EBookClubs

Read Books & Download eBooks Full Online

EBookClubs

Read Books & Download eBooks Full Online

Book Patterns of Urban Residential Settlement Among Canada s First Nations Communities

Download or read book Patterns of Urban Residential Settlement Among Canada s First Nations Communities written by Maxim, Paul S and published by London : Population Studies Centre, University of Western Ontario. This book was released on 2000 with total page 42 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Saskatchewan

    Book Details:
  • Author : Bernard D. Thraves
  • Publisher : University of Regina Press
  • Release : 2007
  • ISBN : 9780889771895
  • Pages : 552 pages

Download or read book Saskatchewan written by Bernard D. Thraves and published by University of Regina Press. This book was released on 2007 with total page 552 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Saskatchewan: Geographic Perspectives is Saskatchewan's first comprehensive geography textbook. Its major sections cover these themes: Physical Geography, Historical and Cultural Geography, Population and Settlement, and Economic Geography. Eighteen chapters provide an excellent overview of the province from a variety of geographic perspectives, while twenty-nine focus studies explore specific topics in depth ... presents the work of forty-three scholars and is well-illustrated, with more than 150 figures, 70 tables, and over 60 full-colour plates. It also includes full reference lists and a comprehensive index. Although prepared specifically for use in post-secondary geography programs, this book is also appropriate for high school research projects and for anyone interested in the many facets of this vast and varied province."--Googlebooks.

Book New Communities in Canadian Urban Settlements

Download or read book New Communities in Canadian Urban Settlements written by Canada. Ministry of State For Urban Affairs. Settlement Patterns Directorate and published by . This book was released on 1978 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Aboriginal Conditions

    Book Details:
  • Author : Jerry P. White
  • Publisher : UBC Press
  • Release : 2011-11-01
  • ISBN : 0774840552
  • Pages : 314 pages

Download or read book Aboriginal Conditions written by Jerry P. White and published by UBC Press. This book was released on 2011-11-01 with total page 314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Aimed at three main constituencies - Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal social scientists, government and Aboriginal policymakers, and Aboriginal communities - the book has multiple purposes. First, it presents findings from recent research, with the goal of advancing research agenda, and stimulating positive social development. Second, it encourages greater links between the social scientific and external research communities and demonstrates the kind of research needed as a foundation for public policy. Finally, it acts as a guide to research methods for Aboriginal communities and organizations, and promotes cooperation between researchers and Aboriginal peoples in an effort to ensure that research decisions serve both groups equally. A vital addition to public policy and Native studies, Aboriginal Conditions will be welcomed by social scientists, policymakers, and academics working in these fields.

Book Home in the City

    Book Details:
  • Author : Alan B. Anderson
  • Publisher : University of Toronto Press
  • Release : 2013-09-20
  • ISBN : 1442662247
  • Pages : 473 pages

Download or read book Home in the City written by Alan B. Anderson and published by University of Toronto Press. This book was released on 2013-09-20 with total page 473 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During the past several decades, the Aboriginal population of Canada has become so urbanized that today, the majority of First Nations and Métis people live in cities. Home in the City provides an in-depth analysis of urban Aboriginal housing, living conditions, issues, and trends. Based on extensive research, including interviews with more than three thousand residents, it allows for the emergence of a new, contemporary, and more realistic portrait of Aboriginal people in Canada’s urban centres. Home in the City focuses on Saskatoon, which has both one of the highest proportions of Aboriginal residents in the country and the highest percentage of Aboriginal people living below the poverty line. While the book details negative aspects of urban Aboriginal life (such as persistent poverty, health problems, and racism), it also highlights many positive developments: the emergence of an Aboriginal middle class, inner-city renewal, innovative collaboration with municipal and community organizations, and more. Alan B. Anderson and the volume’s contributors provide an important resource for understanding contemporary Aboriginal life in Canada.

