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  The Status and Recognition of...

  Richard Colbey

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  The only book in English on the subject. Of topical relevance in the context of the current conflict in Ukraine.

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  The State of the Arts - Culture...

  Alana Wilcox, Christina Palassio

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  City Hall proclaimed 2006 the Year of Creativity. 'Live With Culture' banners flap over the city. And across the city, donors are ponying up millions for the ROM and the AGO. Culture's never had it so good. Right?
    
     
    
    
     
     The State of the Arts  explores the Toronto arts scene from every angle, applauding, assailing and arguing about art in our fair burg. The essays consider the big-ticket and the ticket-free,from the Opera House and the CNE to the subconscious art of graffiti eradication and underground hip-hop. In between, you'll find considerations art in the suburbs, how business uses art to sell condos, questions of infrastructure, an examination of Toronto on film and a history of micro press publishing. You'll read about the fine line between party and art, the trials of being a capitalist in a sea of left-wing artists, the power of the internet to create arts communities and a plea for spaces that cater to musicians and their kids.
    
     
    
    
     
    Throughout, you'll find equal doses of optimism and frustration, and a good measure of T.O. love. Taken together, the thoughts of these writers, thinkers, musicians and city-builders aim to create an honest survey of where we're at and where we can go.
    
     
    
    
     
    Includes sixteen colour pages of eye-level Toronto, and cover art by Susan Szenes.
    
     
    
    
     
    Withessays by Sandra Alland, Jason Anderson, Anna Bowness, Stephen Cain, Kate Carraway, Hanna Cho, Brendan Cormier, Natalie De Vito, Liz Forsberg, Mark Fram, Marc Glassman, Katarina Gligorijevic-Collins, Brenda Goldstein, Amy Lavender Harris, Karen Hines, Sarah B. Hood, Christopher Hume, Sam Javanrouh, Dory Kornfeld, Adam Krawesky, More Or Les, John Lorinc, James MacNevin, Claudia McKoy, Brian McLachlan, Ryan McLaren, Shawn Micallef, Jill Murray, Matt O'Sullivan, Christopher Pandolfi, Michael Redhill, Dylan Reid, Damian Rogers, Stuart Ross, Lisa Rundle, Dana Samuel, Nadja Sayej, Susan Szenes, Kevin Temple, Pablo Torres, Gayla Trail, Rannie Turingan, Jason van Eyk, Adam Vaughan, RM Vaughan, Stéphanie Verge, Lisa Whittington-Hill and Carl Wilson.

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  Private Censorship

  J.P. Messina

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  Concerns about censorship have once again reached a fever pitch across the liberal West. With a few notable exceptions, complaints about censorship in the twenty-first century West are complaints about the behavior of private parties: employers, media conglomerates, social media platforms, and search engines. 
   
   
   
  To better understand the concerns surrounding nonstate interference with speech, Private Censorship offers an account of censorship, as well as an assessment of the ethical and political issues it raises across contexts. J. P. Messina asks and variously answers questions like: what should we think when employees get fired for things they say and how might patterns of such firings create a climate of fear inimical to free inquiry? When is it appropriate for social media firms to deplatform users, and what does it mean for our democracy that those in charge of such decisions are often wealthy Silicon Valley executives? Do search engines act as massive gatekeepers to information in troubling ways, and how might they be constrained, if they do? Along the way, Messina casts a critical eye on many popular proposals for responding to these complaints. Unlike these popular approaches, Private Censorship foregrounds the importance of rights to property, association, and free expression for thinking well about twenty-first century censorship concerns.

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  Subdivided - City-Building in an...

  Jay Pitter, John Lorinc

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  How do we build cities where we aren't just living within the same urban space, but living together?
  
   
  Greater Toronto is now home to a larger proportion of foreign-born residents than any other major global metropolis. Not surprisingly, city officials rarely miss an opportunity to tout the region’s ethno-cultural neighbourhoods. Yet there’s strong evidence that the GTA is experiencing widening socio-economic disparities that have produced worrisome divisions. We say that ‘diversity is our strength,’ but has a feel-good catchphrase prevented us from confronting the forces that seem to be separating and isolating urban communities?
  
   
  Through compelling storytelling and analysis, Subdivided’s contributors – a wide range of place-makers, academics, activists and journalists – ask how we can expand city-building processes to tackle issues ranging from transit equity and trust-based policingto holistic mental health, dignified affordable housing and inclusive municipal governance. Ultimately, Subdivided aims to provoke the tough but pressing conversations required to build a truly connected and just city.
  
