ABORIGINAL WELL-BEING Canada's Continuing Challenge

White, Beavon & Spence (editors)

ISBN 10: 1550771779 / ISBN 13: 9781550771770

Published by Thompson Educational Publishing, Inc., Toronto, ON, 2007

About this Item

234 pages in very good condition. Small stains on the fore-edge. Black card covers with illustration and red/white titles. Lower cover is creased at one corner and has a small tear near head of spine. Light wear on corners and edges. VERY GOOD.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: ABORIGINAL WELL-BEING Canada's Continuing Challenge
• Publisher: Thompson Educational Publishing, Inc., Toronto, ON
• Publication Date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 1550771779
• ISBN 13: 9781550771770
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: Very Good
• Book Type: Book
• Seller catalogs:
  • Sociology
  • Aboriginal Peoples
  • Canadiana

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Synopsis

On June 29, 2007, the Assenbly of First Nations (AFN) organized a National Day of Action. This one-day event was part of a broader strategy of the AFN, launched in the fall of 2006 to create awareness of First Nations issues; more specifically, it was a call for action against poverty. This book deals with this same issue, not from an advocacy or political viewpoint, but from an empirical and scientific perspective. As we move further into a new century, it is more important than ever to address the poverty, lack of educational attainment, poor health, and other social problems that affect so many of Canada's Aboriginal people. Aboriginal Well-being: Canada's Continuing Challenge can give us a better idea of where we ought to be concentrating our policy energies and resources. The book is divided into three sections. The first looks at ways of measuring well-being, the second examines the Human Development Index (HDI), while the third focuses on the Community Well-being (CWB) Index.