
In Their Own Voices
Building Urban Aboriginal Communities
Jim Silver(Author)
Fernwood Publishing Co Ltd
Published on 1. January 2006
Book
Paperback/Softback
190 pages
978-1-55266-191-8 (ISBN)
Description
In Their Own Voices is an examination of the urban Aboriginal experience, based on the voices of Aboriginal people. It is set in Winnipeg's inner city, but has implications for urban Aboriginal people across Canada. While not glossing over the problems that confront urban Aboriginal people, the book focuses primarily on innovative community-based solutions being created and run by and for urban Aboriginal people. Separate chapters examine Aboriginal involvement in community development, adult education and the mainstream political process. The concluding chapter, based on in-depth interviews with 26 experienced, Aboriginal community development workers, describes a well-defined and very sophisticated form of Aboriginal community development that is holistic and is rooted in traditional Aboriginal values of community and sharing. Out of their often harsh urban experience, Aboriginal people are defining and creating their own, innovative community-building strategies. In cities with significant Aboriginal populations, these strategies are the basis of a better future, for Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal people alike.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Black Point, Nova Scotia
Canada
Target group
College/higher education
Dimensions
Height: 23 mm
Width: 15 mm
Thickness: 2 mm
Weight
227 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-55266-191-8 (9781552661918)
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Person
Jim Silver is a professor emeritus at the University of Winnipeg and a research associate with the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives-Manitoba. He has published extensively on poverty and poverty-related issues - for example, social housing, street gangs, community development, and adult basic education.
Content
: Introduction: Urban Aboriginal People in Canada and Winnipeg
: In But Not Of: Aboriginal People in an Inner City Neighbourhood (with Joan Hay and Peter Gorzen)
: "The Tools You Need to Discover Who You Are": Aboriginal Learners in Adult Education Centres (with Darlene Klyne and Freeman Simard)
: "A Very Hostile System in Which to Live": Aboriginal Political Participation in Winnipeg's Inner City (with Cyril Keeper and Michael McKenzie)
: Sharing, Community and Decolonization: Urban Aboriginal Community Development (with Parvin Ghorayshi, Joan Hay and Darlene Klyne)
: In But Not Of: Aboriginal People in an Inner City Neighbourhood (with Joan Hay and Peter Gorzen)
: "The Tools You Need to Discover Who You Are": Aboriginal Learners in Adult Education Centres (with Darlene Klyne and Freeman Simard)
: "A Very Hostile System in Which to Live": Aboriginal Political Participation in Winnipeg's Inner City (with Cyril Keeper and Michael McKenzie)
: Sharing, Community and Decolonization: Urban Aboriginal Community Development (with Parvin Ghorayshi, Joan Hay and Darlene Klyne)