Book Environment   Planning

Download or read book Environment Planning written by and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 784 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Population Mobility and Indigenous Peoples in Australasia and North America

Download or read book Population Mobility and Indigenous Peoples in Australasia and North America written by Martin Bell and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2003-12-25 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Focusing on the four 'New World' countries - Australia, New Zealand, Canada and the United States - this book explores key themes and issues in indigenous mobility.

Book Urban Indigenous Peoples and Migration

Download or read book Urban Indigenous Peoples and Migration written by United Nations Human Settlements Programme and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The material originates from an international Expert Group Meeting on Urban Indigenous Peoples and Migration held in Santiago, Chile, March 27-29, 2007. It seeks to provide a comprehensive analysis of migration by indigenous peoples into urban areas from a human rights and a gender perspective. In this work, particular attention is paid to the varying nature of rural-urban migration around the world, and its impact on quality of life and rights of urban indigenous peoples, particularly youth and women."--Publisher's description.

Book Housing  Homelessness  and Social Policy in the Urban North

Download or read book Housing Homelessness and Social Policy in the Urban North written by Julia Christensen and published by University of Toronto Press. This book was released on 2024-01-31 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Housing, Homelessness, and Social Policy in the Urban North brings together leading scholars on northern urban housing across the Canadian North, Alaska, and Greenland. Through various case studies, the contributors examine the ways in which housing insecurity and homelessness provide a critical lens on the social dimensions of northern urbanization. They also present key considerations in the development of effective and sustainable social policy for these areas. The book kickstarts a conversation between multiple stakeholders from different cultural and national regions across the North American north. It asks key questions including these: What are the common problems of, and responses to, housing insecurity and homelessness across these northern regions? Is a single definition of “homelessness” even possible, or desirable? And if not, can a shared language around how to end the housing crisis and homelessness in our northern regions still occur? The contributors explore how experiences of northern towns and cities inform an overall understanding of urban forms and processes in the contemporary world, and speak directly to the emerging body of literature on cities. Highlighting key limitations to federal, state, and provincial policy, Housing, Homelessness, and Social Policy in the Urban North raises important implications for developing policy that is responsive to northern realities.

Book Indigenous in the City

Download or read book Indigenous in the City written by Evelyn Peters and published by UBC Press. This book was released on 2013-04-22 with total page 430 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Research on Indigenous issues rarely focuses on life in major metropolitan centres. Instead, there is a tendency to frame rural and remote locations as emblematic of authentic or “real” Indigeneity and as central to the survival of Indigenous cultures and societies. While such a perspective may support Indigenous struggles for territory and recognition as distinct peoples, it fails to account for large swaths of contemporary Indigenous realities, not the least of which is the increased presence of Indigenous people and communities in cities. The chapters in this volume explore the implications of urbanization on the production of distinctive Indigenous identities in Canada, the United States, New Zealand, and Australia. Instead of viewing urban experiences in terms of assimilation and social and cultural disruption, this book demonstrates the resilience, creativity, and complexity of the urban Indigenous presence, both in Canada and internationally.

Book Canada  the State of the Federation 2003

Download or read book Canada the State of the Federation 2003 written by Michael Murphy and published by School of Policy Studies Queen's University. This book was released on 2005 with total page 440 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An examination of federal reform and Aboriginal-state relations.

Book Canadian Geography

    Book Details:
  • Author : Thomas A. Rumney
  • Publisher : Scarecrow Press
  • Release : 2009-12-10
  • ISBN : 0810867184
  • Pages : 801 pages

Download or read book Canadian Geography written by Thomas A. Rumney and published by Scarecrow Press. This book was released on 2009-12-10 with total page 801 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Canadian Geography: A Scholarly Bibliography is a compendium of published works on geographical studies of Canada and its various provinces. It includes works on geographical studies of Canada as a whole, on multiple provinces, and on individual provinces. Works covered include books, monographs, atlases, book chapters, scholarly articles, dissertations, and theses. The contents are organized first by region into main chapters, and then each chapter is divided into sections: General Studies, Cultural and Social Geography, Economic Geography, Historical Geography, Physical Geography, Political Geography, and Urban Geography. Each section is further sub-divided into specific topics within each main subject. All known publications on the geographical studies of Canada—in English, French, and other languages—covering all types of geography are included in this bibliography. It is an essential resource for all researchers, students, teachers, and government officials needing information and references on the varied aspects of the environments and human geographies of Canada.

