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VIPIRG publications - by topic

The following is a list of all VIPIRG publications, arranged by topic. To order hard copy of any of our publications, email research@vipirg.ca or call (250) 472-4386.

Diversity/equity

	Is your sexual identity reflected in curriculum? A survey of queer identifying students at the University of Victoria (2003) Sher Knox
	Exploring transgendered community and gender based programs in Greater Victoria (2003) Lisa Warrilow

Employment

	Fractured lives: Results of the 2003 survey of Youbou sawmill workers (2005) Scott Prudham & Rob Penfold
	Solidarity with workers in Guatemala (2005) Theresa Wolfwood
	Lifecycles, DIGS and Youth Service Canada: The impacts and implications for Victoria youth (2002) Paula Sjoholm & Natalie Brugge

Environmental/animal rights

	The ecological footprint of Nalgene water bottles (2006) Deanna Thompson, Kyla Patterson, Elizabeth Whittaker, & Sally Haggerstone
	Plastic grocery bags: The ecological footprint (2005) Sara Ellis, Sarah Kantner, Ada Saab, & Mary Watson
	The water you drink: Safe or suspect? – review (2005) Theresa Wolfwood
	Victoria’s cruise ship industry: Economic benefits and their environmental impacts (2005) Elliot Houlston & Carly Daoust
	Incentives for renewable energy: The writing is on the wall…But our policymakers choose to be illiterate (2005) Rob Shirkey
	The ecological footprint of eggs (2005) Marlis McCargar, Heather Burton, & Caitlin Perry
	Cruise control? The cruise ship industry in Canada (2004) Yuill Herbert & Karen Gorecki
	Ripple effects: The need to assess the impacts of cruise ships in Victoria BC (2003) Karen Gorecki & Bruce Wallace
	The cultural history of the land of the Tod Creek watershed (2003) Dawson Mullin & Kyle Wison
	An assessment of the survival rate of transplanted eelgrass (Zostera marina) in Tod Inlet (2002) Nairn Albrecht
	The ecological footprint of dairy production (2002) John Beynon, Song Horng Neo-Liang, & Rae St. Arnault
	The ecological footprint of a Dole banana (2002) Eric Kopetski, Rob Kim, Adam Cave, & Laura Milner

Food security

	Farmageddon: Food and the culture of biotechnology – review (2004) Theresa Wolfwood
	The cultural history of the land of the Tod Creek watershed (2003) Dawson Mullin & Kyle Wison

Gender

	Solidarity with workers in Guatemala (2005) Theresa Wolfwood
	Resistance and alternatives to the GATS in Canada (2003) Theresa Wolfwood
	Exploring transgendered community and gender based programs in Greater Victoria (2003) Lisa Warrilow
	Bridging the widening gap: Research on the impacts of the Liberal cuts on single mothers living in Victoria (2002) Simrita Sidhu, Michele Mateus, & Corrie Teahen
	Leaving: Interviews with women who have left abusive relationships (1999) Angela MacRae

Globalization

	Stories from the rivers: Rio Lempa & Rio Sapo, El Salvador (2006) Theresa Wolfwood
	Inside the bottle: An exposé of the bottled water industry – review (2005) Theresa Wolfwood
	Solidarity with workers in Guatemala (2005) Theresa Wolfwood
	Farmageddon: Food and the culture of biotechnology – review (2004) Theresa Wolfwood
	About this war business: Address to US Out of Iraq march and rally (2003) Stacy Chappel
	Resistance and alternatives to the GATS in Canada (2003) Theresa Wolfwood
	First, we take Manhattan...Before they take Peru (2001) Bruce Wallace
	Lessons from the front: An examination of the anti-globalization movement (2000) Krisztina Kun

Health care

	Burnside Gorge Health Assessment: Final Report Tamara Herman with Tricia Irish and Jani Urquhart Burnside Gorge Health Assessment Executive Summary
	National Oral Health Month: A time to make oral health a national issue (2004) Bruce Wallace
	One size doesn't fit all: Finding support that fits young adults with cancer (2004) Heather Cleland
	Towards a downtown community dental clinic in Victoria (2001) Bruce Wallace
	Brushed aside: Poverty and dental care in Victoria (2000) Bruce Wallace
	Burnside-Gorge Health Assessment (2009) Tamara Herman

Housing/homelessness

	Temporary Autonomous Shelter Collective Survey Report (2009) Renee McBeth
	Homelessness: A selected annotated bibliography of counting methodologies and responses from Canada, United States, United Kingdom and Australia (2003) Michael Corman
	Viable accommodations? Living in poverty and the dilemmas of sharing housing (2003) Tim Richards & Nicole Lindsay

