Social Issues in the Canadian North

Topics

• Introduction: What are the major challenges facing Northern communities?
• The Historical Development of Northern Canada
• Rise and Fall of Northern Resource Dependent Communities
• Development and Canada’s Northern Reserves
• The Rise of Service Communities
• Theoretical Considerations: The Rise of Settler Colonialism as an Explanation
• Health and Well-being
• Housing, Homelessness, and Poverty
• Inequality
• Education