A thousand dreams Vancouver's Downtown Eastside and the fight for its future

Campbell, Larry (Author). Boyd, Neil, 1951- (Added Author). Culbert, Lori, 1967- (Added Author).

Summary: In this mix of history, journalism, political analysis, and first-person accounts, former chief coroner and Vancouver mayor Larry Campbell, renowned criminologist Neil Boyd, and investigative journalist Lori Culbert, offer a portrait of one of North America's poorest, most drug-challenged neighbourhoods: Vancouver's Downtown Eastside. A Thousand Dreams raises provocative questions about the challenges confronting not only Vancouver's Downtown Eastside but also all of North America's major cities and offers concrete, urgently needed solutions, including:. Continued support for Insite, the safe

Record details

ISBN: 9781926812281 (electronic bk.)
ISBN: 192681228X (electronic bk.)
Physical Description: electronic resource
remote
1 online resource (319 p., [12] p. of plates : ports.)
Publisher: Vancouver [B.C.] : Douglas & McIntyre, c2009

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	Preface -- 1 The early years -- 2 We call it the Downtown Eastside -- 3 Lethal heroin, killer coke, and expo -- 4 The Cain Report -- 5 Woodward's -- 6 Homeless and mentally ill -- 7 Vancouver's HIV/AIDS epidemic : the worst in the Western World -- 8 Harm reduction : a grassroots struggle -- 9 DaVinci's inquest -- 10 The missing women -- 11 Four pillars -- 12 Canada's first supervised injection site -- 13 The harm reduction two-step -- 14 Sex work, safety, and sanctuaries -- 15 NAOMI and the fight to save Insite -- 16 Housing Vancouver's poor -- 17 The road ahead -- Sources -- Acknowledgements -- Index.
Source of Description Note:	Description based on print version record.