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Working with Homeless and Vulnerable People: Basic Skills and Practices
It has long been established that access to food, clothing, medical care, and housing are fundamental human rights the world over. Helping the approximately 600,000 Americans and 300,000 Canadians who are currently homeless work toward this goal is a complex undertaking. This text presents the funda... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2015 -
Indigenous Homelessness: Perspectives from Canada, Australia, and New Zealand
by Evelyn J. Peters • Sarah Prout • David Turner • Rebecca Schiff • Julia Christensen • Paul Andrew • Tim Aubry • Yale Belanger • Cynthia Bird • Christina Birdsall-Jones • Marleny M. Bonnycastle • Deidre Brown • Rebecca Cherner • Patricia Franks • Susan Farrell • Joshua Freistadt • Charmaine Green • Kelly Greenop • Shiloh Groot • Darrin Hodgetts • Selena Kern • Pita Richard Wiremu King • Fran Klodawsky • Gabrielle Lindstrom • Paul Memmott • Daphne Nash • Julia Parrel • Mohi Rua • Annette Siddle • Maureen Simpkins • Barbara A. Smith • Wilfreda E. Thurston • Alina Turner • Jeanette Waegemakers Schiff • Tiniwai Chas Te Whetu • Rob WillettsBeing homeless in one’s homeland is a colonial legacy for many Indigenous people in settler societies. The construction of Commonwealth nation-states from colonial settler societies depended on the dispossession of Indigenous peoples from their lands. The legacy of that dispossession and related att... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2016