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OverviewNeighbourhood Houses draws on a five-year study to document and contextualize the neighbourhood house movement in Vancouver. Social disconnection has led many observers to declare that urban communities are weakening and fragmenting. Nonetheless, the local community is where most aspects of everyday life occur, where people establish their homes and pursue their ambitions. It offers a secure haven in an unpredictable, globalized world. Neighbourhood houses are community hubs providing services such as public recreation, child care, health care, and adult literacy classes, bringing urban newcomers and neighbours together. Contributors to this book outline the history of the Vancouver network, its relationship with local government and other organizations in the region, the programs and activities offered, and the experiences of participants. While globalization and migration create fragmented and disconnected societies in modern urban cities, this timely study demonstrates that place-based community organizations can provide an antidote. Full Product DetailsAuthor: David Hulchanski , Miu Chung Yan , Sean R. LauerPublisher: University of British Columbia Press Imprint: University of British Columbia Press ISBN: 9780774865821ISBN 10: 0774865822 Pages: 296 Publication Date: 21 October 2021 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsIntroduction / Sean Lauer and Miu Chung Yan 1 History of Vancouver Neighbourhood Houses and Beyond / Sean Lauer, Miu Chung Yan, and Eleanor Stebner 2 The Eyes and Ears of the Community: Engaging Citizens and Community Advocacy / Oliver Schmidtke 3 Mechanism of Connection: Accessibility and Beyond / Miu Chung Yan 4 Social Infrastructure for Building Community / Sean Lauer 5 Trajectories of Life and Belonging in the Neighbourhood Houses of Metro Vancouver / Pilar Riaño-Alcalá and Erika Ono 6 From Immigrant to Citizen: Life Stories of Transformation / Jenny Francis 7 Limitations and Potentials of Neighbourhood House in Community-Building / Miu Chung Yan and Sean Lauer Appendix 1: Technical Notes Appendix 2: Neighbourhood Houses in Metro Vancouver Contributors; IndexReviewsConceptually and analytically rich, this volume is a welcome addition to the literature on the role of neighbourhood houses in community building and service delivery. --John Shields, Ryerson University Neighbourhood Houses highlights the important role played by community-based non-profits in governance, meeting neighbourhood and individual service user needs, and engaging in advocacy and service production. --Micheal L. Shier, University of Toronto Author InformationMiu Chung Yan is a professor in the School of Social Work at the University of British Columbia and was the principal investigator of a five-year multidisciplinary and mixed-method study of the neighbourhood house movement, funded by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council. He is a co-editor, with with Uzo Anucha, Working with Immigrants and Refugees: Issues, Theories, and Approaches for Social Work and Human Service Practice and, with Wes Shera and A Ka Tat Tsang, Social Work in China: A Snapshot of Critical Issues and Emerging Ideas. Sean Lauer is an associate professor at the University of British Columbia. He is a co-author, with Carrie Yodanis, of Getting Married: The Public Nature of Our Private Relationships, an examination of the institutional aspects of contemporary marriage. Contributors: Pilar Riaño-Alcalá, Jenny Francis, Erika Ono, Oliver Schmidtke, Eleanor Stebner Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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