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Northern Communities Working Together

The Social Economy of Canada's North

edited by Chris Southcott

Publisher
University of Toronto Press
Initial publish date
May 2015
Category
General, General, Native American Studies, Social Work, Nonprofit Organizations & Charities
  • eBook

    ISBN
    9781442664357
    Publish Date
    May 2015
    List Price
    $27.95
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9781442614185
    Publish Date
    Apr 2015
    List Price
    $37.95
  • Hardback

    ISBN
    9781442646063
    Publish Date
    Apr 2015
    List Price
    $74.00

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Description

The unique historical, economic, and social features of the Canadian North pose special challenges for the social economy – a sector that includes nonprofits, co-operatives, social enterprises, and community economic development organizations. Northern Communities Working Together highlights the innovative ways in which Northerners are using the social economy to meet their economic, social, and cultural challenges while increasing local control and capabilities. The contributors focus on the special challenges of the North and their impact on the scope of the social economy, including analyses of land claim organizations, hunter support programs, and Indigenous conceptions of the social economy.

A welcome resource for scholars and policy-makers studying any aspect of the Canadian North, Northern Communities Working Together is a major contribution to the literature on the social economy in Canada.

About the author

Chris Southcott has been involved in community-based research in the circumpolar north for over 26 years. He has published over 100 scientific reports, books, chapters, and articles dealing with social and economic change in Northern Canada and the rest of the circumpolar world.

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Editorial Reviews

Northern Communities is not an exposé; it’s an honest account of community life in a region governed by faraway federal regulators and mining corporations. Accounts are candid. The effect is unsettling. “

Blacklocks Reporter, December 19, 2015