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- Bad Marxism
Capitalism and Cultural Studies
Resource Type: Book
Published: 2004
Cultural Studies commonly claims to be a radical discipline. This book thinks that's a bad assessment. After an introduction critiquing the so-called 'Marxism' of the academy, Hutnyk provides detailed critical analyses of the approaches and theorists of cultural studies.
- Banned Books
Informal Notes on Some Books Banned for Various Reasons
Resource Type: Book
Published: 1970
- The Brain Booster
Your Guide to Rapid Learning and Remembering
Resource Type: Book
Published: 1983
Techniques and exercises in organization, visualization and association that can dramatically increase your ability to absorb a large amount of information and remember it clearly.
- The Brain That Changes Itself
Stories of Personal Triumph from the Frontiers of Brain Science
Resource Type: Book
Published: 2007
Doidge explains neuroplasticity and shows that the brain is not a collection of specialized parts but a dynamic organ and can rewire and rearrange itself as the need arises.
- Brock University
Media Profile in Sources
Resource Type: Organization
- Challenged Books List
Resource Type: Article
Published: 2004
A partial list of books subjected to censorship attempts in Canada from the early 1980s to 2003.
- Dr. Debby Chesnie Cooper, Educational and Developmental Psychologist
Media Profile in Sources
Resource Type: Organization
- Don't Forget!
Easy Exercises for a Better Memory At Any Age
Resource Type: Book
Published: 1987
Exercises for memory training.
- Educational Survey Findings: Canadian parents ensure summer learning
Sources News Release
Resource Type: Article
Published: 2009
A recent Ipsos-Reid survey found that Canadian parents are promoting summer learning activities that can be done as a family. Includes the top-five activities parents encourage with tips from educational specialist, Dr. Donna McGhie-Richmond.
- Educational Survey Findings: Reading -- The number one summer educational activity
Sources News Release
Resource Type: Article
Published: 2009
A recent Ipsos-Reid survey found that reading is the top summer learning activity of families with high achieving children. Includes tips from educational specialist, Dr. Donna McGhie-Richmond, on how to make the most of summer reading activities.
- Elementary Teachers' Federation of Ontario
Media Profile in Sources
Resource Type: Organization
- The First Grader
Resource Type: Film/Video
Published: 2011
About a former Mau Mau soldier who goes to school to learn to read at the age of 84.
- The Guide to Reading
Resource Type: Book
Published: 1922
In every home there ought to be books that are friends. In every day, at least in every week, there ought to be some time which can be spent in cultivating their friendship.
- A History of Reading
Resource Type: Book
Published: 1996
An exploration of what it means to be a reader of books.
- A History of Reading in the West
Resource Type: Book
Published: 1999
- Kumon Math & Reading Centres
Media Profile in Sources
Resource Type: Organization
- The Library at Night
Resource Type: Book
Published: 2006
The Library at Night tells the story of the important role of libraries in human civilization and how books are an essential link between the individual and the world.
- Marguerite has come a long way
Resource Type: Article
Published: 1984
Literacy student writes her own story.
- Michele Landsberg's Guide to Children's Books
Resource Type: Book
Published: 1985
Landsberg provides guidance on the question of how to choose the right books for your child.
- 1001 Questions and Answers on Orthography and Reading
Resource Type: Book
Published: 1888
- Other Voices: The Connexions Newsletter - April 30, 2017
Affirming life, resisting war, reporting UFOs
Resource Type: Serial Publication (Periodical)
Published: 2017
What do we do when those in power recklessly put the future of the entire planet at risk with their acts of aggression and military provocations, while they ignore the growing disaster of climate change? We fight back and organize, on every level, wherever we are, doing whatever offers the hope of resisting and of building a movement that can stop and overturn the out-of-control monster of late capitalism.
- A Reading Diary
A Year of Favourite Books
Resource Type: Book
Published: 2004
- Reading Pictures
A History of Love and Hate
Resource Type: Book
Published: 2000
A meditation on the questions we ask ourselves when standing in front of a piece of art.
- Review: Ashwin Desai, Reading Revolution: Shakespeare on Robben Island
Resource Type: Article
Published: 2016
A book review: Ashwin Desai, Reading Revolution: Shakespeare on Robben Island.
- Teaching adults to read
Resource Type: Article
Published: 1984
Becoming literate is an important way for people to gain more control and power over their lives.
- The Woman Reader
Resource Type: Book
Published: 2012
Belinda Jack's history of women's reading and the ceaseless controversies it has inspired, explores what and how women of widely differing cultures have read through the ages.
- You Can't Read This
Forbidden Books, Lost Writing, Mistranslations, and Codes
Resource Type: Book
Published: 2006
Written for children ages ten and up, You Can't Read This explores the development of alphabets, the decoding of ancient languages, and censorship in Ancient Rome and modern America.
- Young Iraqis hope the Written Word can Reinvigorate a New Generation
Resource Type: Article
Published: 2014
An informal lending library uses literary heritage to remind young Baghdadis they don't need to emigrate to escape daily travails.
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