Humanities & Social Sciences

Group Work: Assessment, Intervention, Evaluation, is a valuable resource for all social workers, social service workers, and others in the helping ...

The essence of sociology lies in the sociological imagination. Sociology in Action: A Canadian Perspective, Third Edition, articulates the importan...

Griffiths’ Canadian Criminal Justice: A Primer provides a succinct yet thorough introduction to the dynamic and complex Canadian criminal justice s...

The sixth edition of Observing Young Children continues to focus on promoting and encouraging pedagogically sound observation and documentation pra...

Criminal Law in Canada is a core introductory text intended to give students the practical understanding of criminal law that they require to becom...

For more than 30 years, Canadian Politics: Critical Approaches has presented the reality of Canadian government and politics in a comprehensive yet...

Criminology: A Canadian Perspective is written for students taking an introductory criminology course. Criminology: A Canadian Perspective provides...

New Society is an introductory sociology textbook overseen and edited by bestselling author Robert Brym, with contributed chapters by 15 well-respe...

In this new fifth edition of Social Welfare in Canadian Society, author Rosalie Chappell provides a critical look at chronic and emerging social is...

Canadian Law: An Introduction, seventh edition, is a core text for the Introduction to Canadian Law courses found in universities and colleges. It ...

A perfect companion for any literature course, A Method for Writing Essays about Literature Third Edition is designed to help students understand h...

Work, Industry, and Canadian Society provides a sociological introduction to the history, nature, organization, and management of work in Canada. T...

The new edition of Canadian Police Work has been updated to reflect the most contemporary issues facing policing today while giving students a deta...

Police services across the country have undertaken major organizational reforms, significantly altering the structure and delivery of policing serv...

Now in its fourth edition, Making Math Meaningful continues to provide teachers with insight on how to make mathematics make sense to students. Com...

Now available in a second edition, Writing for Canadian Health Professionals was the first of its kind in terms of student accessibility, Canadian ...

A thorough introduction to research processes and their role in the effective management of human resources. Suitable for students of HR management...

Canadian Corrections, Fifth Edition, is designed to provide a comprehensive overview of the dynamics of corrections in Canada, and to explores the ...

The focus of this text on ethical decision-making reflects the reality of practice in human services where we are increasingly faced with complex a...

As the 21st century unfolds, the study of aging will increase in importance. Canada’s population will have more older people than ever before. Thes...

Partnerships: Families and Communities in Early Childhood, Sixth Canadian Edition, is designed to encourage the development of authentic, meaningfu...

Everyone has a role to play in identifying and responding to child abuse and family violence. This book is written for professionals and paraprofes...

This second edition of Public Administration in Canada tackles the current and emerging trends, the changing and evolving institutions of governmen...

Designed to meet the needs of today’s students by presenting a uniquely positive perspective on aging, Adult Development and Aging, The Canadian Ex...

Action and Analysis: Readings in Sociology of Gender challenges readers to explore gender from varied perspectives within a sociological context. ...

How far have we come in 100 years of juvenile justice? Have we changed our thinking about youth crime and our responses to it? To address these br...

Criminal Justice in Canada, A Reader is celebrating its 20th Anniversary! The new 6th edition Reader is a collection of primarily introductory leve...

Ways of Knowing is unique in that it emerges from the author’s deep engagement with the questions his students asked over the years as he taught th...

Written for Canadians, by Canadians, Our Society provides students with an up-to-date analysis of the major diversities that characterize Canadian ...

Checkmate: A Writing Reference for Canadians guides students through the writing process of composition, from brainstorming to final revision. This...

Read, Think, Write: Strategies for Essay Writing is a fresh and authoritative book created for the essay-level composition course. Lifting the curt...

World Religions: Canadian Perspectives--Eastern Traditions provides students with a solid introduction to the study of world religions and highligh...

Ohreen’s An Introduction to Philosophy is a one-semester anthology intended to bring the relevance of philosophical issues to light for students in...

A brief handbook written with applied science and technology students in mind, The Thomson Nelson Guide to Report Writing is an ideal companion in ...

Crosscurrents: International Relations is a text that can turn a classroom into a forum for debate and discussion. With its lively and effective Ye...

The third book in the Focus On . . . series, this text teaches the essentials of composition, revision, and proofreading. It builds one lesson upon...

Braving the New World, fourth edition features a selection of readings that provide a stimulating discussion of topics most often covered in the in...

In Viewpoints we present a collection of articles suitable for introductory Canadian history tutorials. Based on Readings in Canadian History: Pre-...

This casebook was conceived as a vehicle for introducing students to a select number of judicial decisions that have played a substantial role in s...

The editor’s choice Post-Confederation volume of Visions brings together 12 pre-selected modules that tackle topics within Canadian history. This ...

Fiction/Non-Fiction: A Reader and Rhetoric acquaints students with the basic principles of good writing and is organized in three parts: Part One d...

Health, Illness and Health Care in Canada, 4/e features contributors from all over the country, addressing the widest possible range of perspective...

Written by Gary Parkinson and Robert Drislane, the Nelson Criminology Dictionary is a compact and inexpensive glossary of common criminological ter...

Bonne route!, a longtime favourite of students and instructors, is now in a new, updated, andrefreshed edition.The only four-colour Canadian text f...

Crosscurrents: International Development, first edition expands Thomson Nelson's already broad and successful Crosscurrents series. This text provi...

Drawing on the successful Checkmate series at Nelson, The Checkmate Guide to Research and Documentation is a brief handbook covering the basics of ...

Open Country: Canadian Literature in English: Canadian Short Fiction is a contemporary showcase of the country’s writing. The collection includes e...