Housing, Homelessness, and Social Policy in the Urban North

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· University of Toronto Press
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Housing, Homelessness, and Social Policy in the Urban North brings together leading scholars on northern urban housing across the Canadian North, Alaska, and Greenland. Through various case studies, the contributors examine the ways in which housing insecurity and homelessness provide a critical lens on the social dimensions of northern urbanization. They also present key considerations in the development of effective and sustainable social policy for these areas. The book kickstarts a conversation between multiple stakeholders from different cultural and national regions across the North American north. It asks key questions including these: What are the common problems of, and responses to, housing insecurity and homelessness across these northern regions? Is a single definition of “homelessness” even possible, or desirable? And if not, can a shared language around how to end the housing crisis and homelessness in our northern regions still occur?

The contributors explore how experiences of northern towns and cities inform an overall understanding of urban forms and processes in the contemporary world, and speak directly to the emerging body of literature on cities. Highlighting key limitations to federal, state, and provincial policy, Housing, Homelessness, and Social Policy in the Urban North raises important implications for developing policy that is responsive to northern realities.

Housing, Homelessness, and Social Policy in the Urban North brings together leading scholars on northern urban housing across the Canadian North, Alaska, and Greenland. Through various case studies, the contributors examine the ways in which housing insecurity and homelessness provide a critical ...

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Julia Christensen is an associate professor of geography and planning at Queen’s University.

Sally Carraher is an associate professor of anthropology at the University of Alaska Anchorage.

Travis Hedwig is an associate professor of health sciences at the University of Alaska Anchorage.

Steven Arnfjord is an associate professor of social work and the director of Ilisimatusarfik’s Centre for Arctic Welfare at the University of Greenland.

Julia Christensen is an associate professor of geography and planning at Queen’s University. Sally Carraher is an associate professor of anthropology at the University of Alaska Anchorage. Travis Hedwig is an associate professor of health sciences at the University of Alaska Anchorage. Steven Arn...

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