? How will it change the way we plan houses and communities in the future? Will telecommuting solve many of society's ills, or create new ghettos?
Gurstein combines a background in planning, sociology of work, and feminist theory with qual …
Training the Excluded for Work
In recent years job training programs have suffered severe funding cuts and the focus of training programs has shifted to meet the directives of funders rather than the needs of the community. How do these changes to job training affect disadvantaged workers and the unemployed?
In an insightful and comprehensive discussion of job education in Canada …
Democracy
What is democracy? Is it the movement toward united self-government in which equality is our highest value? Or is it about preserving the freedom of individuals? In Democracy: A History of Ideas, Boris DeWiel argues that neither of these popular definitions is correct. Inspired by Isaiah Berlin, he describes democracy as a contest of values. Equali …
Pricing Strategies for Small Business
CA
Winter Hawk Star
Tyler is a good, solid hockey player, but not a great one. That honor belongs to the obnoxious Riley, a sixteen-year-old spoiled superstar who makes Tyler's life miserable. When Tyler and Riley are sent to volunteer at a local youth program, Tyler finds the passion and commitment he needs to step up his game on ice—and off.
TJ and the Quiz Kids
When master fact-gatherers TJ and Seymour are asked to join the school Quiz Kids team, TJ thinks Seymour should take the stage at the upcoming contest against the high-pressure Fairview School team.
TJ is already more than occupied rescuing his cats and helping Gran get ready for her upcoming trip to Belize. When he goes with his dad to help with a …
Out of Order
Fifteen-year-old Sophie sees her move to Victoria as a chance to start over and leave her old self behind. She is soon drawn into the orbit of the charismatic but troubled Zelia. As their friendship develops, and Zelia's behavior becomes increasingly self-destructive, Sophie struggles to maintain both the friendship and her own sense of self. Then …
Manga Touch
Dana is excited about her school trip to Japan despite the fact that she is surrounded by the Melly Mob, "in-crowd" kids who make fun of her.
Dana is certain she will be less of an outsider in Japan, home of manga and anime. But she soon discovers that it's just as difficult to fit in with a foreign culture as it is to fit in at school. And the only …
What the Psychic Told the Pilgrim
A wickedly funny account of a woman's pilgrimmage of self-discovery on the infamous ""Camino"", the ancient road to Santiago de Compostela.
To celebrate her 50th birthday, Jane Christmas joins fourteen other women to hike the Camino de Santiago de Compostela, a centuries-old pilgrimage route stretching 800 kilometers from southwestern France across …
Canadian Legal Guide for Small Business
Lawyers can provide you with the legal information you need, but their fees are often prohibitive. This comprehensive guide will answer many of your questions, saving you both time and money - money that you can keep in your pocket.
Wreck Beach
Ever wonder how Wreck Beach got its name? Or if it's always been a nude beach? What about the nudity — Is it against the law? Maybe you just want to know how to get to the best spots. Look no further: here's the book with everything you've always wanted to know about Wreck Beach, the best nude beach in the world. On any given day throughout the y …
Topic Sentence
From the Introduction by Brian Fawcett "A first clue to how this book is going to work lies in the book's title: Topic Sentence. In the title story, written in 1970, Persky took on the two questions that dog every artist in the post-modern: What is the subject matter, and how can it be articulated? Since both questions are unanswerable, Persky twis …
Betrayed
In January 1944, Vice Admiral Percy Walker Nelles was fired from his position as head of the Royal Canadian Navy. Betrayed reveals the true story behind the dismissal: a divisive power struggle between two elite groups within the RCN pitted the navy’s regular officers against a small group of self-appointed spokesmen for the voluntary naval reser …
Share Certificates for British Columbia
Use these professional share certificates to indicate shares issued for your BC incorporated company. You can either over-print your comapny name and logo on the share certificates, or simply hand write in the blank spaces provided. This set of 10 share certificates is valid for companies incorporated in the province of British Columbia only.
Share Certificates for Ontario
Use these professional share certificates to indicate shares issued for your ON incorporated company. You can either over-print your company name and logo on the share certificates, or simply hand write in the blank spaces provided. This set of 10 share certificates is valid for companies incorporated in the province of Ontario only.
