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Extreme mean: trolls, bullies and predators online
By Paula Todd. 2014
Paula Todd goes deep into the world of "extreme mean", uncovering the people who use the internet to undermine lives…
rather than improve them. Through exclusive personal stories of online abuse from around the world, as well as interviews with troll-tormentors, accidental abusers, victimized kids, and adults, this book explores the roots of online abuse, challenges current academic thinking, and offers new ways of understanding the nasty and the nefarious who erode humanity and threaten internet freedom. c2014.Easy computer basics (Easy Ser.)
By Michael Miller. 2005
Computer basics teaches you the fundamentals to help you get the most from your computer hardware and software. Fully illustrated…
steps with simple instruction, guide you through each task, building the skills you need to do what you want to do. 2005.Dispersed but not destroyed: a history of the seventeenth-century Wendat people
By Kathryn Magee Labelle. 2013
Situated within the area stretching from Georgian Bay in the north to Lake Simcoe in the east, the Wendat Confederacy…
flourished for two hundred years. By the mid-seventeenth century, however, Wendat society was threatened by European disease and Iroquois attacks. This book depicts the creation of a powerful Wendat diaspora in the wake of their dispersal and throughout the latter half of the century. Turning the story of the Wendat conquest on its head, the author demonstrates the resiliency of the Wendat Confederacy and its people. 2013.Dragon NaturallySpeaking for dummies (For dummies)
By Doug Muder, David C Kay. 1999
This book contains advice on dictating, editing, Web browsing, and running your computer with voice commands using voice recognition software.…
Discover how to: verbally control your Windows desktop and all applications, dictate and edit documents and e-mails, maximize voice recognition accuracy, use a pocket recorder on the run, and add specialized terms and verbal shortcuts to Dragon's vocabulary. 1999.Cyborg: digital destiny and human possibility in the age of the wearable computer
By Hal Niedzviecki, Steve Mann. 2001
Steve Mann uses his own experience with inventing and testing his various wearable computer prototypes to assess the state of…
wearable computers and their potential impact on our lives. He articulates a vision for a tomorrow that sees humanity freer, safer, and smarter in ways most of us can only imagine. 2001.Claiming Anishinaabe: decolonizing the human spirit
By Lynn Gehl. 2017
Denied her Indigenous status, Lynn Gehl has been fighting her entire life to reclaim mino-pimadiziwin--the good life. Exploring Anishinaabeg philosophy…
and Anishinaabeg conceptions of truth, Gehl shows how she came to locate her spirit and decolonize her identity, thereby becoming, in her words, "fully human." Gehl also provides a harsh critique of Canada and takes on important anti-colonial battles, including the land claims process and sex discrimination in the Indian Act. 2017.Children of the broken treaty: Canada's lost promise and one girl's dream
By Charlie Angus. 2015
Exposes a system of apartheid in Canada that led to the largest youth-driven human rights movement in the country's history.…
The movement was inspired by Shannen Koostachin, a young Cree woman George Stroumboulopoulos named as one of "five teenage girls in history who kicked ass." All Shannen wanted was a decent education. She found an ally in Charlie Angus, who had no idea she was going to change his life and inspire others to change the country. Based on extensive documentation assembled from Freedom of Information requests, Angus establishes a dark, unbroken line that extends from the policies of John A. Macdonald to the government of today. He provides chilling insight into how Canada - through breaches of treaties, broken promises, and callous neglect - deliberately denied First Nations children their basic human rights. 2015.Conflict in Caledonia: Aboriginal land rights and the rule of law (Law and society series,)
By Laura DeVries. 2011
February 2006. First Nations protesters blocked workers from entering a housing development in southern Ontario, their protest highlighting the issue…
of land rights and sparking a series of ongoing events known as the “Caledonia Crisis.” This account of the dispute links the actions of police, officials, and locals to non-Aboriginal discourses about law, landscape, and identity. DeVries encourages non-Aboriginal Canadians to reconsider their assumptions. 2011.Computers for seniors for dummies (--For dummies)
By Nancy Muir. 2008
Step-by-step computer basics for mature users who want to learn how to buy a computer and access the Internet. Explains…
using the mouse, keyboard, and e-mail; working with files and folders; adding a printer, scanner, or fax machine; enjoying digital photography; listening to music; and playing games. 2008.Cairns, through the study of the historical record, discusses the desired relation of Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal peoples to each other…
