Contents

Acknowledgements

Introduction

Part I    Displacement, Isolation, and the Other

1. Homelessness in Small Cities: The Abdication of Federal Responsibility

Terry Kading and Christopher Walmsley

2. Zoned Out: Regulating Street Sex Work in Kamloops, British Columbia

Lorry-Ann Austin

3. Needles in Nanaimo: Exclusionary Versus Inclusionary Approaches to Illicit Drug Users

Sydney Weaver

4. Being Queer in the Small City

Wendy Hulko

5. “Thrown Out into the Community”: The Closure of Tranquille

Diane Purvey

6. Fitting In: Women Parolees in the Small City

Jennifer Murphy

7. Walking in Two Worlds: Aboriginal Peoples in the Small City

Sharnelle Matthew and Kathie McKinnon

Part II    Building Community

8. Social Planning and the Dynamics of Small-City Government

Christopher Walmsley and Terry Kading

9. The Inadequacies of Multiculturalism: Reflections on Immigrant Settlement, Identity Negotiation, and Community in a Small City

Mónica J. Sánchez-Flores

10. Municipal Approaches to Poverty Reduction in British Columbia: A Comparison of New Westminster and Abbotsford

Robert Harding and Paul Jenkinson

11. Integrated Action and Community Empowerment: Building Relationships of Solidarity in Magog, Québec

Jacques Caillouette

12. Small City, Large Town? Reflections on Neoliberalism in the United Kingdom

Graham Day

Conclusion: The Way Forward

List of Contributors