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This market-leading text provides students with a solid foundation for effective interpersonal communication with an emphasis on Canadian cultures, values, and identities. By showing how to apply communication skills in a variety of situations and cultural settings, Interplay prepares students to become effective communicators in both their personal and professional lives.

Canadian Prisons is the most current and comprehensive corrections text that brings together the expertise of Canada’s leading academics and practitioners to provide students with an engaging view of Canada’s correctional system.

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The best-selling introduction to Canadian politics! This text offers a thorough grounding in the institutions and processes of Canadian government, focusing on issues of individual, group, and regional equalities and freedoms while raising thought-provoking questions about the nature of Canadian democracy itself.

Communicating About Health: Current Issues and Perspectives continues to live up to its long-standing reputation as the most dynamic and current exploration of health communication on the market. This top seller offers rich, current research and in-depth analysis of the cultural, social, and organizational issues that influence health communication and health advocacy.

Communicating About Health is an indispensable resource for readers seeking to...

Communicating for Results 6e offers practical, classroom-tested instruction in the rhetorical techniques and persuasive strategies that students need to become effective writers and speakers. Supported by abundant, assignable group and individual activities to reinforce key principles and help students hone their skills, this invaluable text will teach students to communicate with confidence.

To communicate effectively within groups and teams, we must understand our relationships with other members and how those relationships influence the tasks and activities that the groups and teams undertake. Communicating in Groups, Third Edition, emphasizes that all groups--decision-making and social--require members to successfully convey both relational and task messages. Author Joann Keyton points to the five key elements that define a group-...

With engaging story lines, unpredictable plot twists, and realistic characters, the case studies in Communication and Social Media tackle real life issues that are relevant for students. Case studies increase students' enjoyment of and interest in communication, further their desire to learn, and remind them to think critically about their communication as they navigate their relationships with others through social media and new technologies.

The Engineering Communication Manual addresses authentic writing issues and communication tasks faced by engineers, such as collaborative writing, design of data graphics, and poster presentations. The text helps students to generate effective technical arguments and to think critically about how they present content.

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Combining current research with humor, vivid examples, and practical advice, In the Company of Others continues to use the “communication competence” model to bring human communication to life for students.

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A comprehensive and accessible introduction to international relations theories with a unique emphasis on positioning IR theories within their social, political, and historical contexts to help students fully understand IR theories and their influence.

This highly praised and widely adopted text uses a consistent analytical framework to teach students how to think critically about issues in world politics, helping them better understand the political world they live in.

Focusing on the day-to-day matters of running a PR operation, Managing Public Relations is the first book to balance both corporate and agency needs while addressing the management of a public relations function. Its unique approach stresses the function of PR within the larger scope of business, showing students how to think like their future bosses and colleagues and making them more competitive in today’s job market.

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Organizational Communication: A Lifespan Approach is a student-focused introduction to the field. Full of real-world stories, helpful and unique illustrations, and constant application of theory, this text engages students and shows them how to apply concepts, theories, and perspectives in every chapter.

Engagement. Conversation. Influence. Transparency. Trust. Public Relations, Second Edition, presents a clear, engaging and contemporary picture of public relations principles while seamlessly integrating technical and cultural shifts brought about by the rise of social media. Both its professional relevance and digital savvy make this text the new standard for introductory public relations courses.

Public Relations, Third Edition, presents the most contemporary introduction to public relations, offering a clear, engaging and modern picture of public relations principles while seamlessly integrating technical and cultural shifts brought about by emerging technology and global events. Its professional relevance, digital savvy and cultural awareness make this text the standard for introductory public relations courses.

Technical Editing: A Twenty-First-Century Introduction offers a comprehensive and fully current approach to technical and professional editing. With a first part covering core competencies of practicing technical editors and a second part examining the factors inherent in professional culture, Technical Editing's experienced author team makes accessible the most complete and up-to-date instruction in the field of technical and professional editin...

