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The Mall Walkers

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In the summer of 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic is spreading, and a mall bookstore clerk is found dead in a washroom, a blue facemask stuffed into his mouth. That's only the beginning of problems for mall manager Michael McQueen. Public Health advocates want more pandemic safety measures while anti-maskers protest, and someone is threatening an acid attack in the mall. At home, his social-climbing ... Read more

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In the summer of 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic is spreading, and a mall bookstore clerk is found dead in a washroom, a blue facemask stuffed into his mouth. That's only the beginning of problems for mall manager Michael McQueen. Public Health advocates want more pandemic safety measures while anti-maskers protest, and someone is threatening an acid attack in the mall. At home, his social-climbing
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Empowering Children

Children's Rights Education as a Pathway to Citizenship

by Katherine Covell, R. Brian Howe ...

Approved by the General Assembly of the United Nations in 1989, the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child affirms that children in all countries have fundamental rights, including rights to education. To date, 192 states are signatories to or have in some form ratified the accord. Children are still imperilled in many countries, however, and are often not made aware of their ... Read more

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Approved by the General Assembly of the United Nations in 1989, the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child affirms that children in all countries have fundamental rights, including rights to education. To date, 192 states are signatories to or have in some form ratified the accord. Children are still imperilled in many countries, however, and are often not made aware of their
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Choice

A Journey

by Brian Howe ...

Choice: A Journey is my journal of despair, hopelessness, and transcendence written in poetry. It deals with themes of suicide and anxiety taken to the extreme. ... Read more

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Choice: A Journey is my journal of despair, hopelessness, and transcendence written in poetry. It deals with themes of suicide and anxiety taken to the extreme.
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Education in the Best Interests of the Child

A Children's Rights Perspective on Closing the Achievement Gap

by R. Brian Howe, Katherine Covell ...

A large body of research in disciplines from sociology and policy studies to neuroscience and educational psychology has confirmed that socioeconomic status remains the most powerful influence on children’s educational outcomes. Socially disadvantaged children around the world disproportionately suffer from lower levels of educational achievement, which in turn leads to unfavourable long-term ... Read more

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A large body of research in disciplines from sociology and policy studies to neuroscience and educational psychology has confirmed that socioeconomic status remains the most powerful influence on children’s educational outcomes. Socially disadvantaged children around the world disproportionately suffer from lower levels of educational achievement, which in turn leads to unfavourable long-term
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The Challenge of Children's Rights for Canada, 2nd edition

by Katherine Covell, R. Brian Howe, J.C. Blokhuis ...

Series series Studies in Childhood and Family in Canada
More than a quarter of a century has passed since Canada promised to recognize and respect the rights of children under the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child. Ratification of the Convention cannot, however, guarantee that everyone will abandon proprietary notions about children, or that all children will be free to enjoy the substance of their rights in every social and ... Read more

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More than a quarter of a century has passed since Canada promised to recognize and respect the rights of children under the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child. Ratification of the Convention cannot, however, guarantee that everyone will abandon proprietary notions about children, or that all children will be free to enjoy the substance of their rights in every social and
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Children, Families and Violence

Challenges for Children's Rights

by Katherine Covell, Brian Howe ...

This book examines the risk factors surrounding children at risk of experiencing and perpetrating violence, and looks at the positive role that children's rights can play in their protection.The authors propose that violence in childhood is not spontaneous: that children are raised to become violent in poorly functioning families and child-unfriendly environments. They may be exposed to toxic ... Read more

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This book examines the risk factors surrounding children at risk of experiencing and perpetrating violence, and looks at the positive role that children's rights can play in their protection.The authors propose that violence in childhood is not spontaneous: that children are raised to become violent in poorly functioning families and child-unfriendly environments. They may be exposed to toxic
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Medical and Psychiatric Issues for Counsellors

by Linda Gask, Brian Daines, Amanda Howe ...

