Community Development in Canada (2nd Edition) - Softcover

Brown, Jason D.; Hannis, David

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0205754708 ISBN 13: 9780205754700

Verlag: Pearson Education Canada, 2011

Inhaltsangabe

Community Development in Canada, Second Edition teaches you how to be successful in working with communities such as seniors clubs, youth centres, First Nations drop-in centres, or employment centres for homeless people. This text features selected case studies from each province and territory to illustrate principles of community practice, and discusses development in Aboriginal and international communities and the future of community development and social welfare in Canada.

        The Second Edition has been fully updated with current research, statistics, and case studies. It contains new content on the social determinates of health and relationship between mental and physical and on community economic development.

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Jason Brown is a psychologist interested in holistic and strength-based approaches to individual, family and community health. He has worked in education, corrections, and health care systems with youth and adults. His academic background is in social work and education, and his research is participatory, emphasizing the assets of individuals, families and communities that have experienced serious challenges. He is grateful to have had many wonderful teachers, including his three children Kalyee, Jenna and Kobe, his partner Shelley, as well as friends, colleagues and traditional people. Jason is an assistant professor in the Faculty of Education at the University of Western Ontario, and teaches in the Counselling Psychology program.

  

David Hannis is a community development instructor and field placement co-ordinator at Grant MacEwan College.

 

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Pearson Education Canada
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2011
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0205754708
• ISBN 13: 9780205754700
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Auflage: 2
• Anzahl der Seiten: 208
• Kontakt zum Hersteller: Nicht verfügbar
• Verantwortliche Person: Riccardo Bacigalupo; riccardo.bacigalupo@sanoma.it; ; Sanoma Italia Via Arconati, 1 �; Milano; 20135; Italien