Home in the City : : Urban Aboriginal Housing and Living Conditions / / Alan B. Anderson.

• VerfasserIn: Anderson, Alan B.,
• MitwirkendeR: Anderson, Kirsten,
• Place / Publishing House: Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2017]; ©2012
• Year of Publication: 2017
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (472 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; List of Tables --; List of Acronyms --; 1. Introduction --; 2. Demographics --; 3. First Nations in the City --; 4. Neighbourhood Living --; 5. Family, Women, and Youth --; 6. Affordable Housing --; 7. Housing Providers --; 8. Special Needs and Housing Design in Urban Aboriginal Housing --; 9. Aboriginal Participation in Economic and Community Development and Homebuilding --; 10. Urban Reserves --; 11. Race Relations and Crime --; 12. Conclusion --; Home in the City: A Photographic Essay --; Bibliography --; Contributors --; Index
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9781442662230
• DOI: 10.3138/9781442662230
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Alan B. Anderson.

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 on 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.