Book Indigenous in the City

Download or read book Indigenous in the City written by Evelyn Peters and published by UBC Press. This book was released on 2013-04-15 with total page 429 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Research on Indigenous issues rarely focuses on life in major metropolitan centres. Instead, there is a tendency to frame rural locations as emblematic of authentic or “real” Indigeneity. While such a perspective may support Indigenous struggles for territory and recognition, it fails to account for large swaths of contemporary Indigenous realities, including the increased presence of Indigenous people in cities. The contributors to this volume explore the implications of urbanization on the production of distinctive Indigenous identities in Canada, the US, New Zealand, and Australia. In doing so, they demonstrate the resilience, creativity, and complexity of the urban Indigenous presence, both in Canada and internationally.

Book The Dynamics of Ethnic Residential Patterns in the Toronto Census Metropolitan Area

Download or read book The Dynamics of Ethnic Residential Patterns in the Toronto Census Metropolitan Area written by Marinel Mandres and published by National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada. This book was released on 1999 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Responding to contemporary urban changes and increasing social complexities, this research endeavours to determine whether recently arrived immigrants still follow residential configurations as prescribed by traditional urban ecological models or whether ethnic groups are displaying a new dispersed (i.e. 'shot gun') domiciliary pattern characterized by enclave scattering. A new conceptual model describing various spatial outcomes relative to primary destinations of initial immigrant settlement and subsequent relocation is developed according to propositions discussed in the literature review. Subsequent statistical analyses focus upon the hypothesized post-1980 areal placement of six ethnic groups (Greek, Jewish, Multiethnic, Aboriginal, Chinese, and Jamaican) using the British as the reference population within the Toronto Census Metropolitan Area. Three dimensions of residential differentiation (evenness, centralization, and concentration) are measured and selected thematic crosstabulations generated primarily from 1981 to 1991 Census data to ascertain whether anticipated distributional trends have materialized or traditional ones persist. Most ethnic communities maintain intermediate and relatively stable levels of residential similarity, concentration, and centralization with recent immigrants exhibiting a somewhat higher degree of residential integration. An incremental yet definite decentralization trend is noted among most ethnic groups. Centralization and concentration levels according to immigration period, mobility status (external migrants) and ethnic origin by admission interval diminish with increased time since entering Canada. The latest entrants, however, are marginally more centralized than previous arrivals. Cartographic representations of concentration patterns reveal ethnic variation with sectoral (Jews), nodal (Greek and Chinese), scattered (Aboriginal and Jamaican), and even aterritorial (Multiethnic) arrangements being the most prevalent ones by different communities. Recent arrivals consistently register high concentration values in census tracts that are increasingly more dispersed between 1981 and 1991. Entering the metropolitan area via secondary ethnic enclaves or new outer suburban and multicultural ports of entry, the latest intakes display less predictable localization configurations which are collectively characterized by clutter dispersion. The analysis of selected mobility, tenure, and socio-economic variables indicates that non-movers prevail amid nearly all ethnic units as well as the latest immigrant arrivals. Dwelling ownership is prevalent among ethnic collectivities while rental housing more typical of visible minorities and new admissions irrespective of ethnicity. Suburban residency is partially an outcome of chain migration but more so of educational achievement and household income level. The dynamic nature of urban form is proposed as an alternative contextual environment in which to explain ethnic and immigrant residential distribution. Since newcomers mainly rent during the immediate post-arrival phase, the shifting location and dispersion of affordable housing, especially apartment clusters, was examined and found to correspond with and influence points of initial settlement. Immigration policy development was also examined to relate its impact upon the sources and types of newcomers entering urban areas. Revisions were then made to the conceptual model such that it reflects the increasing complexity of ethnic habitation configurations within and immigrant entry into metropolitan areas. In conclusion, it can be affirmed that ethnic and immigrant areal apportionments are increasingly complex, less predictable, and geographically dispersed. The 'shot gun' pattern, although overall quite representative, is less evident among ethnic groups when native- and foreign-born constituents are collectively considered. It is most obvious when immigrants are assessed by arrival period. Overall, measurements of the aforementioned dimensions confirm the emergence of a fragmented multicultural spatial mosaic.

