Home in the City: Urban Aboriginal Housing and Living Conditions

Tables

Acronyms

1. Introduction

2. Demographics

The Complexity and Reliability of Urban Aboriginal Data

Growth and Distribution of the Aboriginal Population of Saskatoon

Socio-demographic Profile of the Aboriginal Population of Saskatoon

3. First Nations in the City

Reserve Conditions and Migration to Cities

Migration and Mobility Between Reserve and City: Whitecap Dakota/Sioux First Nation Residents in Saskatoon (A.B. Anderson, University of Saskatchewan)

Urban Housing Needs of the Muskeg Lake Cree Nation (A.B. Anderson)

4. Neighbourhood Living

Aboriginal Living Conditions and Health

Meeting the People: Aboriginal Residents Speak Out (A.B. Anderson)

Community Voices: Assessing Capacity and Needs Within Inner-city Neighbourhoods (A.B. Anderson)

Patterns and Influences of Home Ownership and Renting in Pleasant Hill (D. Lanceley, University of Saskatchewan)

5. Family, Women, and Youth

The Role of Family, Women and Youth in Urban Aboriginal Life

Aboriginal Women Fleeing Violence (S.T. Prokop, First Nations University of Canada, and J. Sanderson, First Nations University of Canada)

HIV/AIDS and Urban Aboriginal Women (C. Romanow, University of Saskatchewan)

The City as Home: The Sense of Belonging Among Aboriginal Youth (G. MacKay, University of Saskatchewan)

6. Affordable Housing

Affordability and the Housing Crisis

Affordable Home Ownership for Aboriginal People: Financial and Funding Options (V. Sutton)

Aboriginal Homelessness (A.B. Anderson)

Home in the City: Photographic Essay (K. Anderson)

7. Housing Providers

Who Provides Housing for Urban Aboriginal People?

Aboriginal Housing Needs: A Survey of SaskNative Rentals Clients (A.B. Anderson)

First Nations Housing in Saskatoon: A Survey of Cress Housing Clients (A.B. Anderson)

8. Special Needs and Housing Design in Urban Aboriginal Housing

Urban Aboriginal Populations in Special Need and Implications for Housing Design

Aboriginal Post-secondary Student Housing (B. Wallace, Saskatoon Housing Initiatives Partnership, B. Maire, Alberta Justice, A. Lachance, Federation of Saskatchewan Indian Nations)

The Metis Elders Circle Housing Research Project: A Study to Determine Respectful Sustainable Housing Options for Metis Elders (J. Durocher, SaskNative Rentals, J. Hammersmith, C. Littlejohn, SaskNative Rentals, W. McCaslin, University of Saskatchewan)

9. Aboriginal Participation in Economic and Community Development and Homebuilding

Involving Aboriginal People in Economic and Community Development and the Homebuilding Industry

More Than Four Walls and a Roof (Quint Development Corporation)

Urban Aboriginal Homebuilding Apprenticeships (A. Thomarat, Canadian Home Builders Association)

10. Urban Reserves

The Development of Urban Reserves

Residential Urban Reserves: Issues and Options for Providing Adequate and Affordable Housing (J. Garcea, University of Saskatchewan)

11. Race Relations and Crime

Being Aboriginal in Saskatoon

Race Relations and Housing (C.J.A. Spence, University of Saskatchewan)

Life in the Inner-City: Crime and Policing (A.B. Anderson)

12. Conclusion

Bibliography

Contributors