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Canada and the World Backgrounder
A bimonthly magazine that provides background information on current events. Written specifically for high school students, as well as teachers and librarians. Individual issues are devoted to one political or social issue, which is considered both as an international issue and in terms of Canadian policy.
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Romania.
December 01, 2003
Serbia/Montenegro.
December 01, 2003
Slovakia.
December 01, 2003
Slovenia.
December 01, 2003
Spain.
December 01, 2003
Sweden.
December 01, 2003
Switzerland.
December 01, 2003
Turkey.
December 01, 2003
Ukraine.
December 01, 2003
Euro facts.(Brief Article)
December 01, 2003
United Kingdom.
December 01, 2003
Notwithstanding: minorities in Canada can never feel completely, secur...
October 01, 2003
Us and them: human beings share a vast array of things in common, yet ...
October 01, 2003
Redefining family: some say marriage is exclusively between a man and ...
October 01, 2003
Looking for inclusion: as a minority group, people with disabilities, ...
October 01, 2003
Under suspicion: since the terrorist attacks of 11 September 2001, Ara...
October 01, 2003
Pushing doors open: while addressing the problems of people with disab...
October 01, 2003
Might not always right: size often does matter when it comes to securi...
October 01, 2003
Quote ... Unquote.(Brief Article)
October 01, 2003
A growing search.(Stateless Peoples--Introduction)(Brief Article)
October 01, 2003
Unpopular outsiders.(Stateless Peoples--Aceh)
October 01, 2003
"We are not Arabs".(Stateless Peoples--Amazigh (Berbers))
October 01, 2003
A troublesome island.(Stateless Peoples--Corsica)
October 01, 2003
Rebellion in the mountains.(Stateless Peoples--Kurds)
October 01, 2003
The South will rise again.(Stateless Peoples--Neoconfederates)
October 01, 2003
Quest for Khalistan.(Stateless Peoples--Sikhs)
October 01, 2003
Europe's virtual third world.(Stateless Peoples--The Roma (Gypsies))
October 01, 2003
The depression's long shadow: in the midst of war's death and destruct...
September 01, 2003
The Bretton Woods sisters: the World Bank and the International Moneta...
September 01, 2003
Mission creep: originally created primarily to finance the reconstruct...
September 01, 2003
Calling the tune: when the International Monetary Fund lends money to ...
September 01, 2003
Capitalism wobbles: the Washington Consensus has been the dominant eco...
September 01, 2003
A change of course: there are those who want to tear down the existing...
September 01, 2003
Debt relief, or more grief: attempts to improve the living standards f...
September 01, 2003
Germ warfare: keeping the lid on infectious disease epidemics has beco...
September 01, 2003
The business of development: there is a growing chorus coming from the...
September 01, 2003
Too much help: since the mid-1970s, non-governmental organizations hav...
September 01, 2003
Quote ... unquote.
September 01, 2003
Generous spirits: in a less-than-perfect international aid system, the...
September 01, 2003
Weapons of Mass Salvation: what are the arguments in favour of industr...
September 01, 2003
Help through official channels: at the Bretton Woods Conference of 194...
September 01, 2003
Trade not aid: the dice are loaded: many developing countries find the...
September 01, 2003
Falling behind: Canadians might see themselves as compassionate souls,...
September 01, 2003
Hunger pains: there is enough food in the world for everyone, but one ...
September 01, 2003
Corporate do-gooders: while scandals have been defining business in re...
May 01, 2003
Capital comforts: with all the recent scandals, corporations have left...
May 01, 2003
Swindlers R us: big business has tarnished its image in a very big way...
May 01, 2003
Who guards the guards? It's a lot easier to lose trust than it is to r...
May 01, 2003
Oink, oink: even when companies go bust and investors lose a bundle, e...
May 01, 2003
The politics of business: nowhere is the collaboration between busines...
May 01, 2003
Profits before people: the ultimate breach of ethical behaviour is to ...
May 01, 2003
Swapping privacy for growth: one way of turning a small successful com...
May 01, 2003
Quote ... unquote.(business advice)(Brief Article)
May 01, 2003
Glossary.(terms related to the stock market)(Glossary)
May 01, 2003
No bull.(origin of the terms bull market and bear market)(Brief Articl...
May 01, 2003
Trading places. (History).
May 01, 2003
Going public. (Initial Public Offering).
May 01, 2003
Gaining a piece of the action. (Trading).(how to buy shares in a compa...
May 01, 2003
Rolling the dice. (Strategies).(stock market indexes)
May 01, 2003
Playing it safe. (Bonds).(related articles: They're called junk bonds ...
May 01, 2003
Crystal-ball investing. (Futures).(related article: The man who broke ...
May 01, 2003
Spreading the risk. (Mutual Funds).
May 01, 2003
As old as the markets. (Bubbles).(stock market players don't learn fro...
May 01, 2003
The dot bomb. (Dot-com Bubble).
May 01, 2003
There's one born every minute. (Swindles).(perpetrators of fraud decei...
May 01, 2003
The market cops. (Regulation).
May 01, 2003
Quote ... unquote.
March 01, 2003
The heartland theory.(Introduction)(geopolitics)
March 01, 2003
The Great Game continues: during the 19th century, Russia and Britain ...
March 01, 2003
Tricksters and tyrants: the human rights group Freedom House rates all...
March 01, 2003
Land of division: lying between the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea, the...
March 01, 2003
Clash of civilizations? Central Asia is where east meets west, where I...
March 01, 2003
The gathering storm: although not part of what geographers call Centra...
March 01, 2003
Winning the peace: one way or the other, Saddam Hussein is very unlike...
March 01, 2003
Fallout from 9/11: on the inside front cover of the Canadian passport ...
January 01, 2003
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