Julia Christensen, Sally Carraher, Travis Hedwig, Steven Arnfjord

Housing, Homelessness, and Social Policy in the Urban North

Herausgeber: Christensen, Julia; Hedwig, Travis; Carraher, Sally

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Produktbeschreibung

This book explores the myriad ways in which northern urban places foster new forms of community-building and social inclusion for people experiencing homelessness.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of Toronto Press
• Seitenzahl: 338
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. Januar 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 667g
• ISBN-13: 9781487551087
• ISBN-10: 1487551088
• Artikelnr.: 66278205

Autorenporträt

Julia Christensen is an associate professor of geography and planning at Queen’s University. Sally Carraher is an associate professor of anthropology at the University of Alaska Anchorage. Travis Hedwig is an associate professor of health sciences at the University of Alaska Anchorage. Steven Arnfjord is an associate professor of social work and the director of Ilisimatusarfik’s Centre for Arctic Welfare at the University of Greenland.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
Section One: The Canadian North
Regional Introduction: The Canadian North
Julia Christensen
1: It’s a Tough Game: Navigating Housing Monopolies in Yellowknife,
Northwest Territories, Canada
Lisa Freeman and Julia Christensen
2: Responding to Homelessness in Yellowknife: Pushing the Ocean Back with a
Spoon
Nick Falvo
3: An "Urban" Issue, and the Issue with "Urban": Contextualizing
Homelessness in Whitehorse
Alexandra Nelson
4: Homelessness, Mobility, and Migration from the James Bay
Carol Kauppi, Michael Hankard, and Henri Pallard
5: A Different Kind of "Ecological Refugee": Land Claims, Migration, and
Inequalities in Northern Labrador
Joshua Moses
6: Making Place Home: The Contradictions of Inuit Housing in a Liberal
Democracy
Frank Tester
Section Two: Alaska
Regional Introduction: Alaska
Sally Carraher and Travis Hedwig
7: Northern Voices on Homelessness: Engaging the Public and Promoting
Inclusivity for Homeless Alaskans in Public Discourse
Sally Carraher and Travis Hedwig
8: Differing Meanings of Housing First: Lessons Learned from a Single-Site
Program Evaluation in Anchorage, Alaska
Travis Hedwig
9: Alaska Is a Very Small Town: Moving Towards an Understanding of
Homelessness in the Urban North
Clare Dannenberg
Section Three: Greenland
Regional Introduction: Greenland
Steven Arnfjord and Julia Christensen
10: In Search of Security: Women’s Homelessness in Nuuk, Greenland
Steven Arnfjord and Julia Christensen
11: Welfare Colonialism and Geographies of Homelessness in Nuuk, Greenland
Julia Christensen, Steven Arnfjord, and Marie-Louise Aastrup
 
Conclusion
Epilogue: Homelessness across the Arctic in the Shadow of COVID-19