The digital resources for Animal Physiology, 5e address the following key issues faced by instructors:

1. Providing in-class lecture resources
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Basic Vision: An Introduction to Visual Perception demystifies the processes through which we see the world. Written by three authors with over 80 years of research and undergraduate teaching experience between them, it leads the reader through the intricacies of visual processing, with full-colour illustrations on nearly every page.

With contributions from Canada’s top scholars in the field, Canadian Families Today, 5th edition, presents the most current and comprehensive examination of families in Canadian society.

Ideal for research methods courses covering multiple methodologies, Communication Research Methods is the only text that uses a research-as-argument approach to help students not only become more effective researchers but also more insightful consumers of research. It expertly balances the interpretive, critical, and discovery paradigms. No other research methods book on the market better reflects actual research practice and provides methodologi...

Compelling Criminal Justice Communications motivates and assists criminal justice students to produce compelling written and oral communications. This text provides comprehensive coverage of the concrete principles involved in the production of compelling writings and briefings about crime, accompanied by both end-of-chapter review and writing exercises. The contents include broad coverage and consideration of academic as well as professiona...

In today's complex workplace, no one wants to read what you write. The Essentials of Technical Communication, Fifth Edition, was developed with this principle in mind. The respected author team continues to provide students with accessible and comprehensive instructions for planning, drafting, and revising technical documents that are clear and concise.

Contemporary and accessible, Inside Canadian Politics provides a fresh perspective on the institutions and issues at the heart of our political system. This text explores key concepts and topics in Canadian politics from federalism, regionalism, Indigeneity, and diversity, to the party system, media and political communication, and elections. Each chapter invites students to debate and discuss the effectiveness of government mechanisms in the dai...

Written by the most influential scholars in International Relations, the sixth edition of this bestselling textbook provides a lively introduction to all the major theories of International Relations and draws on case studies to show how theory can help explain the dynamics of world politics.

The most trusted and thought-provoking introduction to employment relations, examining key employee relations issues from a critical perspective.

Introduction to Criminology: A Brief Edition provides students with coverage of core concepts supported by student-tested pedagogical tools that promote student engagement, thought-provoking classroom discussions, and critical-thinking skills.

Lean, Ethical Business Communication focuses on five key elements of business communication - strategy, content, outcome, presentation, and ethics ("S.C.O.P.E."). Through a series of case studies, students learn to apply this five-point focus to the complex communication challenges that they are likely to encounter in their future careers, including applying for a job, sending routine business messages, creating formal reports and presentati...

Now in its tenth edition, Media and Communication in Canada continues to provide a comprehensive introduction to the study of media and communication in today’s society. Thoroughly revised and updated, this authoritative guide explores the shifting nature of media and communication systems by examining traditional and new media, and a wealth of current media issues and trends. Highlighting historical and social contexts, theoretical perspectives,...

Microelectronic Circuits by Sedra and Smith has educated over a million students worldwide.  Respected equally as a teaching text and reference, "Sedra/Smith" remains the best text for helping students progress from circuit analysis to circuit design, developing design skills and insights that are essential to successful practice in the field. Significantly revised, slimmed down, and updated with the latest innovations, this edition also con...

Scientific Writing and Communication: Papers, Proposals, and Presentations is an "all-in-one" handbook that covers the areas of scientific communication that a student, researcher, or scientist needs to know and to master in order to successfully promote his or her research and career. Written in an accessible and easy-to-understand manner, the book begins with several chapters on the basics of the scientific writing style. It then builds on thes...

PLEASE NOTE: Understanding Human Communication 15e is available in the Oxford Insight courseware platform. All instructor and student resources are included in Oxford Insight.

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Written in a conversational style, this book introduces students to the foundations of intercultural communication, a vibrant discipline within the field. Authors Stella Ting-Toomey and Leeva Chung take a multicontextual, inclusive approach that balances international and intercultural communication issues against U.S. domestic diversity issues. In addition to emphasizing a value-oriented perspective on intercultural encounters, the text contains...

