Toward Equity and Inclusion in Canadian Cities

Lessons from Critical Praxis-Oriented Research

Fran Klodawsky, Janet Siltanen, Caroline Andrew, Fran Klodawsky, Janet Siltanen, Caroline Andrew

• Publisher: McGill-Queen's University Press
• Year: 2018
• Print ISBN: 9780773551015
• eBook ISBN: 9780773552623
• Topic: Social Sciences
• Subtopic: Social Classes & Economic Disparity
• Index: Social Sciences

Housing insecurity, intensified employment anxiety, access to adequate services, and fear of personal and structural violence are some of the issues troubling today’s cities and municipalities. Often, these conditions most affect residents whose place in the social hierarchy makes them particularly susceptible to exclusion.

Seeking to redress these trends and guide research to facilitate meaningful local action, Toward Equity and Inclusion in Canadian Cities promotes more inclusive urban environments by highlighting and comparing theoretical and practice-based insights. Building on feminist, anti-racist, and anti-colonialist arguments to offer action-oriented solutions to inequalities and exclusions, the contributors to this volume tackle themes such as LGBTQ inclusion, health disparities, diversity initiatives, and urban planning dilemmas. Through a lens of critical praxis the book explores the challenges of collaborations, the negotiations required to reconceptualize research relations, and the ways in which values and practices inform one another.

In light of the growing complexity, interrelations, and interactions of our world, Toward Equity and Inclusion in Canadian Cities is a timely work that speaks to a diverse audience of activists, policy makers, community organizations, and researchers of various disciplines.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Copyright
• Contents
• Acknowledgments
• INTRODUCTION Doing Critical Praxis-Oriented Research
• PROLOGUE Turning the University Inside Out
• SECTION ONE Contexts and Complexities of Collaborative Research
• 1 Decolonizing for Equity and Inclusion in Winnipeg’s North End
• 2 The Challenge of Complexity
• 3 Context Matters
• 4 Supporting Local Civic Engagement through a “Community First” Approach to Foster Broader Social Inclusion in Development
• SECTION TWO Reconceptualizing Research Relations
• 5 The Art of Community
• 6 Toward Inclusion
• 7 Homelessness “in Their Horizon”
• SECTION THREE Examining the Intersection of Values and Practices
• 8 Decolonizing Evaluation in Winnipeg
• 9 Research Networks and Homelessness
• 10 Theatre Outré and Lessons from a Welcoming and Inclusive Community
• 11 Perpetuation or Remediation of Structural Violence toward Aboriginal Peoples through City Planning and Policy Processes
• Closing Reflections
• Glossary
• Contributors
• Index