A Thousand Dreams: Vancouver's Downtown Eastside and the Fight for Its Future
- ISBN-10
- 192681228X
- ISBN-13
- 9781926812281
- Category
- Social Science
- Pages
- 352
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2009-12-01
- Publisher
- Greystone Books
- Authors
- Larry Campbell, Neil Boyd, Lori Culbert
Description
In this mix of history, journalism, political analysis, and first-person accounts, former chief coroner and Vancouver mayor Larry Campbell, renowned criminologist Neil Boyd, and investigative journalist Lori Culbert, offer a portrait of one of North America’s poorest, most drug-challenged neighbourhoods: Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside. A Thousand Dreams raises provocative questions about the challenges confronting not only Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside but also all of North America’s major cities and offers concrete, urgently needed solutions, including: Continued support for Insite, the safe injection site Decriminalization of prostitution and drugs The transfer of addiction services to the Health Ministry, allowing detox into the medical system More government-funded SROs and more affordable social housing
Get the book
Similar books
-
Night of a Thousand Dreams: Mystical Experiences and Other Common Occurrences
By Linda DuquesneStorytelling is an art that weaves the light of truths into the common stories of humanities struggles. These stories serve as an inspiration for me to keep moving forward on my journey. They reveal the spectrum of human emotions.
-
Land of a Thousand Dreams
By BJ HoffAbout This Series: BJ Hoff’s Emerald Ballad series was one of the most memorable series published in the 1990s. With combined sales of 300,000 copies, these beloved books found a place in the hearts of BJ’s many fans.
-
The Outcasts - A Thousand Dreams of Redemption
By Lidija StankovikjSet in contemporary India, a land of dichotomies, the novel challenges the notions of gender, feminism vis-à-vis spirituality/religion, and culturally appropriate romantic expression.
-
The Sum of a Thousand Dreams
By Wilbert Evangelista Dela CruzThe sum of a thousand dreams is novel about the human heart, in all of us.
-
The Sum of a Thousand Dreams: A Love Story
By Wilbert Evangelista Dela Cruz“I don't want to dream about you anymore, not now that I have you. I don't ever want to let you go. You once told me to dream big, and so here I am, dreaming the best I can. I want to dream for real this time. Abby, will you marry me?
-
The Dead Have a Thousand Dreams
By Richard SandersRichard Sanders. THE DEAD HAVE A THOUSAND DREAMS Richard Sanders >>> Copyright 2009 Richard Sanders >>> and as you read the sea is turning its dark The Dead Have A Thousand Dreams 2.
-
Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted: Or, What's in a Dream; A Scientific and Practical Exposition
By Gustavus Hindman MillerTo see ponies in your dreams, signifies moderate speculations will be rewarded with success. ... Any dream in which you see the Pope, without speaking to him, warns you of servitude. You will bow to the will of some master, ...
-
Fires of a Thousand Dreams
By Colin JenningsFires of a Thousand Dreams
-
10,000 Dreams Interpreted
By Gustavus Hindman MillerThis classic work, considered to be the all-time greatest dictionary of dreams and their symbolism ever compiled, has astounded readers since it was first published over a century ago.
-
A Thousand Rooms of Dream and Fear
By Atiq RahimiIarhad lives in Kabul in 1979, and the early days of the pro-Soviet coup are about to change his life forever.