Full Description
People across Canada's North have created vibrant community institutions to serve a wide range of social and economic needs. Neither state-driven nor profit-oriented, these organizations form a relatively under-studied third sector of the economy. Researchers from the Social Economy Research Network of Northern Canada explore this sector through fifteen case studies, encompassing artistic, recreational, cultural, political, business, and economic development organizations that are crucial to the health and vitality of their communities. Care, Cooperation and Activism in Canada's Northern Social Economy shows the innovative diversity and utter necessity of home-grown institutions in communities across Labrador, Nunatsiavut, Nunavik, Nunavut, Northwest Territories, and Yukon. Readers, researchers, and students interested in social economy, Aboriginal studies, and northern communities will find much to enjoy and value in this book.
Contributors: Frances Abele, Jennifer Alsop, Matthew A. Beaudoin, Jean-Sébastien Boutet, Julia Christensen, Cédric Drouin, Moses Hernandez, Noor Johnson, Sheena Kennedy Dalseg, Frédéric Moisan, Joseph Moise, Rajiv Rawat, Jerald Sabin, Chris Southcott, Kiri Staples, Lucille Villaseñor-Caron, Valoree Walker
Contents
Acknowledgements
Introduction
Frances Abele and Chris Southcott
1 | Them Days // Matthew Beaudoin
2 | Labrador Friendship Centre // Matthew Beaudoin
3 | Torngat Fish Producers Co-operative
A Social Fishery Venturing off the Coast of Northern Labrador // Jean-Sébastien Boutet
4 | Nunavik Creations // Cédric Drouin and Frédéric Moisan
5 | Unaaq Men's Association of Inukjuak // Lucille Villaseñor-Caron
6 | The Naujat Co-operative
History and Impact upon the Community of Repulse Bay, Nunavut // Jennifer Alsop
7 | Ilisaqsivik Society of Clyde River, Nunavut // Noor Johnson
8 | Keeping the Future in Focus
A Case Study of Illiniariuqsarvik Igloolik Head Start // Sheena Kennedy Dalseg
9 | Folk on the Rocks
The Beat That Sustains // Julia Christensen
10 | Alternatives North
A History // Jerald Sabin
11 | From Hockey Sticks to Carrot Sticks at the Top of the World
The Inuvik Community Greenhouse Project // Julia Christensen
12 | The YWCA of Yellowknife
A Turning Point for the Northern Social Economy // Moses Hernandez and Rajiv Rawat
13 | Yukon Artists @ Work Co-operative // Kiri Staples
14 | Raven Recycling // Valoree Walker, Joseph Moise and Kiri Staples
15 | Volunteer Bénévoles Yukon
The Case for Volunteer Centres // Kiri Staples and Valoree Walker
16 | Conclusion // Frances Abele and Chris Southcott
Contributors
Index