Victimology examines the causes in impacts on crime on victims, as well as the responses to crime on a both society and legal level. As the most comprehensive study of victimization from a Canadian perspective, Victimology outlines the ways in which victims are created, defined, measured, understood, and supported in Canada today. Through an exploration of classic and contemporary theory, paired with an examination of Canadian research data and s...

Designed for undergraduate readers, Canadian Environmental Policy and Politics, fifth edition, is an innovative look at cutting-edge issues in the field that will appeal equally to students, researchers, and practitioners of environmental policy.

Bringing together nineteen contributed selections by researchers and practitioners in the field, this accessible introduction examines the many ways social policy impacts our lives. Featuring case examples, international comparisons, and case studies on policy change throughout, the text illustrates how the study of social policy is a crucial dimension of all social work practice.

This compact version of Canada's most trusted guide to research, writing, and documentation offers advice that is guaranteed to help writers of all skill levels master the writing process. With streamlined discussions of composition, grammar and style, spelling and punctuation, research practices, and a fully updated documentation section, this is an essential reference for all students.

Case studies offer students the opportunity to explore critical incidents and develop effective strategies for resolution. Featuring the exclusive, real-life case studies of top communication scholars, Case Studies for Organizational Communication: Understanding Communication Processes, Third Edition, employs a unique applied approach that allows students to use their knowledge of organizational communication to analyze typical organizational pro...

This streamlined version of Canada's most trusted guide to research, writing, and documentation delivers invaluable advice on every aspect of the writing process, from composing a sentence to producing a full-length research paper.

International Relations Since 1945 is a comprehensive introduction to the global history of International Relations. The text has been fully updated for the third edition and features three new chapters covering Brexit, Trump, the rise of major powers in the Middle East, and the Syrian war.

As the most authoritative and comprehensive overview of international relations in the Middle East, this highly respected textbook is designed to help students get to grips with this important and challenging subject area. A team of expert scholars combines a history of the region with analysis of key themes, actors, developments, and conflicts, to expose students to a wide range of perspectives and approaches and encourage them to think critical...

Labor and Legality is an ethnographic account of the lives of ten undocumented workers in Chicago, originally published in 2010. The book seeks to push past one-dimensional rhetoric and show that undocumented workers are neither mere victims nor criminals, but complicated people engaged in workaday struggles to make their lives better. The book follows these men through their daily routines and records their efforts to improve their fortunes and ...

The bestselling history of modern Japan, now with increased coverage of culture and the environment.

Adapted to better meet the needs of American college students, The Oxford Latin Course, College Edition, retains its trademark reading-based approach, but does so now in two companion volumes–Readings and Vocabulary and Grammar, Exercises, Context–that cover all of the topics essential to a first-year Latin course. The College Edition features a streamlined organization; additional and more robust grammar explanations; revised cartoon...

Thoroughly revised to address a variety of contemporary issues, Social Problems: A Canadian Perspective uses diverse voices to take a concise, intersectional approach that encourages students to be active, engaged citizens in the pursuit of understanding and solving Canada’s—and the world’s—social problems. The book discusses and applies a range of theoretical perspectives – including structural-functionalism, conflict theory, symbolic interactio...

The most practically focused guide for first year psychology students, created to give them the skills and confidence they need to begin their undergraduate studies.

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Youth Justice offers an engaging and comprehensive introduction to youth crime and deviance in Canada. Written by experts from across the country to offer a range of perspectives on the patterns, theories, and emerging topics related to youth justice, this text blends empirical research with critical analysis while incorporating youth voices throughout. The book features a wide variety of chapters exploring unique areas in Canadian youth justice,...

American Criminal Procedure Today

Canadian Criminal Law and the Criminal Code is laid out to mirror the process by which each player in court (i.e. the accused, crown and judiciary) moves through the justice system chronologically, from pre-trial procedures through defences and sentencing. Key sections of the Criminal Code are included throughout and brought to life through contemporary case studies and compelling discussion questions aimed towards engaging the students fully wit...

