Conspiracy

A conspiracy, also known as a plot, is a secret plan or agreement between persons (called conspirers or conspirators) for an unlawful or harmful purpose, such as murder or treason, especially with political motivation, while keeping their agreement secret from the public or from other people affected by it. In a political sense, conspiracy refers to a group of people united in the goal of usurping, altering or overthrowing an established political power. Depending on the circumstances, a conspiracy may also be a crime, or a civil wrong. The term generally implies wrongdoing or illegality on the part of the …

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MQUP: McGill-Queen's University Press · 12 November 2024 English

The COVID-19 virus was responsible for the deaths of over thirty-five thousand Canadians in its first two years alone. Described as the biggest public health crisis of the century, it …

coronaviruses. Initially these notions were dismissed as conspiracy theories; however, investigations into the matter


DDN: Dundurn Press · 29 October 2024 English

“Honest and insightful, a testament to Japanese Canadian resilience.” — KERRI SAKAMOTO, author of Floating CityWhen the North American dream meets traditional Japanese conformity, two cultures collide. Does the past …

during the Second World War led to an ongoing conspiracy of silence. Many survivors remained tight- lipped


MQUP: McGill-Queen's University Press · 15 October 2024 English

The Great Right North charts the growth of far-right groups in Canada, illuminating how official and unofficial government attention generates the context in which they flourish. Breaking new ground by …

most of the persons we contacted ad- here to conspiracy theories that characterize universities as institu- supremacist, racialist, religious, anti-immi- gration conspiracy theories and, in rare cases, left-wing references libertarianism, white supremacism, vigilantism, conspiracy theorists, survivalism, etc. (e.g. Sprinzak 1995; Lewis, the alt-right consisted of “an amalgam of conspiracy theorists, techno- libertarians, white nationalists


DDN: Dundurn Press · 8 October 2024 English

101 lesser-known stories to delight Canadian cinema and television fans. Do you know who was in the first on-screen nude scene in a Canadian feature film? Or which David Cronenberg …

The cause of his death was subject to many conspiracy theories, including death by mobsters, despite


MQUP: McGill-Queen's University Press · 1 October 2024 English

Oil workers are often typecast as rough: embodying the toxic masculinity, racism, consumerist excess, and wilful ignorance of the extractive industries and petrostates they work for. But their poetry troubles …

Prove on the Part of Those Indicated, A Complete Conspiracy Set Up by Them for the Purpose of Enslav- ing (framed, variously, as a debate, a crisis, a conspiracy, or a war) as centred on their work, their livelihoods


PMLQ: Parti marxiste-léniniste du Québec · 25 September 2024 English

In an operation which it calls an "open-ended battle of reckoning," it said these actions were carried out "in support of our steadfast Palestinian people and honorable Resistance in the …

the ruling elites are part of the U.S./Zionist conspiracy to wipe out the Resistance forces. It is important


MQUP: McGill-Queen's University Press · 15 September 2024 English

Ireland’s Great Famine produced Europe’s worst refugee crisis of the nineteenth century. More than 1.5 million people left Ireland, many ending up in Canada. Among the most vulnerable were nearly …

the diary was real and that there had been a conspiracy afoot to keep it hidden in an effort to deflect


DDN: Dundurn Press · 10 September 2024 English

“Chaiton's fearless and moving memoir is a precious gift to anyone who yearns for a better understanding of intergenerational trauma and the path to true liberation.” — JEANNE BEKER, author, …

provided perhaps the most cogent proof of a conspiracy against God I had yet uncovered. I became convinced


MediaSmarts · 5 September 2024 English

• Use: Create an informational media work • Understand: Analyze how algorithms and generative AI work • Engage: Evaluate the impacts of algorithms and generative AI on themselves and society …

interacted with the most, which means that hoaxes, conspiracy theories and misinformation often spread more


MQUP: McGill-Queen's University Press · 3 September 2024 English

In What Ukrainian Elections Taught Me about Democracy long-time election observer Jane Cooper recounts her experience monitoring a municipal election in Kirovohrad in 2015. Offering a framework for exploring what …

journalists that exposed US President Richard Nixon’s conspiracy to subvert the 1972 presidential election and


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