A Thousand Dreams: Vancouver's Downtown Eastside and the Fight for Its Future

by Larry Campbell, Neil Boyd, Lori Culbert

Book Overview

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 injection site Decriminalization of prostitution and drugs The transfer of addiction services to the Health Ministry, allowing detox into the medical system More government-funded SROs and more affordable social housing

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1553652983
• ISBN13: 9781553652984
• Release Date: October 2009
• Publisher: Greystone Books
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.8" x 8.4"