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Displacement City

Cathy Crowe and Greg Cook

In Displacement City, outreach worker Greg Cook and street nurse Cathy Crowe present the stories of frontline workers, advocates, and people living without homes during the pandemic. The book uses prose, poetry, and photography to document lived experiences of homelessness, responses to the housing crisis, efforts to fight back for homes, and possible solutions to move Toronto forward. Contributors provide particular insight into policies affecting Indigenous peoples and how the legacy of colonialism and displacement reached a critical point during the pandemic. Offering rich stories of care, mutual aid, and solidarity, Displacement City provides a vivid account of a humanitarian disaster.

GenresSocial ScienceSociologyUrbanLawHousing & Urban DevelopmentSocial Work

320 pages, 2 editions

English edition · First published 2022 by University of Toronto Press · ISBN 9781487546502

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2 editions

English

  • Displacement City · University of Toronto Press · 2022 · ISBN 9781487546502 This page
  • Displacement City · University of Toronto Press · 2022 · ISBN 9781487546519

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