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From the Reserve to the City: Amerindian Women in Qu

Publication type: 
Research Paper / Project Report
Agency: 
Status of Women Canada
Sponsor: 
Status of Women Canada
Date: 
1995
Pages: 
103
Collections: 
Health and Home
Summary: 
Examines the situation of Aboriginal women who leave their home communities to live in urban centres. Includes a literature review and analysis of data in the Aboriginal Peoples Survey. Asks why Aboriginal women leave their home communities. Based on interviews, examines family violence, health, education, access to services, culture and language, belonging, reintegration, and self-government. Examines the different conditions of Aboriginal women on and off reserve and the difficulties faced by urban Aboriginal women and their particular needs.
Keywords: 
housing; homelessness; Aboriginal; family violence; health; education; access to services; self-government

Homelessness in Canada

Publication type: 
Research Paper / Project Report
Agency: 
Library of Parliament, Research Branch, Political and Social Affairs Division
Sponsor: 
Minister of Supply and Services Canada
Series: 
Current Issue Review89-8E
Date: 
1996
Pages: 
24
Collections: 
Health and Home
Summary: 
Defines 'homelessness' and examines demographics of the homeless in Canada and structural factors which lead to homelessness, including unemployment and affordable housing shortage. Dispels common stereotypes attributed to the homeless. Describes provincial and federal government 'responses' to homelessness. Includes chronology of federal government actions with regard to homelessness.
Keywords: 
housing; homelessness; federal government policy; provincial government policy; history of homelessness

Affordable Housing Builds Strong Communities Developing Housing Policies: A Guide for Local Government

Publication type: 
Training / Education Manual
Agency: 
BC Housing (Ministry of Municipal Affairs, Recreation and Housing)
Sponsor: 
BC Housing
Date: 
1993
Pages: 
58
Collections: 
Health and Home
Summary: 
Provides an overview of the provisions used by B.C. municipalities for affordable housing, including zoning; other land use regulations; development of approval procedures; taxation, fees or charges; housing corporations and societies; lands and financing; information services; and political leadership and advocacy.
Keywords: 
housing; homelessness; affordable housing; community housing; municipal government; local government; BC Housing; British Columbia housing policy

New Directions in Affordability: The Report of the Provincial Commission on Housing Options

Publication type: 
Policy Paper / Action Plan
Agency: 
Minister of Municipal Affairs, Recreation and Housing
Date: 
1992
Pages: 
150
Collections: 
Health and Home
Summary: 
In 1992, the minister of municipal affairs, recreation and housing established the provincial commission on Housing options in British Columbia. This report prepared by a two-members commission examines how to meet British Columbia's housing needs within shrinking budgets and limited provincial and municipal financial resources. In particular, the commission focused on three particular areas: market rental housing, non-market rental housing, and home ownership for first-time purchasers.
Keywords: 
affordable housing; housing needs; homelessness

The Single Parents' Housing Study: The Effect of Housing Governance on the Health and Wellbeing of Single Parent Families in Vancouver

Publication type: 
Research Paper / Project Report
Agency: 
Canadian Housing and Renewal Association
Sponsor: 
Canadian Housing and Renewal Association
Date: 
1996
Pages: 
166
Collections: 
Health and Home
Summary: 
Examines 272 single parents living in social housing on the east side of Vancouver. Finds that housing conditions mediate between the negative effect of macro-level factors that determine socioeconomic status on health (i.e. the causes of poverty) and wellbeing at the micro (family) level. That is, housing can improve health and wellbeing, despite more systemic social indicators which determine health. The authors argue that it is not housing conditions, or affordability, that has the most effect on wellbeing, but the social structure of the housing environment: the ability to influence one's housing situation was positively correlated to health and wellbeing.
Keywords: 
housing; homelessness; social determinants of health; social housing

The Single Parents' Housing Study: The Effect of Housing Governance on the Health and Wellbeing of Single Parent Families in Vancouver: Executive Summary

Publication type: 
Research Paper / Project Report
Agency: 
Canadian Housing and Renewal Association
Sponsor: 
Canadian Housing and Renewal Association
Date: 
1996
Pages: 
18
Collections: 
Health and Home
Summary: 
Examines 272 single parents living in social housing on the east side of Vancouver. Finds that housing conditions mediate between the negative effect of macro-level factors that determine socioeconomic status on health (i.e. the causes of poverty) and wellbeing at the micro (family) level. That is, housing can improve health and wellbeing, despite more systemic social indicators which determine health. The authors argue that it is not housing conditions, or affordability, that has the most effect on wellbeing, but the social structure of the housing environment: the ability to influence one's housing situation was positively correlated to health and wellbeing.
Keywords: 
housing; homelessness; social determinants of health; social housing

Residents of Victory Square

Publication type: 
Research Paper / Project Report
Agency: 
City of Vancouver, Departments of Health, Housing and Properties, Planning, and Social Planning
Sponsor: 
City of Vancouver, Departments of Health, Housing and Properties, Planning, and Social Planning
Date: 
1993
Pages: 
43
Collections: 
Health and Home
Summary: 
Identifies and describes long-term residents of the Victory Square Planning Area, grouped into five categories. Based on interviewers and surveys, identifies key issues of development, safety, shopping, and health (including its relationship to housing). Identifies housing concerns.
Keywords: 
housing; homelessness; DTES; Victory Square; Single Room Occupancy Hotel; SRO; social housing; health; City of Vancouver

HIV/AIDS and Aboriginal Communities. Problems of Jurisdiction and Discrimination

Publication type: 
Research Paper / Project Report
Agency: 
Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network
Date: 
1998-03
Pages: 
53
Collections: 
Health and Home
Summary: 
This discussion paper examines issues raised for Aboriginal communities by the relationship between jurisdiction and HIV/AIDS programs and services, based on interviews with people working in the field of HIV/AIDS and Aboriginal people, as well as previous research conducted by the author. It begins with some background information on federal and provincial jurisdiction with respect to Aboriginal people, followed by a discussion of jurisdiction, health care and Aboriginal people. A number of initiatives designed to overcome these jurisdictional barriers are also discussed.
Keywords: 
Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network; HIV/AIDS; aboriginal HIV/AIDS; aboriginal peoples; aboriginal health; Medical Services Branch (MSB); Health Canada; federal government; law; service delivery; Canada

Housing Options - Healthy Communities

Publication type: 
Poster
Date: 
2000
Pages: 
1
Collections: 
Health and Home
Summary: 
Flyer distributed by BC Housing and the Tenants' Rights Action Coalition (TRAC) during Affordable Housing Week in 2000. It is an invitation to community members to attend a grand opening of new, low-income housing in the Main/Hastings neighborhood in the Downtown Eastside, and to celebrate the release of a benchmark study on the housing and health needs of community residents who live in single occupancy room hotels.
Keywords: 
Vancouver; Downtown Eastside; DTES; affordable housing; low-income housing; SROs; single room occupancy hotels; BC Housing; Tenants' Rights Action Coalition (TRAC)

I Have A Dream

Publication type: 
Web Page / Electronic Reproduction
Agency: 
Afro-American Almanac - African American History Resources
Date: 
1963/1996
Pages: 
4
Collections: 
Health and Home
Summary: 
Famous speech delivered by Dr. Martin L. King Jr., on August 28, 1963, at a massive civil rights demonstration at Lincoln Memorial in Washington, DC. The speech is about continuing injustice and systemic oppression faced by Afro-Americans and the need for continued militancy and solidarity to fight racism, win civil rights, and develop true democracy in the U.S.
Keywords: 
civil rights movement; Afro-Americans; Martin Luther King Jr.; USA; United States; US; blacks

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