Book Challenging Choices

    Book Details:
  • Author : Erika Dyck
  • Publisher : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
  • Release : 2020-11-18
  • ISBN : 0228004411
  • Pages : pages

Download or read book Challenging Choices written by Erika Dyck and published by McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP. This book was released on 2020-11-18 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Between the decriminalization of contraception in 1969 and the introduction of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms in 1982, a landmark decade in the struggle for women's rights, public discourse about birth control and family planning was transformed. At the same time, a transnational conversation about the "population bomb" that threatened global famine caused by overpopulation embraced birth control technologies for a different set of reasons, revisiting controversial ideas about eugenics, heredity, and degeneration. In Challenging Choices Erika Dyck and Maureen Lux argue that reproductive politics in 1970s Canada were shaped by competing ideologies on global population control, poverty, personal autonomy, race, and gender. For some Canadians the 1970s did not bring about an era of reproductive liberty but instead reinforced traditional power dynamics and paternalistic structures of authority. Dyck and Lux present case studies of four groups of Canadians who were routinely excluded from progressive, reformist discourse: Indigenous women and their communities, those with intellectual and physical disabilities, teenage girls, and men. In different ways, each faced new levels of government regulation, scrutiny, or state intervention as they negotiated their reproductive health, rights, and responsibilities in the so-called era of sexual liberation. While acknowledging the reproductive rights gains that were made in the 1970s, the authors argue that the legal changes affected Canadians differently depending on age, social position, gender, health status, and cultural background. Illustrating the many ways to plan a modern family, these case studies reveal how the relative merits of life and choice were pitted against each other to create a new moral landscape for evaluating classic questions about population control.

Book The Handbook of Contemporary Indigenous Architecture

Download or read book The Handbook of Contemporary Indigenous Architecture written by Elizabeth Grant and published by Springer. This book was released on 2018-06-26 with total page 1001 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ​This Handbook provides the first comprehensive international overview of significant contemporary Indigenous architecture, practice, and discourse, showcasing established and emerging Indigenous authors and practitioners from Australia, Aotearoa New Zealand, the Pacific Islands, Canada, USA and other countries. It captures the breadth and depth of contemporary work in the field, establishes the historical and present context of the work, and highlights important future directions for research and practice. The topics covered include Indigenous placemaking, identity, cultural regeneration and Indigenous knowledges. The book brings together eminent and emerging scholars and practitioners to discuss and compare major projects and design approaches, to reflect on the main issues and debates, while enhancing theoretical understandings of contemporary Indigenous architecture.The book is an indispensable resource for scholars, students, policy makers, and other professionals seeking to understand the ways in which Indigenous people have a built tradition or aspire to translate their cultures into the built environment. It is also an essential reference for academics and practitioners working in the field of the built environment, who need up-to-date knowledge of current practices and discourse on Indigenous peoples and their architecture.

Book Investing in Place

Download or read book Investing in Place written by Sean Markey and published by UBC Press. This book was released on 2012-08-01 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The future of northern British Columbia, a vast, resource-rich region of vibrant cultures and diverse communities, could be either driven by a narrow economic agenda or guided by innovative, place-based solutions that seek to build viable communities and resilient local and regional economies. Investing in Place is about creating the foundations for renewing northern British Columbia’s rural and small-town economies. Markey, Halseth, and Manson argue that renewal is not about nostalgic reliance on the policies and economic strategies of the past – rather, it is about building a pragmatic and innovative vision for development, one that acknowledges both the opportunities and the challenges posed by resource development and global and technological change. For policy-makers and residents alike the path to renewal lies in place-based development, which consists of people working together at all levels of the community and region to take advantage of local opportunities in a sustainable, responsible way.