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Moving Aboriginal Health Forward

Discarding Canada’s Legal Barriers

UBC Press, Purich Publishing

This comprehensive analysis of Aboriginal health statistics, historical practices, and legal principles in Canadian law provides a practical framework for the reconciliation of Aboriginal health and healing practices within Canadian society.

  • Copyright year: 2014
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What to Feed an Asperger?

How to go from three foods to three hundred with love, patience and a little sleight of hand

Jessica Kingsley Publishers
  • Copyright year: 2015
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Acquired Tastes

Why Families Eat the Way They Do

UBC Press

Interviews with Canadian families reveal that our daily food choices reflect individual tastes and preferences but also our economic, social, and geographical place in the world.

  • Copyright year: 2014
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Toms River

A Story of Science and Salvation

Island Press
  • Copyright year: 2015
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The Man Who Invented Gender

Engaging the Ideas of John Money

UBC Press

This book offers, for the first time, a balanced and probing textual analysis of John Money’s writing, to assess the profound impact of this pioneering sexologist’s work on the debates and research on sexuality and gender that dominated the last half of the twentieth century.

  • Copyright year: 2014
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The Making of Modern Chinese Medicine, 1850-1960

UBC Press

A history of the convergence of Western and Chinese medical practices in modern China.

  • Copyright year: 2014
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Teaching Health Professionals Online

Frameworks and Strategies

Athabasca University Press
  • Copyright year: 2013
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The Acute-Care Nurse Practitioner

A Transformational Journey

Athabasca University Press
  • Copyright year: 2013
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Community Mental Health in Canada, Revised and Expanded Edition

Theory, Policy, and Practice

UBC Press

This revised and expanded edition of Community Mental Health in Canada offers a timely, critical overview of the provision of public mental health services in Canada, past, present, and future.

  • Copyright year: 2013
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Food, Genes, and Culture

Eating Right for Your Origins

Island Press
  • Copyright year: 2013
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The Industrial Diet

The Degradation of Food and the Struggle for Healthy Eating

UBC Press

A searing look at the socioeconomic, technological, and political forces that have transformed our food into edible commodities.

  • Copyright year: 2013
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Living Indigenous Leadership

Native Narratives on Building Strong Communities

UBC Press

Native women share their knowledge and insights about leadership at the community level.

  • Copyright year: 2012
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“Don’t Be So Gay!”

Queers, Bullying, and Making Schools Safe

UBC Press

Queer students speak out in a book that seeks to address the problem of homophobic bullying in schools.

  • Copyright year: 2013
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Mudras of India

A Comprehensive Guide to the Hand Gestures of Yoga and Indian Dance

Jessica Kingsley Publishers, Singing Dragon

For the first time, the elaborate system of mudras, hand gestures used in yoga and Indian dance, has been organized into a comprehensive, fully indexed, and beautifully illustrated format.

  • Copyright year: 2012
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Principles of Chinese Medicine

Revised Edition

Jessica Kingsley Publishers, Singing Dragon

Acupuncture, Chinese herbs, qigong, tui na massage and diet therapy have been used by the Chinese for over 2000 years, and they are still the treatments of choice for millions of people throughout the East.

  • Copyright year: 2013
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Principles of Reiki

Revised Edition

Jessica Kingsley Publishers, Singing Dragon

This concise introduction covers the history and spiritual principles of Reiki, an ancient Japanese healing system based on channelling spiritual energy through the hands.

  • Copyright year: 2013
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Principles of Reflexology

Revised

Jessica Kingsley Publishers, Singing Dragon

Reflexology is a form of complete healing that can detect and correct energy imbalance and restore balance to the body by relating each zone of the body to different points on the hands and feet.

  • Copyright year: 2013
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Principles of Kinesiology

Revised

Jessica Kingsley Publishers, Singing Dragon

Kinesiology is a system of natural health care which combines muscle testing with the principles of Chinese medicine to assess energy and body function.

  • Copyright year: 2013
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Principles of Bach Flower Remedies

Jessica Kingsley Publishers, Singing Dragon

Bach Flower Remedies are natural medicines derived from flowers and have the power to ease a wide range of physical and emotional complaints. This concise introduction is designed to help you start using the remedies for yourself.

  • Copyright year: 2013
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Principles of Tibetan Medicine

Revised Edition

Jessica Kingsley Publishers, Singing Dragon

This concise introduction presents all the essential information on 'gSo-ba-Rig-pa', or Tibetan medicine, from basic theoretical principles and history to methods of diagnosis and treatments.

  • Copyright year: 2013
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Principles of the Alexander Technique

2nd Edition

Jessica Kingsley Publishers, Singing Dragon

Since its beginnings in Australia in the 1890s, the Alexander Technique has become renowned as a powerful and effective antidote to the stresses and strains that modern life places upon our bodies.

  • Copyright year: 2013
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Principles of Chinese Herbal Medicine

Revised Edition

Jessica Kingsley Publishers, Singing Dragon

Chinese herbal medicine has become an increasingly popular method of treatment for a range of different health conditions - from eczema to fertility problems. This book presents an authoritative introduction to the fundamentals of Chinese herbal medicine.

  • Copyright year: 2013
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Can I tell you about ADHD?

A guide for friends, family and professionals

By Susan Yarney; Illustrated by Chris Martin
Jessica Kingsley Publishers

Meet Ben – a young boy with ADHD. Ben invites readers to learn about ADHD from his perspective.

  • Copyright year: 2013
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Ed says U said

Eating Disorder Translator

Jessica Kingsley Publishers

When an eating disorder (ED) is involved, the problems caused by miscommunication can have serious consequences. A remark from a parent that is intended as positive encouragement could act as a trigger and a criticism from someone with an ED might really be a cry for help.

  • Copyright year: 2012
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Aboriginal Peoples and Sport in Canada

Historical Foundations and Contemporary Issues

UBC Press

Aboriginal Peoples and Sport in Canada is the first work to focus sustained and serious attention on the wider implications of Aboriginal peoples’ involvement in sport.

  • Copyright year: 2013
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Principles of the Enneagram

2nd Edition

By Karen A. Webb; Foreword by Helen Palmer
Jessica Kingsley Publishers, Singing Dragon

Still the definitive introduction to the Enneagram, this revised and updated edition covers all the key information on this curiously accurate system of knowledge about human personality.

  • Copyright year: 2012
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Father Involvement in Canada

Diversity, Renewal, and Transformation

Edited by Jessica Ball and Kerry Daly
UBC Press

Exploring the diverse roles fathers play in their children’s lives, Father Involvement in Canada provides a timely synopsis of current knowledge while challenging many long-held assumptions about fatherhood.

  • Copyright year: 2012
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Intoxicating Manchuria

Alcohol, Opium, and Culture in China's Northeast

UBC Press

Examines how alcohol, opium, and addiction were portrayed in the culture of China’s Northeast during the first half of the twentieth century.

  • Copyright year: 2012
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Health and Sustainability in the Canadian Food System

Advocacy and Opportunity for Civil Society

UBC Press

Lays out new strategies for advocacy groups to achieve a sustainable, healthy food system.

  • Copyright year: 2012
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