Notes from Canada's Young Activists
In this compilation, young citizens describe the moments they were inspired to pursue their passions to improve their world. Their methods and causes are diverse, and their stories highlight their innovative ways of identifying and addressing problems in society. The achievements here are impressive, from Craig Kielburger's founding of Free the Chi …
Mother Time
After reading this collection, you will never look at mothers - at the playground, at the elementary school, or across the kitchen table - in quite the same way again. Beginning with a poem of pregnancy, written by her twenty-five year old self, Joanne Arnott leads us through a span of twenty years of inward- and outward-facing struggles, centred f …
Wave Warrior
Ben is determined to learn to surf. In the rough North Atlantic waters near his home, only the tough can make it on the water. His first attempt is a disaster. Then he meets Ray, a surfing veteran from California. Ray promises to teach him to surf—and to face his inner demons. As Ben becomes more comfortable on his board he learns to face his fea …
Boot Camp
When Nick and Kia are invited to former Toronto Raptor Jerome "Junk Yard Dog" Williams' basketball camp in Washington, DC, they quickly discover that this is no ordinary summer hoop camp. This is a basketball boot camp that focuses on discipline and hard work. Jerome and Johnnie's father, "Sergeant Push-up" to the campers, is the no-nonsense camp d …
Phyllis Webb and the Common Good
Phyllis Webb is a poet around whom archetypes tend to cluster: the reclusive artist; the distraught, borderline suicidal Sapphic woman poet. While on the surface she seems someone supremely disinterested in the public sphere, argues Stephen Collis in this brilliant and revealing new celebration of her work, Webb is no domestic, as a creator or a cr …
Hellfire Pass
It is 1956, and Silvio Rosato, a decorated World War II veteran, shows up at the house of his father, Eduardo Rosato, who had abandoned him and his mother in Italy in 1920 to start a new life and family for himself in Chicago. Silvio’s Italian-American half-siblings, Eddie and Ida, are fascinated by this stranger who has suddenly appeared in thei …
In the Eyes of God
“There’s no business like show business,” and if you ever had any doubt about that, In the Eyes of God will bring you back to your senses. A vicious, vulgar, unsparing and grotesque look at the talent agencies that remake the Hollywood stars and tabloid personalities out of the willing clay of their own flesh, the greed, avarice and banality …
The Other Quiet Revolution
The Other Quiet Revolution traces the under-examined cultural transformation woven through key developments in the formation of Canadian nationhood, from the 1946 Citizenship Act and the 1956 Suez crisis to the Royal Commission on Bilingualism and Biculturalism (1963-70) and the adoption of the federal multiculturalism policy in 1971. José Igartua …
States of Nature
States of Nature is one of the first books to trace the development of Canadian wildlife conservation from its social, political, and historical roots. While noting the influence of celebrity conservationists such as Jack Miner and Grey Owl, Tina Loo emphasizes the impact of ordinary people on the evolution of wildlife management in Canada. She als …
Start & Run a Home Cleaning Business
Home cleaning is one of the fastest-growing service businesses in North America. A good cleaning service brings comfort and order into people’s lives and in today’s world, these are highly sought-after commodities. A home cleaning service can start out small, but it has the potential to grow to be a multi-million dollar business with branch off …
Diversity and Equality
The tension between diversity and equality is central to debates about multiculturalism, self-determination, identity, and pluralism. How, for example, can the claims of ethnic and religious groups be respected when they conflict with individual rights and liberal equality? Diversity and Equality critically examines the challenge of protecting righ …
Limited Liabilty Company
If you're thinking about forming a limited liability company, this book will help you understand the nooks and crannies of the operation of LLCs so you can successfully establish your company in your own state.
More and more professionals are forming limited liability companies (LLCs) to take advantage of their many benefits. LLCs provide partners w …
Zina, Transnational Feminism, and the Moral Regulation of Pakistani Women
The Zina Ordinance is part of the Hadood Ordinances that were promulgated in 1979 by the military dictator General Zia-ul-Haq, self-proclaimed president of Pakistan. Since then, tens of thousands of Pakistani women have been charged and incarcerated under the ordinance, which governs illicit sex. Shahnaz Khan argues that the zina laws help situate …
Business Letters Kit
This kit contains over 150 business letter templates, helping you to save time and money. It includes templates that you can use for corporate matters, accounting, shipping and receiving, marketing, and customer service.
Sales & Distribution Agreements
Document the terms of sale--and protect your interests! This kit contains key legal agreements for the sale and purchase of goods, including bill of sale, distribution agreements, consignment sales agreements, sales representative agreements, and more.
Employee Management Forms Kit
Staff policies and record-keeping made easy! Managing employees can become a lot of work which can distract small-business owners from their main goal of making sales and growing profits. The Employee Management Forms Kit includes all the forms a small business needs to stay organized, and save time and money. From developing company policies to ne …
Promissory Notes Kit
This CD-ROM contains eight different forms you can use to record proof of someone's indebtedness to you (or vice versa) and the terms under which they will be repaid. It also includes easy instructions on how to use the forms. All files are supplied in both MS Word and Adobe (Acrobat) Reader format.
Commercial Lease Agreements
Handling commercial property leases is easy when you use this complete kit. Have all the appropriate details covered in the lease, whatever the stage of the lease, and ensure a fully binding agreement for your commercial property.
Partnership Agreement
If you and a partner plan on doing business together, you need a written Partnership Agreement to protect both your interests. The agreement allows you to specify the terms of your partnership, such as:
Independent Worker Agreements
If you work freelance, as an independent sales representative, or as a consultant, use these forms to write a contract before you start an assignment, safeguarding your interests.
Home Renovation Agreement
Whether you are a homeowner or a contractor working on a home renovation, you want to ensure a solid, problem-free relationship. By having a detailed contract and estimate of the project, both sides are protected and, with everything clearly laid out, work can proceed and problems can be resolved more effectively.
Renting Your Recreational Property for Profit
CA