Child and Family Practice: A Relational Perspective, Second Edition, presents important guidelines and principles for social workers and helping professionals working with children, their families, and service-providing organizations. Grounded in the traditional social work theories of relationship, this new edition underscores three core concepts of reflexivity, relational connection, and evidence-guided knowledge. Cohen Konrad's goal is to help...

This concise, accessible introduction to criminology explores how crime is defined, measured, and controlled within a Canadian context. In-depth and well-balanced, the text covers the fundamentals of the discipline before exploring sociological and non-sociological explanations of crime, criminological theory, social inequality and crime, organizational crime, and intersections between the law and the criminal justice system.

Introduction to Criminal Justice: A Brief Edition 2e provides students with a mainstream table of contents and critical perspective, supported by boxed features to promote engaging and thought-provoking classroom discussions. The text includes extensive pedagogical tools to help students succeed and develop critical thinking skills.

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The most accessible, succinct introduction to the principal international relations theories, with an emphasis on how theory can be used to analyse key global issues.

Students are drawn to topics of urgent sociological concern by a need to both understand the forces that shape their world, and their desire to make the world better. It can be challenging, however, for students to link sociological concepts with real-world applications. Living Sociologically: Concepts and Connections, Concise Edition with Acrobatiq Adaptive Learning helps students make those connections. This brief, engaging and accessible text ...

Engaging, up-to-date, and accessible, Mediated Communication & You introduces you to crucial questions and issues in media use, the possible negative effects of media, and theories and research on mediated communication.

Filled with classic and contemporary examples and engaging stories, Organizational Communication teaches students how to apply theory in diverse real-world contexts including government, small or family-run businesses, nonprofits, and entrepreneurship. This book considers the increasingly global and mediated communication in organizations to present a highly readable and engaging introduction to the field for twenty-first century students.

Perspectives on Community-Based Corrections is a concise introductory text for students wishing to gain insight into community-based corrections. This text offers past experiences from practitioners, researchers, and individuals under community-based supervision, intending to provide students with a complete understanding of the environment. Along with extensive pedagogical tools, online resources, such as an Instructor's Manual, Test bank, and a...

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Phylogenetic Trees Made Easy, Fifth Edition leads the reader, step by step, through identifying and acquiring the sequences to be included in a tree, aligning the sequences, estimating the tree by one of several methods, and drawing the tree for presentatio...

The only text to focus on study and communication skills specifically for chemistry students.

In Mixed Company combines theory, applications, and current research on small group communication in a conversational and engaging style. It is a comprehensive text and has been the market leading small group communication text for the last several editions.

The most commonly read introduction to the field, Mass Communication Theory has introduced thousands of young scholars to the discipline over two decades. Accessible, balanced, and clearly written, this book provides a complete history of mass communication theory to the present with thorough and effective coverage of both social science and cultural theory.

The Oxford History of Western Music, College Edition, Second Edition, immerses students in the engaging story of the Western musical tradition. By emphasizing the connections among works, both within each cultural era and across time and place, the text goes beyond a basic retelling of the music's history to build students' ability to listen critically to key works.

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Quantitative Research Methods for Communication: A Hands-On Approach is a comprehensive and engaging guide to quantitative research. Drawing on their extensive research and teaching experience in the field of communication, authors Jason S. Wrench, Candice Thomas-Maddox, Virginia Peck Richmond, and James C. McCroskey encourage students to take an active, hands-on role in the learning process. After giving students the tools they need to locate, c...

A comprehensive history of the Civil War based on fresh research, written by an eminent scholar, and complemented by digital learning resources designed expressly for college students.

Digital Strategies: Data-Driven Public Relations, Marketing, and Advertising enables advanced understanding of the social web and how emerging technologies deliver new capabilities.

To captivate students' attention and stimulate their imaginations, Modern Digital and Analog Communication, Sixth Edition, places strong emphasis on connecting fundamental concepts of communication theory to students' daily experiences of communication technologies. The text provides highly relevant information on the operation and features of wireless cellular systems, Wi-Fi access, broadband Internet services, and more.