Ebook: Where the Pavement Ends
Author: Wadden Marie
- Tags: Autochtones--Canada--Conditions sociales, Healing--Social aspects, Healing--Social aspects--Canada, Innu--Newfoundland and Labrador--Social conditions, Native peoples--Canada--Government relations, Native peoples--Canada--Health and hygiene, Native peoples--Canada--Social conditions, Native peoples--Substance use--Canada, Healing -- Social aspects -- Canada, Healing -- Social aspects, Canada, Native peoples -- Canada -- Social conditions, Native peoples -- Canada -- Health and hygiene, Native peoples -- Subs
- Year: 2011
- Publisher: Douglas & McIntyre
- City: Canada;Vancouver;B.C
- Language: English
- epub
Over the past fifteen years, Canada's Aboriginal healing community has emerged as a vital and visible force. Creative recovery programs have been established across the country, and international initiatives such as the "Healing Our Spirit Worldwide" gatherings have originated here. The Canadian government has thrown millions of dollars at the issue of addictions, yet alcoholism, fetal alcohol spectrum disorder, drug abuse and gambling are epidemic today in the lives of Aboriginal people.
Where the Pavement Ends is filled with inspiring stories gathered from journalist Marie Wadden's discussions with activists across Canada who are involved in the Aboriginal healing movement. But the book is also a passionate wake-up call aimed at all Canadians. Existing government policies, Wadden argues, perpetuate the problems that are tearing Aboriginal families and communities apart. We must make social healing in Aboriginal communities an immediate national...