Ethnicity, Politics, and Public Policy
Ethnicity, Politics, and Public Policy

Author: Harold R. Troper

Publisher: University of Toronto Press

Published: 1999-01-01

Total Pages: 314

ISBN-13: 9780802080271

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Ten essays on multiculturalism form a comprehensive picture of the problems and prospects of pluralism and mirror the nuanced issues which arise when theories and goals of cultural sensitivity confront real life.

In Search of a Safe Place
In Search of a Safe Place

Author: Vijay Agnew

Publisher: University of Toronto Press

Published: 1998-01-01

Total Pages: 324

ISBN-13: 9780802081148

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Marginalized in the larger society and the mainstream women's movement, immigrant women are also outsiders in women's shelters, where racially sensitive and linguistically appropriate counselling is generally unavailable. In this book, Vijay Agnew documents the struggles of Canadian women's centres to provide better services to victims of wife abuse from Asia, Africa, and the Caribbean. The study looks at every aspect of community-based women's organizations, including their funding, operation, and services. The result is a detailed picture of the problems and challenges they encounter on a daily basis. Agnew uses case studies, reports, and interviews to document the work of these groups and to show how race, class, and gender intersect in the everyday lives of the women who depend on them. Although the women's movement initiated public discussion of wife abuse, the fight against abuse is now conducted primarily by the state through its allocation of resources. Agnew underscores the tension that often arises between the patriarchal state and feminist-inspired organizations, and the resulting difficulties in bringing about social change.

Cruel but Not Unusual
Cruel but Not Unusual

Author: Ramona Alaggia

Publisher: Wilfrid Laurier Univ. Press

Published: 2013-05-21

Total Pages: 604

ISBN-13: 1554588510

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Violence in families and intimate relationships affects a significant proportion of the population—from very young children to the elderly—with far-reaching and often devastating consequences. Cruel but Not Unusual draws on the expertise of scholars and practitioners to present readers with the latest research and thinking about the history, conditions, and impact of violence in these contexts. For this new edition, chapters have been updated to reflect changes in data and legislation. New chapters include an examination of trauma from a neurobiological perspective; a critical analysis of the “gender symmetry debate,” a debate that questions the gendered nature of intimate violence; and an essay on the history and evolution of the women’s movement dedicated to addressing violence against women, which advances theoretical developments that remind readers of the breadth of inclusivity that should be at the heart of working in this field.

Depression and the Social Environment
Depression and the Social Environment

Author: Philippe Cappeliez

Publisher: McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP

Published: 1993

Total Pages: 456

ISBN-13: 9780773509603

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While depression has been the subject of much research in the last decade, far too little attention has been paid to the influence of the social environment on depression and on mental health generally. This lack has become more conspicuous since the Canadian federal government began requiring that policy makers make social environment a primary consideration when designing new mental health programs.

Professional Social Service Delivery in a Multicultural World
Professional Social Service Delivery in a Multicultural World

Author: Gwat Yong Lie

Publisher: Canadian Scholars Press

Published: 1999

Total Pages: 382

ISBN-13:

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The focus of this book is on the type of competencies that need to be acquired and the process for acquiring the knowledge, values, and skills germane to those competencies. Contributors were encouraged to draw from actual experiences and to incorporate true examples to substantiate points and illustrate abstract ideas. The book is divided into two major parts. The implications of Canada's multicultural policy for professionals in the social service arena are presented first - how the policy came to be and the resulting emergent call for culturally competent professionals to deliver culturally appropriate social services. The second part addresses the implications of Canada's multicultural policy for social services practice; for management, administration, and organizational change in social service agencies and organizations; for research and practice evaluation; and for professional education and training and continuing education.

The World in a City
The World in a City

Author: Paul Anisef

Publisher: University of Toronto Press

Published: 2003-01-01

Total Pages: 556

ISBN-13: 9780802084361

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Toronto is perhaps the most multicultural city in the world. The process of settlement and integration in modern-day Toronto is, however, more difficult for recent immigrants than it was for those newcomers arriving in previous decades. Many challenges face newly settled immigrants, top among them access to healthcare, education, employment, housing, and other economic and community services. The concept of social exclusion opens up promising ways to analyze the various challenges facing newcomers and The World in a City explores Toronto's ability to sustain a civic society. This collection of essays highlights why the need to pay more attention to certain at-risk groups, and the importance of adapting policy to fit the changing settlement and clustering patterns of newcomers is of crucial importance. The authors' findings demonstrate that there are many obstacles to providing opportunity for immigrants, low resource bases in particular. Toronto, they suggest, does not provide a level 'playing field' for its newly arrived inhabitants, and, in failing to recognize the particular needs of new communities, fails to ensure a growth that would be of immense benefit to the city as a whole.

"Are You Calling Me a Racist?"

Author: Sarita Srivastava

Publisher: NYU Press

Published: 2024-03-19

Total Pages: 352

ISBN-13: 147981525X

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"Diversity and anti-racism work is too often reduced to training, therapy, education, and policy, or what the author calls "Feel-Good" approaches that focus on emotions and morality and prevent us from taking collective action for racial justice, decolonization, and equity in our organizations and communities"--