Gifts
A gift or a present is an item given to someone without the expectation of payment or anything in return. An item is not a gift if that item is already owned by the one to whom it is given. Although gift-giving might involve an expectation of reciprocity, a gift is meant to be free. In many countries, the act of mutually exchanging money, goods, etc. may sustain social relations and contribute to social cohesion. Economists have elaborated the economics of gift-giving into the notion of a gift economy. By extension the term gift can refer to any item or …
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DRV: Durvile Publications · 20 April 2024 English
“The Ascenti AI Project” is about AI and Creativity. Ascenti: Humans Opening to AI book features a diverse group of professionals, known as “creatives,” who specialize in visual art, writing, …
tear, nor will they burn or wash away. These are gifts that can- not be owned, stolen, or sold. As we grow …
MEI: Montreal Economic Institute · 10 April 2024 English
Thanks to all of these activities, the MEI was To ensure the persistence of the principles that are mentioned 9,834 times in the media in 2023 (our 2nd the bedrock …
organization’s biggest our donors, whose philanthropic gifts we administer supporters from the very beginning …
RSC: Royal Society of Canada · 9 April 2024 English
The CIHR, NAPHRO and the Health Charities Coalition of Canada undertook discussions on the impacts, gaps, and opportunities in the Canadian health research landscape because of COVID-19 to identify areas …
memberships in associations, research funding, payments, gifts, gratuities, honoraria, advocacy, consulting, and …
UMP: University of Manitoba Press · 7 April 2024 English
“Inspiring, healing, and future-facing, this long overdue book gives us valuable new insights into the histories and identities of Métis people.”
Métis methodologies and analyses emerge chapter gifts that tell the stories of generational resilience … visitors we show our deepest respect. We bring gifts of tobacco, tea, cloth, honey, and jam. We open … tending to children, telling stories, and sharing our gifts, there is no time to be idle. We invite you to … There are many Métis historians with storytelling gifts who have written books. There is no shortage of …
First Nations Child and Family Caring Society of Canada · 5 April 2024 English
Implementing reforms to the FNCFS Program for First Nations not affiliated to an FNCFS agency will require the integration of: • Provincial/territorial service delivery and funding with First Nations receiving …
collaborating First Nations. IFSD wishes to recognize the gifts of knowledge shared by the First Nations. Their …
ARCC: Abortion Rights Coalition of Canada · 4 April 2024 English
In fact, the current definition comes from the 1891 English House of Lords decision, Pemsel.8 That case set out four categories of charitable purposes: (1) the relief of poverty, (2) …
activities, and qualifying disbursements through gifts to qualified donees or grants to non-qualified donees … receipts for donations that legally qualify as gifts. 4. Meet the annual spending requirement a. A registered … each year on its own charitable activities, or on gifts to qualified donees. 5. File the annual T3010 information … distribute official donation receipts and accept gifts from other charities; only a more limited subset …
UAP: University of Alberta Press · 2 April 2024 English
Indigenous Legalities, Pipeline Viscosities examines the relationship between the Wet’suwet’en and hydrocarbon pipeline development, showing how colonial governments and corporations seek to control Indigenous claims and how the Wet'suwet'en resist. …
Daly describes, “crests themselves are considered gifts of power from the life forces in the land to the … management of the yin tah. The distribution of gifts by the hosts of the balhats is central to reaffirming … by witnessing the proceedings and accepting the gifts, validate the authority of the hosts and verify … territorial connections. Other yikh reciprocate these gifts, holding feasts with their dïdikh that reaffirm … Wet’suwet’en yikh and dïdikh also acquired names as gifts from the Dakelh communities of the Cheslatta and …
FRHD: Freehand Books · 1 April 2024 English
From award-winning poet Catherine Owen, a collection of poems about one woman's journey from BC to a new life in Alberta, where she buys an old house and creates a …
way to woo you – I can’t say go out back, all my gifts are structure, entire. And then will I receive the … to take all types of poems within. 8 January Gifts, in the book box, aren’t limited to Christmas. When … noticing, bond. Over the next few months, occasional gifts appear: a mug writ Caticorn, two smooth crystals … from every available earth like unclassifiable gifts, determined to unlock small sunshines beneath the …
ICLEI - Local Governments for Sustainability Canada · 27 March 2024
The 2023 program themes were designed to help communities: 9 Increase the pace and scale of implementation of energy transition academic institutions and climate resilience initiatives at the represented local …
landfill is turned into products like beams, flooring, gifts, and furniture while byproducts are used for fuel …
AUP: Athabasca University Press · 26 March 2024 English
The story of Cape Breton presents an opportunity to reflect on how industrialization and deindustrialization have shaped human experiences. Contributors capture the vital elements of a region on the rural …
143– 62. Lane Jonah, Anne Marie. “Small Pleasures: Gifts and Trade in Personal Correspondence between France …