International solidarity

	Stories from the rivers: Rio Lempa & Rio Sapo, El Salvador (2006) Theresa Wolfwood
	Ethiopian students at risk (2005) Bruce Wallace
	Solidarity with workers in Guatemala (2005) Theresa Wolfwood
	Commemorating the overthrow of the government of Chile (2003) Theresa Wolfwood
	Resistance and alternatives to the GATS in Canada (2003) Theresa Wolfwood
	Expanding the war into the world and into our minds (2002) Stacy Chappel
	First, we take Manhattan...Before they take Peru (2001) Bruce Wallace

Migrant rights

"Aliens go home": A critical media analysis of the Chinese migrants (2000)
Marian van der Zon

Peace/militarism

	The Real Meaning of Mother's Day Theresa Wolfwood
	Canadian Forces maritime experimental test range, Nanoose Bay – Presentation to No US Bases Panel, World Peace Forum (2006) Theresa Wolfwood
	Stories from the rivers: Rio Lempa & Rio Sapo, El Salvador (2006) Theresa Wolfwood
	Missile defence: New debate, same old song - A presentation to the Citizens' Inquiry on US-Canada relations (2004) Stacy Chappel
	All-candidates forum to focus on peace & security (2004) Stacy Chappel
	National wake up call on missile defence (2004) Theresa Wolfwood
	Missile defence: Bad for people, bad for peace (2004) Stacy Chappel
	About this war business: Address to US Out of Iraq march and rally (2003) Stacy Chappel
	Address to Walk for Peace (2003) Stacy Chappel
	Address to Student Walkout for Peace (2003) Stacy Chappel
	Expanding the war into the world and into our minds (2002) Stacy Chappel
	Presentation to the Public Hearing on Nanoose Bay Expropriation (1999) Stacy Chappel & Theresa Wolfwood

Poverty

	Victorians Heat Up over Torch Launch: "Corporate festival" will showcase poverty and homelessness Tamara Herman
	Welfare Reform in BC: Five Years Later, Who Would Declare it a Success? Bruce Wallace
	Discouraged, delayed, denied: Is helping fewer people really helping? (2006) Bruce Wallace
	Denied assistance: Closing the front door on welfare in BC (2006) Bruce Wallace, Seth Klein, & Marge Reitsma-Street
	Envisioning the future of welfare reform (2005) Marge Reitsma Street & Bruce Wallace
	Resisting two year limits on welfare in British Columbia (2004) Marge Reitsma-Street & Bruce Wallace
	National Oral Health Month: A time to make oral health a national issue (2004) Bruce Wallace
	Factsheet: It's time to stop the welfare time limit policy (2004) VIPIRG staff
	Time-limited income assistance - How much can a family in BC live on? (2004) Tim Richards
	2002 cuts to support and shelter allowance - effects for families (2004) Tim Richards
	Homelessness: A selected annotated bibliography of counting methodologies and responses from Canada, United States, United Kingdom and Australia (2003) Michael Corman
	Viable accommodations? Living in poverty and the dilemmas of sharing housing (2003) Tim Richards & Nicole Lindsay
	Thinking outside the fare box: VIPIRG's submission to the Greater Victoria Transit Commission (2003) Sean Chace
	Bridging the widening gap: Research on the impacts of the Liberal cuts on single mothers living in Victoria (2002) Simrita Sidhu, Michele Mateus, & Corrie Teahen
	The Assembly to End Poverty (2002) Assembly to End Poverty Organizing Committee
	Gaps in service and unmet needs In Victoria’s street community (2002) Jeremy Pearce & Joey Worthington
	Towards a downtown community dental clinic in Victoria (2001) Bruce Wallace
	Brushed aside: Poverty and dental care in Victoria (2000) Bruce Wallace
	Spare some more change? A response to the Victoria Regional Transit Commission's proposal on fares and taxation (2000) Bruce Wallace

Relationship abuse

Leaving: Interviews with women who have left abusive relationships (1999)
Angela MacRae

Research methodologies

Participatory Action Research can be complicated: Some questions to ask yourself and others before moving ahead (2005)
Bruce Wallace

Welfare reform

	Discouraged, delayed, denied: Is helping fewer people really helping? (2006) Bruce Wallace
	Denied assistance: Closing the front door on welfare in BC (2006) Bruce Wallace, Seth Klein, & Marge Reitsma-Street
	Envisioning the future of welfare reform (2005) Marge Reitsma Street & Bruce Wallace
	Resisting two year limits on welfare in British Columbia (2004) Marge Reitsma-Street & Bruce Wallace
	Factsheet: It's time to stop the welfare time limit policy (2004) VIPIRG staff
	Time-limited income assistance - How much can a family in BC live on? (2004) Tim Richards
	2002 cuts to support and shelter allowance - effects for families (2004) Tim Richards

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Last updated on: July 5, 2010