Elizabeth Whitmore

 Elizabeth (Bessa) Whitmore is professor emerita at Carleton University’s School of Social Work. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Books by Elizabeth Whitmore

Seeds of Fire

Seeds of Fire

Social Development in the Era of Globalism

Elizabeth Whitmore, Maureen G. Wilson

Wilson and Whitmore, two activists with a history of “walking the talk” of working for social justice, offer a well researched, provocative wake up call for everyone concerned with the survival of democracy in the next millennium. Seeds of Fire inspires allies of popular movements for the work of the next century. -Patricia Maguire, Faculty of Education, Western New Mexico University. It balances theory with examples of what the authors call “accompaniment,” an engaged and… (more information)

Activism that Works

Activism that Works

Edited by Avery Calhoun, Elizabeth Whitmore, Maureen G. Wilson

How can we understand “success” in relation to social justice and environmental activism? How do activists themselves determine or define their effectiveness? Activism That Works shares the stories of eight diverse social justice movements, from Oxfam Canada, to the Calgary Raging Grannies, to the Youth Project of Halifax, as they contemplate their own successes. What we discover is that success is not measured only in large-scale social reform but is also found in moments of connection… (more information)