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Safe haven : the story of a shelter for homeless women / Rae Bridgman.
De Gruyter University of Toronto Press eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013 Available online
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- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Bridgman, Rae, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Savard's (Toronto, Ont.).
- Homeless women--Housing--Ontario--Toronto.
- Homeless women.
- Women's shelters--Ontario--Toronto.
- Women's shelters.
- Ontario--Toronto.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (174 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Toronto, [Ontario] ; Buffalo, [New York] ; London, [England] : University of Toronto Press, 2003.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- In this groundbreaking work, urban anthropologist Rae Bridgman, in careful and intimate detail, explores the perspectives of the women who work and live at Savard's, a unique shelter for women experiencing homelessness. Bridgman uses the design and development of Savard's - a housing model developed by women for women - as an opportunity to document the project's original vision and what happened once it opened. There are few rules at Savard's. Women may come and go as they wish, and referrals to other services are made only when a woman has indicated interest in taking action on her own behalf. It is a model that aims to provide a safe haven for women chronically experiencing homelessness. The study traces the evolution of this type of shelter, providing qualitative research and useful analysis for academics, policy-makers, service providers, and activists. Based on many hours of participant observation as well as interviews and staff records, Safe Haven presents a distinct picture of women chronically experiencing homelessness and those on the frontlines of this lifesaving service.
- Contents:
- Reach out
- Shelter women
- Safe haven: the vision
- By design
- Come inside
- Natural profession
- Long road from the street.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9786612025907
- 9781282025905
- 1282025902
- 9781442679535
- 1442679530
- OCLC:
- 244768792
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