A call to replace Canada’s incarceration model, which has proven destructive, discriminatory, expensive, counterproductive, and — most of all — unnecessary.Imprisonment developed
Nearing the end of a lifetime in the boreal forest, a retired forester writes a passionate plea for rational, science-based forest management.The boreal forest is constantly changing, often dramatical
Presents information about homelessness, including perceptions of homeless people, how homelessness affects children, and how people can help the homeless.
As Sir John A. Macdonald intended, the federal government must be recognized as the nation’s voice.Power matters. Power is the capacity to encourage and inspire. When expressed in a positive way, powe
Defence expert Kim Richard Nossal presents a damning case of defence procurement in Canada, and shows how to fix it.Defence procurement in Canada is a mess. New equipment is desperately needed for the
An unflinching analysis of one of the major issues of our time — the shift from criminalization to regulation of recreational drugs.“Permit but discourage” has become the central theme in regulating r
A bold call for a Canadian foreign policy that advances the basic freedoms which enable peace, stability, development, and security.What ends should a democratic country’s foreign policy serve? Avoidi
A catastrophic confrontation between Canada's so-called "settlers" and First Nations communities, fuelled by fundamental prejudices, misunderstandings, Canada's economic vulnerabilities, and the risin
Irresponsible Government examines the failure of modern elected representatives to hold the government to account, and the erosion of parliamentary principles, which has led to the power imbalances pl
In 2013 Canadians grew appalled at scandals involving prominent senators: resignations at highest levels, damning reports from independent auditing firms, a precedent-setting review of all Senate spen
預防醫學的一大進展，抗老化、防失智的生活指南科學研究證實，大腦退化不僅可以預防，還可以逆轉★Amazon 讀者4.4顆星好評。★橫跨：認知科學、心理學、腸道微生物學、營養學、運動學、性學等專業領域，是一本家庭必備、可隨時查詢的大腦保健生活百科。★每章有【開箱報報】大腦保健、健腦練習總整理。★雙色印刷將重點標示出來，使讀者能迅速掌握本書概要。★特別收錄：新冠病毒對大腦的傷害、修復與保健。大腦是我們最重要且最複雜的器官。它控制並協調我們的行動、思維和與周圍世界的互動。它是個性的源泉，構成了我們自我的感覺，並塑造了我們人類經驗的方方面面。然而，儘管認知能力下降是我們許多人最大的、長期的健康擔憂，但關於如何照顧我們大腦的實用知識卻仍然不多。科學證實，我們的人體―從11歲開始老化，35歲開始出現失智的現象過去幾十年來最深刻的啟示之一是，老化是一個終身的過程，它在人生的早期階段就開始了（大約11歲），我們身體的衰老速度不僅是有彈性的，而且主要是由我們控制的（DNA或遺傳只占25%）。基本上，我們可以控制自己的大腦老化，從而控制大腦的健康，方法是改變我們接觸的風險因素，比如飲食、運動、睡眠、性行為、酒精、咖啡、壓力、社會關係，以及我們如何使用大腦。本書作者詹姆斯．古德溫（Professor James Goodwin）是世界頂尖的腦科學及預防失智的專家，在這本具開創性的新書中，結合最新的科學研究，以簡單容易的練習，提供讀者關於運動、飲食、睡眠、社交生活等的簡單方法，告訴你如何避免某些陷阱，如：飲酒過量、睡眠不足、肥胖、孤僻、抽菸；幫助你瞭解如何保持敏銳，以及如何在歲月流逝中戰勝大腦衰退的跡象，而且這一切全由你自己來控制；本書將提供你專業知識，使你可以完好無損地度過一生，把腦力或性能的損失減到最少；從中年開始，心理健康會變得更好，並且大大降低包括失智症在內的疾病風險，輕鬆維持（甚至逆轉）大腦狀態，讓你常保年輕、思路清晰，健康慢老。投資大腦就像投資股票市場，最重要的不是投資的時刻，而是我們在股市上停留的時間。就腦力的訓練而言，重要的不是我們在某一天所做的事情，而是我們多年來每天所做的事情，它可以讓我們建立起良好生活方式的累積效應，就像複利一樣，在未來獲取加倍豐厚的利益！★每日生活的健腦小練習：｜社交｜▶▶ 我們是社會性動物，沒有社會接觸，受影響的不僅是我們的身體健康和幸福，我們的大腦
