In their own voices :

"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." -- Provided by Publisher

Call Number: 
E78 .M25 S54 2006
Title Responsibility: 
by Jim Silver ; with Joan Hay ... [et al.]
Author Information: 
Jim Silver is a professor in the Department of Urban and Inner-City Studies at the University of Winnipeg. He is a founding member of the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives - Manitoba. Joan Hay is a Community Helper / Emergency Services Worker at the Ma Mawi Wi Chi Itata Centre (Mamawi), a non-profit Aboriginal social services agency. She is also a community representative on the board at the University of Winnipeg Community Renewal Corporation, a member of the Manitoba human rights commission, and the chair and founding member of Inner City Aboriginal Neighbours (I-CAN). Darlene Klyne works for the youth of the north end Winnipeg community in her role at CEDA-Pathways to Education Program-Winnipeg. Parvin Ghorayshi is Professor Emeritus in the Department of Sociology at the University of Winnipeg. Peter Gorzan is co-author with Jim Silver and Joan Hay of Aboriginal Involvement in Community Development: The Case of Winnipeg's Spence Neighbourhood (2004). Cyrial Keeper was a member of the House of Commons of Canada from 1980 to 1988, serving as a member of the New Democratic Party. Michael MacKenzie has co-authored various books and reports on poverty and economic policy, as well as ‘A Very Hostile System in Which to Live’: Aboriginal Electoral Participation in Winnipeg’s Inner City (2005) with Jim Silver and Cyril Keeper. Freeman Simard has co-authored Aboriginal Education in Winnipeg Inner City High Schools (2002) with Jim Silver, Kathy Mallett and Janice Greene.
Production Place: 
Black Point, N.S. :
Producer: 
Fernwood Pub.,
Production Date: 
c2006.
Band Tribe Geography Time: 
Multiple Nations
Recommended For: 
Research
Catalogue Key: 
5883035
Law Subject(s): 
Public Policy
Traditional Knowledge and Law
Table of Contents: 
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