In a Voice of Their Own: Urban Aboriginal Community Development

Download or read book In a Voice of Their Own: Urban Aboriginal Community Development written by and published by Canadian Centre Policy Alternatives. This book was released on 2006 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This paper focuses on urban Aboriginal community development. We draw upon the experiences of 26 Aboriginal people who have been and are active in various forms of community development in Winnipeg's inner city. The study shows how Aboriginal people have been constructed as the 'other' in Canadian society. The process of colonization caused great damage to Aboriginal people. Over and over the 26 Aboriginal people with whom we spoke referred to the process of colonization as being at the root of Aboriginal people's problems. In many cases their personal testimonies were painful and moving.