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Additional Physical Format: | Online version: Neighbourhood houses. Vancouver ; Toronto : UBC Press, 2021 (OCoLC)1201306666 |
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Document Type: | Book |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Miu Chung Yan; Sean Lauer |
ISBN: | 0774865814 9780774865814 9780774865821 0774865822 |
OCLC Number: | 1162457862 |
Description: | xvii, 278 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
Contents: | History of Vancouver Neighbourhood Houses and Beyond / Sean Lauer, Miu Chung Yan, and Eleanor Stebner -- The Eyes and Ears of the Community: Engaging Citizens and Community Advocacy / Oliver Schmidtke -- Mechanism of Connection: Accessibility and Beyond / Miu Chung Yan -- Social Infrastructure for Building Community / Sean Lauer -- Trajectories of Life and Belonging in the Neighbourhood Houses of Metro Vancouver / Pilar Riaño-Alcalá and Erika Ono -- From Immigrant to Citizen: Life Stories of Transformation / Jenny Francis -- Limitations and Potentials of Neighbourhood Houses in Community-Building / Miu Chung Yan and Sean Lauer. |
Responsibility: | edited by Miu Chung Yan and Sean Lauer. |
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"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 "Conceptually 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 "Conceptually 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 Read more...


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