Overview

Community Organizing: Canadian Experiences tells the story of community development in Canada, with the objective of determining lasting legacies and extracting lessons from the varied experiences. This edited volume has a number of objectives. First, it traces the beginnings of community organizing in Quebec and Anglophone Canada. Second, the book tells the stories of some of the significant initiatives from both community and state during the 'heydey' years - initiatives such as The Company of Young Canadians, Opportunities for Youth, and the Local Initatives Program. Third, it describes some current initiatives like feminist organizing and the environmental movement, in an era of diminished and ever-decreasing resources. Fourth, the book attempts the ambitious task of identifying who participates in community organizing activities and analyses the early 'heyday' and current experiences in community organizing in order to extract lessons and identify legacies.

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Author:   Wharf ,  Clague
Publisher:   Oxford University Press, Canada
Imprint:   Oxford University Press, Canada
Dimensions:   Width: 15.40cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.476kg
ISBN:  

9780195412260

ISBN 10:   0195412265
Pages:   346
Publication Date:   01 May 1997
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Section I 1: Brian Wharf: Community Organizing: Canadian Experiences 2: Jim Lotz: The Beginning of Community Development in English-Speaking Canada 3: Jean Panet-Raymond and Robert Mayer: The History of Community Development in Quebec 4: Deena White: Contradictory Participation: Reflections on Community Action in Quebec 5: Michael Clague: Thirty Turbulent Years: Community Development and the Organization of Health and Social Services in British Columbia Section II 6: Jennifer Keck and Wayne Fulks: Meaningful Work and Community Betterment: The Case of Opportunities for Youths and Local Initiative Projects, 1971-1973 7: Dal Broadhead, Stewart Goodings and Mary Broadhead: The Company of Young Canadians 8: Teresa McNeill: Assessing the Gap Between Community Development Practice and Regional Development Policy 9: Mikael Lewis: Community Economic Development: Making the Link between Economic Development and Social Equity Section III 10: Marilyn Callahan: Feminist Community Organizing in Canada: Postcards from the Edge 11: Kathy Absolon and Elaine Hebert: Community Action as a Practice of Freedom: A First Nations Perspective 12: Frank Tester: From the Ground Up: Community Development as an Environmental Movement 13: Rosemarie Popham, David I. Hay and Colin Hughes: Campaign 2000 to End Child Poverty: Building and Sustaining a Movement Section IV 14: Joan Wharf Higgins: Who Participates? Citizen Participation in Health Reform in B.C. 15: Brian Wharf and Michael Clague: Lessons and Legacies

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