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Miley, Karla K., et al. Generalist Social Work Practice: An Empowering Approach. Pearson, 2017.
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Balgopal, Pallassana R. Social Work Practice With Immigrants and Refugees. Columbia UP, 2000. EBSCO eBook Academic Collection.
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Niosi, Andrea. Introduction to Consumer Behavior. BCcampus, 2021, opentextbc.ca/introconsumerbehaviour/
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Spillner, Andreas and Tilo Linz. Software Testing Foundations. 5th ed., Rocky Nook, 2021.
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Cimon, Yan. "Defence Policy and the Aerospace and Defence Industry in North America: The Changing Contours of the Post-9/11 Era." Game Changer: The Impact of 9/11 on North American Security, edited by Jonathan Paquin and Patrick James, UBC Press, 2014, pp. 213-229.
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Martin, Paul. “The Poetry of Hockey in Richard Harrison’s Hero of the Play.” Writing the Body in Motion: A Critical Anthology on Canadian Sport Literature, edited by Angie Abdou and Jamie Dopp, Athabasca University Press, 2018, pp. 20-30.
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Bingham, Russell. “Viola Desmond.” The Canadian Encyclopedia, Historica Canada, 27 Jan. 2013, www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/viola-desmond
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Jerup, Janita et al. “Hallucinogens.” Encyclopedia of Substance Abuse Prevention, Treatment & Recovery, edited by Gary L. Fisher and Nancy A. Roget, SAGE Publications, 2009, pp. 437-440.
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Freud, Sigmund. Group Psychology and the Analysis of the Ego. Translated by James Strachey. Liveright, 1967.
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