Would have been nice if WISE's book had received such eminent attention. We could really have 
used the help. Apparently, it takes being "highly regarded" (June Callwood) - which, by definition, 
women living in the margins are not - before one's efforts get noticed.

Missing from the "Related Titles" and "Of Further Interest" lists below is this:

Policies of Exclusion, Poverty & Health: Stories from the Front
Copyright WISE 2005, 192 pages. 
A book written, designed, published and produced by women in poverty.

Unsolicited comments from readers:
- On my way to work this morning, I tried to think of words to express simply the tumble of 
emotions, concerns, guilts, etc. that the stories evoked in me. And the admiration, the humility - 
for would I be so resourceful, so grittily determined if I had been faced with such adversity and 
stumbled, and stumbled, and stumbled? Before reading this, I would have said I grew up poor. 
But I don't know the meaning of the word! And then the hope and excitement expressed in phase 
two. This is a tremendously powerful work. All of those involved have created something that will 
affect every reader profoundly to the core. That's where the change will start. --Aly Stubbs, 
Executive Director, Vancouver Island Providence Community Association, Duncan BC, Canada.
-The strength of this powerful book is that it is not "about" women in poverty. It's women 
speaking for themselves. Another thing the book does is give an insider's view of what it's like to 
deal with the various agencies and bureaucracies established to serve people in poverty. There 
are a few bright spots in the maze, but mostly it's a grim picture. The overall impression is of 
strength and gritty determination in spite of impossible situations - a testament to the human 
spirit. --Cathryn Wellner, Food & Health Project Manager, Interior Health Authority, Kelowna BC, 
Canada.
-There is simply nothing that compares to the 'lived experience'... I am terribly impressed. --
Sandi Pniauskas, cancer survivors/caregivers advocate, Whitby ON, Canada.
- I read your book over the weekend and it moved me deeply... I wish I were still teaching 
sociology; I would assign this book. It tells women's stories in ways that no one can ignore and it 
drives home the major features of vulnerable women's lives. You have done the best kind of 
qualitative research. --May Partridge, Victoria BC, Canada.
- I thought the book brilliant. The subject matter is not easy, but you must be so very proud. 
Thank you. --Lianne Fisher, Psychology, Brock University, St. Catharines ON, Canada.
- Shows so clearly the connection between health and social and economic inclusion. --Monika 
Merkes, PhD, Senior Social Planning and Policy Officer, Darebin City Council, Australia.

Chrystal Ocean, Coordinator
Wellbeing through Inclusion Socially & Economically
http://www.wise-bc.org/


On Mon, 8 Oct 2007 14:47:08 -0400, Dennis Raphael <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

>http://www.broadviewpress.com/bvbooks.asp?BookID=858
>
>All Our Sisters 
>Stories of Homeless Women in Canada 
>By Susan Scott
>
>Though they account for only a small portion of the formal homeless 
>statistics, there are many more women living on insufficient funds, with 
>violent partners, in unacceptable dwellings, or in other fragile 
>circumstances that are too often overlooked. They are our mothers, our 
>daughters, our aunts, our nieces, our wives?they are all our sisters?and 
>they remain largely invisible compared to homeless men. 
>
>Susan Scott interviewed more than 60 women facing homelessness across 
>Canada. Part of her agreement with these women was to tell their stories 
>in the way they would want to have them told. With uncompromising honesty 
>and a deep sense of empathy, Scott recounts their stories while 
>highlighting the many underlying problems they face. These include 
>personal histories of abuse, addiction, and violence, as well as systemic 
>conditions of gentrification, a paucity of affordable housing, and a lack 
>of social services sensitive to women's needs. 
>
>All Our Sisters is essential reading for anyone who wants to know more 
>about the conditions facing homeless women in Canada. 
>
>Comments: 
>
>"I cheered when I heard that the highly-regarded Susan Scott was writing a 
>book about Canada's homeless women. And here it is: packed with stories of 
>their spunk and unimaginable misery. Their lives are inextricably bound to 
>bureaucrats just doing their jobs and a Canadian public made up mostly of 
>good-willed people who believe that everything is fine in this fair land. 
>It isn't. It definitely isn't." - June Callwood 
>
>"A stunning book?as passionate and honest in telling the stories of 
>homeless women as it is incisive in analyzing the failures of homeless 
>policies." - Thomas Homer-Dixon 
>
>"I hope it makes people uncomfortable enough that they are moved to act." 
>- Kimberley Chester, Formerly Homeless Woman 
>
>"Scott has expertly woven together the violent origins of women's 
>homelessness and the resulting hurt to young girls and women. At the heart 
>and soul of this book is an astonishing array of women's voices that 
>bravely conveys a snapshot of their struggle. All Our Sisters is a cry for 
>solutions." - Cathy Crowe, Street Nurse 
>
>"The plight of the homeless, particularly women and children, is a 
>national disgrace. In the midst of great wealth, many live without the 
>security or the choice that comes with a home.... All Our Sisters is 
>required reading for those who want to change the Canadian social system 
>and for those who refuse to live any longer in the midst of this national 
>disgrace." - Wayne Stewart, President & CEO, Calgary Homeless Foundation 
>
>Susan Scott is a freelance writer who worked for many years at the Calgary 
>Herald. She is the author of No Fixed Address: Tales from the Street 
>(Calgary Drop-in Centre). 
>
>Related Titles: 
>
>StreetCities: Rehousing the Homeless by Rae Bridgman 
>Inequality, Poverty, and Neoliberal Governance: Activist Ethnography in 
>the Homeless Sheltering Industry by Vincent Lyon-Callo 
>
>---------------------------------------------------------------------
>Of related interest:
>
>Poverty and Policy in Canada: Implications for Health and Quality of Life 
>by Dennis Raphael
>Foreword by Jack Layton
>http://tinyurl.com/2hg2df
>
>Staying Alive: Critical Perspectives on Health, Illness, and Health Care, 
>edited by Dennis Raphael, Toba Bryant, and Marcia Rioux
>Foreword by Gary Teeple
>http://tinyurl.com/2zqrox
>
>Social Determinants of Health: Canadian Perspectives, edited by Dennis 
>Raphael
>Foreword by Roy Romanow
>http://tinyurl.com/yptzae
>
>See a lecture!  The Politics of Population Health
>http://msl.stream.yorku.ca/mediasite/viewer/?peid=ac604170-9ccc-4268-a1af-
9a9e04b28e1d
>
>Also, presentation on Politics and Health at the Centre for Health 
>Disparities in Cleveland Ohio
>http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-4129139685624192201&hl=en
> 
>Dennis Raphael, PhD
>Professor and Undergraduate Program Director
>School of Health Policy and Management
>York University
>4700 Keele Street
>Toronto ON M3J 1P3
>416-736-2100, ext. 22134
>email: [log in to unmask]
>http://www.atkinson.yorku.ca/draphael
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