   
  Contents
  
   
  Introduction - Jay Pitter
  
   
  Identity and the City: Thinking Through Diversity – Beyhan Farhadi
  
   
  Doing Immigrant Resettlement Right – Doug Saunders
  
   
  Wasauksing–Vancouver–Toronto: My Path Home – Rebeka Tabobondung
  
   
  How We Welcome: Why Canada’s Refugee Resettlement Program Undermines Place-making – Sarah Beamish and Sofia Ijaz
  
   
  Finding Space for Spirituality – Fatima Syed
  
   
  Navigating the City with an Invisible Illness: The Story of Dorothy – Denise DaCosta
  
   
  Culture and Mental Illness – Karen Pitter
  
   
  Neighbourhood Watch: Racial Profiling and Virtual Gated Communities – Asmaa Malik
  
   
  Accessing Education: An Immigrant’s Story – Nicholas Davis
  
   
  Policing and Trust in the Hyper-Diverse City – Nana Yanful
  
   
  Three Questions about Carding – Idil Burale
  
   
  An Overburdened Promise: Arts Funding for Social Development – Ian Kamau, Paul Nguyen and Ryan Paterson, with John Lorinc
  
   
  Designing Dignified Social Housing – Jay Pitter
  
   
  Walking Through Loss: A Critical Visit to an Old Neighbourhood – Photography by Taha Muharuma
  
   
  Reconsidering Revitalization: The Case of Regent Park – Jay Pitter in conversation with Sandra Costain
  
   
  Model Citizens – Andrea Gunraj
  
   
  A Tale of Two – or Three – Cities: Gentrification and Community Consultations – Mariana Valverde
  
   
  Mobility in the Divided City – Eric Mann
  
   
  Toward MoreComplete Communities: Business Out of the Box – Alina Chatterjee
  
   
  Going Beyond Representation: The Diversity Deficit in Local Government – John Lorinc
  
   
  Brampton, a.k.a. Browntown – Noreen Ahmed-Ullah
  
   
  Life in the City In-Between – Shawn Micallef
  
   
  Conclusion – J. David Hulchanski

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  Web of Deception - Unraveling...

  Davis Truman

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  With this gripping book, embark on an eye-opening journey into the clandestine world of cyber espionage and international intrigue. Delve deep into the intricate web of covert operations orchestrated by the United States National Security Agency (NSA), exploring its far-reaching impact on the global stage, particularly within the Transatlantic region. 
  Prepare to be captivated as this book navigates the intricate landscapes of cyber espionage, revealing the intersection between technological prowess, national security, and global diplomacy. It's a compelling narrative that will challenge perspectives and offer a profound understanding of the delicate balance between surveillance, security, and international relations.

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  Project Mind Control - Sidney...

  John Lisle

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  The inside story of the CIA’s secret mind control project, MKULTRA, using never-before-seen testimony from the perpetrators themselves.Sidney Gottlieb was the CIA’s most cunning chemist. As head of the infamous MKULTRA project, he oversaw an assortment of dangerous—even deadly—experiments. Among them: dosing unwitting strangers with mind-bending drugs, torturing mental patients through sensory deprivation, and steering the movements of animals via electrodes implanted into their brains. His goal was to develop methods of mind control that could turn someone into a real-life “Manchurian candidate.” In conjunction with MKULTRA, Gottlieb also plotted the assassination of foreign leaders and created spy gear for undercover agents. The details of his career, however, have long been shrouded in mystery. Upon retiring from the CIA in 1973, he tossed his files into an incinerator. As a result, much of what happened under MKULTRA was thought to be lost—until now.Historian John Lisle has uncovered dozens of depositions containing new information about MKULTRA, straight from the mouths of its perpetrators. For the first time, Gottlieb and his underlings divulge what they did, why they did it, how they got away with it, and much more. Additionally, Lisle highlights the dramatic story of MKULTRA’s victims, from their terrible treatment to their dogged pursuit of justice.The consequences of MKULTRA still reverberate throughout American society. Project Mind Control is the definitive account of this most disturbing of chapters in CIA history."Listeners will be transfixed" —AudioFile on The Dirty Tricks DepartmentA Macmillan Audio production from St. Martin’s Press.

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