Series series Professional Skills for Counsellors Series
Praise for the First Edition:`An interesting overview of medical and psychiatric issues that may arise for counsellors... readable, lucid and free of jargon. The issues addressed include referral and assessment, ongoing counselling and supervision, medical conditions and their treatment, psychiatric conditions and their treatment, and ethical and legal issues... it raises awareness of some ... Read more

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Praise for the First Edition:`An interesting overview of medical and psychiatric issues that may arise for counsellors... readable, lucid and free of jargon. The issues addressed include referral and assessment, ongoing counselling and supervision, medical conditions and their treatment, psychiatric conditions and their treatment, and ethical and legal issues... it raises awareness of some
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A Question of Commitment

The Status of Children in Canada, second edition

Edited by Thomas Waldock ...

Series series Studies in Childhood and Family in Canada
With the adoption of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (1989), commentators began to situate the evolution of the status of children within the context of the “property to persons” trajectory that other human rights stories had followed. In the first edition of A Question of Commitment, editors R. Brian Howe and Katherine Covell provided a template of analysis for ... Read more

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With the adoption of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (1989), commentators began to situate the evolution of the status of children within the context of the “property to persons” trajectory that other human rights stories had followed. In the first edition of A Question of Commitment, editors R. Brian Howe and Katherine Covell provided a template of analysis for
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Spirit of Australia II

Religion in Citizenship and National Life

Edited by Brian Howe, Philip Hughes ...

This book continues a process of showing that the dynamic relationship between religion and society is far more significant - philosophically, historically, theologically and even sociologically - than is often credited. This book is about that interplay between the Christian faith and civil society in Australia in the time prior to and during the process of constructing a federated nation, and in ... Read more

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This book continues a process of showing that the dynamic relationship between religion and society is far more significant - philosophically, historically, theologically and even sociologically - than is often credited. This book is about that interplay between the Christian faith and civil society in Australia in the time prior to and during the process of constructing a federated nation, and in
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The Ultimate Cold Reading Manual

Dazzle Your Audience Like A Pro, Even If You're A Complete Newbie!

by Nicky J. Westen ...

Would you like to make powerful Cold-reads (pseudo-psychic readings) even though you're a complete beginner? This book is going to teachyou the fundamentals of this fascinating art, which can literally build powerful, deep, instantaneous connections that astound everyone! (Especially useful for Seduction applications.)This guide contains all the information you need in order to begin doing ... Read more

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Would you like to make powerful Cold-reads (pseudo-psychic readings) even though you're a complete beginner? This book is going to teachyou the fundamentals of this fascinating art, which can literally build powerful, deep, instantaneous connections that astound everyone! (Especially useful for Seduction applications.)This guide contains all the information you need in order to begin doing
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Discriminations

Making Peace in the Culture Wars

by A. C. Grayling ...

World-renowned philosopher A. C. Grayling explores the messy politics of the ‘culture wars’It seems like we can’t talk about anything nowadays… Whether it’s war or something utterly inconsequential, the internet is primed for furore. And the results can be horrifying – from online pile-ons and doxing to job loss and, in some cases, death. But how did we end up here?Nuanced and historically ... Read more

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World-renowned philosopher A. C. Grayling explores the messy politics of the ‘culture wars’It seems like we can’t talk about anything nowadays… Whether it’s war or something utterly inconsequential, the internet is primed for furore. And the results can be horrifying – from online pile-ons and doxing to job loss and, in some cases, death. But how did we end up here?Nuanced and historically
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Learning to Be a Good Friend

A Guidebook for Kids

by Christine A Adams ...

Series series Elf-help Books for Kids
Learning to Be a Good Friend allows adults to show kids how to cultivate friendship. It discusses behaviors that foster friendships, as well as those that drive friends away. It illustrates the pitfalls of peer pressure, and what to do when you can't find a friend or have lost your best friend. ... Read more

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Learning to Be a Good Friend allows adults to show kids how to cultivate friendship. It discusses behaviors that foster friendships, as well as those that drive friends away. It illustrates the pitfalls of peer pressure, and what to do when you can't find a friend or have lost your best friend.
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