in Canada. He considers the differences between the assimilationist assumptions of the imperial era and the more recent attempts at nation-to-nation negotiations supported by the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples, and contemplates whether either of these approaches can lead to an outcome that will satisfy both sides. 2000.Bitter embrace: white society's assault on the Woodland Cree
By Maggie Siggins. 2005
For over 200 years, the Cree community of Pelican Narrows has endured a torturous relationship with encroaching European culture, from…
the Hudson Bay factors and missionaries of earlier times to the bureaucrats and police of today. Author Siggins gives us the human face behind the newspaper headlines of Native issues, after years of research on a community she has known most of her life. 2005.Black code: surveillance, privacy, and the dark side of the Internet
By Ronald J Deibert. 2013
Cyberspace is all around us. We depend on it for everything we do. We have reengineered our business, governance, and…
social relations around a planetary network unlike any before it. But there are dangers looming, and malign forces are threatening to transform this extraordinary domain. The author, a leading expert on digital technology, security, and human rights, lifts the lid on cyberspace and shows what’s at stake for internet users and citizens. 2013.Arctic adventures: tales from the lives of Inuit artists
By Raquel Rivera. 2007
Describes true dramatized events in the lives of four modern Inuit artists. The stories range from a boy's survival adventure…
with his dog on shifting ice and a hunter's close-up encounter with a polar bear, to a shaman's dangerous journey to appease the sea-goddess at the bottom of the stormy ocean. Also includes a brief biography of each artist, a bibliography and glossary. Grades 3-6. 2007.When Europeans first arrived on this continent, Algonquian languages were spoken from the northeastern seaboard through the Great Lakes region,…
across much of Canada, and even in scattered communities of the American West. This book contains vital background information and new translations of songs and stories reaching back to the seventeenth century; gathers a host of respected and talented singers, storytellers, historians, anthropologists, linguists, and tribal educators, both Native and non-Native, from the United States and Canada-all working together to orchestrate a single, complex performance of the Algonquian languages. Some descriptions of violence. 2005.Adaptive technology for the Internet: making electronic resources accessible to all
By Barbara T Mates, Doug Wakefield, Judith M Dixon. 1999
Advice for librarians and others on ways to improve disabled persons' access to electronic resources, including computers and the Internet.…
Provides information about screen readers, braille displays, voice-recognition systems, and hearing-assistance devices. Lists web sites, vendors, manufacturers, consultants, and libraries with special programs. 1999.A poison stronger than love: the destruction of an Ojibwa community
By Anastasia M Shkilnyk. 1985
Documents the destructive effects of Canadian policy and urban industrialism on the Grassy Narrows Ojibway band of Ontario. Their forced…
1963 relocation to a new reserve was a destabilizing experience which was worsened by mercury poisoning from the industrial pollution of their river. 1985.50 questions pour expliquer le Web à mon père
By Fabien Loszach. 2016
" Les téléphones ont-il tué l'ennui? Où sont passées nos photos de famille? Les objets connectés sont-ils de simples gadgets?…
La dernière décennie, avec son lot d'innovations numériques, nous donne parfois l'impression que l'on a atterri sur une nouvelle planète. Pourtant, en grattant un peu, on s'aperçoit bien souvent que derrière le vernis de notre culture et de nos comportements modernes se cachent nombre de fonctionnements anciens. À travers 50 questions, Fabien Loszach tente d'expliquer que le monde tel qu'il est aujourd'hui façonné par les nouvelles technologies de l'information n'est peut-être pas si différent du bon vieux temps . " -- 4e de couv.A brief history of the future: the origins of the Internet
By John Naughton. 2000
The author weaves together scientific accounts and personal anecdotes to give a view of the origins of the Internet. He…
argues that it is one of the twentieth century's greatest inventions. 2000.30 minutes - to master the Internet (30 Minutes Ser.)
By Steven Armstrong, Neil Barrett. 2001
The text is designed as a series of 5-minute tips and takes the user through every step from surfing the…
Net to setting up web pages. The book helps the user to understand the Internet, its challenges, how it works and the potential rewards in the workplace. 2001.Spoken here: journeys among threatened languages
By Mark Abley. 2003
An award-winning Canadian journalist documents the unprecedented extinction of the world's less-spoken languages. Drawing on his encounters with linguistic remnants…
from the arctic to aboriginal Australia, he illustrates threats to many endangered tongues. The report also speaks to the relationship between language and identity, and warns of globalization's consequences. 2003.