Introduction
Section One: The Canadian North
Regional Introduction: The Canadian North
Julia Christensen
1: It’s a Tough Game: Navigating Housing Monopolies in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Canada
Lisa Freeman and Julia Christensen
2: Responding to Homelessness in Yellowknife: Pushing the Ocean Back with a Spoon
Nick Falvo
3: An “Urban” Issue, and the Issue with “Urban”: Contextualizing Homelessness in Whitehorse
Alexandra Nelson
4: Homelessness, Mobility, and Migration from the James Bay
Carol Kauppi, Michael Hankard, and Henri Pallard
5: A Different Kind of “Ecological Refugee”: Land Claims, Migration, and Inequalities in Northern Labrador
Joshua Moses
6: Making Place Home: The Contradictions of Inuit Housing in a Liberal Democracy
Frank Tester
Section Two: Alaska
Regional Introduction: Alaska
Sally Carraher and Travis Hedwig
7: Northern Voices on Homelessness: Engaging the Public and Promoting Inclusivity for Homeless Alaskans in Public Discourse
Sally Carraher and Travis Hedwig
8: Differing Meanings of Housing First: Lessons Learned from a Single-Site Program Evaluation in Anchorage, Alaska
Travis Hedwig
9: Alaska Is a Very Small Town: Moving Towards an Understanding of Homelessness in the Urban North
Clare Dannenberg
Section Three: Greenland
Regional Introduction: Greenland
Steven Arnfjord and Julia Christensen
10: In Search of Security: Women’s Homelessness in Nuuk, Greenland
Steven Arnfjord and Julia Christensen
11: Welfare Colonialism and Geographies of Homelessness in Nuuk, Greenland
Julia Christensen, Steven Arnfjord, and Marie-Louise Aastrup
Conclusion
Epilogue: Homelessness across the Arctic in the Shadow of COVID-19