Education
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Non-Coercive Classrooms
Successful Students, Successful Teachers by Rolf Ahrens
Non-Coercive Classrooms is aimed at the years from kindergarten to grade twelve. It contains descriptions of best practice if our goal for students is to leave school with skills that enhance their innate intelligence. The author argues that the...
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Plunging into the Lord's Prairie Vineyard
Tinchebray Missionaries Evangelized and Established R.C. Institutions Throughout Central Alberta (1904-1924) by Henry L. Wostenberg
Follow the Tinchebray Congregation of intrepid priest-professors initiating with their formation in nineteenth century France to their arrival to Central Alberta in 1904 where they evangelized, organized parishes, constructed churches, founded...
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Alternative Schools in British Columbia 1960-1975
A Social and Cultural History by Harley Rothstein
The tumultuous 1960s was an era of the counterculture, political activism, and resistance to authority. Conventions and values were challenged and new approaches to education captured the imaginations of parents, teachers, and students. Reacting...
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Outdoor Magic
The Power of Nature Connection by Grant Douglas Linney
In Outdoor Magic: The Power of Nature Connection, Grant Linney inspires us to connect deeply with the natural world. Through a wide array of personal stories, both as a nature enthusiast and as an outdoor environmental educator, Linney shows that...
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How to Laugh at Death and Taxes
What Executors, Willmakers, Heirs, and Beneficiaries Need to Know by Barbara Amsden
This book is for everyone at some time in their life. If you’re breathing, this book’s for you… or your parents, friends, teenagers moving into their first apartment, newlyweds, new parents, siblings, ... oh, and the person or people you name as...
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Reflections on Kindness, Connections and Lifelong Learning
Empowering Emerging Educators by Michael Babb
In Reflections on Kindness, Connections, and Lifelong Learning: Empowering Emerging Educators, retired Phys. Ed. and Biology teacher, Vice-principal, Principal, and Coach Michael Babb draws upon a wealth of experience and wisdom gleaned over...
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Riley and Learning Tourettes
The Rage out of Nowhere by TM Ritter
Riley’s teacher knows Riley is a bright student, but he learns differently than most other children. She wants to understand him better and help him be successful in school. Riley’s parents do their best to understand and support Riley too. One...
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Women Thriving in Leadership
Practices for Cultivating Wholeness and Community by Dr. Kathy Toogood
Women Thriving in Leadership is for all women who lead, aspire to lead, or wonder if they can lead. Dr. Toogood takes a holistic approach to leadership development, encouraging the reader to reflect on their experience and question assumptions...
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The Effective Communicator
The Keys to Turbocharging Your Performance in Important Conversations by Stephen P. Franklin
Learn to have greater Courage, Confidence, and Consideration in the many important conversations at work and in your personal life. In The Effective Communicator, a formative work on developing oral communication skills, Stephen Franklin outlines...
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My Journey. My Story.
Unravel Yourself With Me From the Inside Out by Wendy Blaskovic
In today’s world, we are constantly juggling expectations and trying to manage the many pressures we feel around us. We all have issues, struggles, and habits that we feel guilt or shame about. We all have beliefs and expectations of ourselves...
