Canadians are deeply worried about wait times for health care. Entrepreneurial doctors and private clinics are bringing Charter challenges to existing laws restrictive of a two-tier system. They argue that Canada is an outlier among developed countries in limiting options to jump the queue.This book explores whether a two-tier model is a solution.In Is Two-Tier Health Care the Future?, leading researchers explore the public and private mix in Canada, Australia, Germany, Fra...

'In the very top tier of spy fiction' M.W. Craven ONLINE HATE BECOMES REAL When a renegade British officer steals plans for a high-tech weapon that could plunge whole cities into darkness, elite MI6 hacker Brigitte Sharp is sent to get them back. But her mission goes badly wrong. Meanwhile a 'deepfake' video of a senior US politician calling for race war in Europe sends a flood of Americans to join neofascist militias on the continent. The Russians nurse a ruthless grudge against a fugitiv...

Forget about Lisbeth Salander... here comes Brigitte SharpIn The Exphoria Code, MI6 officer and elite hacker Brigitte Sharp foiled a terror attack on London that used stolen military drone software to deliver a 'dirty bomb'.Now Bridge is back, battling a series of hacks and ransom-ware attacks, masterminded by a hacker known only as 'Tempus', who is targeting politicians and government officials with impunity.Discovering that this campaign ...

VERZEIH MIR UND KÜSS MICH von HILDY JOHNSTONStella ist entsetzt: Der attraktive Massimo Minardi will die traditionsreiche Schuh-Manufaktur ihres verstorbenen Mannes vernichten! Umso weniger versteht sie, warum sie Massimo trotz seines finsteren Plans unwiderstehlich findet und heimlich von seinen Küssen träumt …NEUANFANG UNTER DEN STERNEN DES SÜDENS von THERESE BEHARRIEEine Tragödie hat ihre Ehe zerstört. Doch jetzt muss Mila mit ihrem Ex-Mann Jordan sechs Wochen auf ...

In order to better understand opportunities, challenges and innovations in doctoral education, we argue for further work and greater focus on the impact of the reform over the last two decades on the quality and characteristics of research training. In particular we call for a focus on policy, governance and management, the impact of the changes at program level and how the structuring and professionalization of doctoral education affects the supervisor-supervisee relationship. Many of the...