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| Title: | Edmonton's Urban Villages
: The Community League Movement |
| Author: | Ron Kuban |
| ISBN: | 0888644388 : 9780888644381 |
| Illustrations: | b/w photos |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Size: | 155x230mm |
| Pages: | 248 |
| Weight: | .414 Kg. |
| Published: | University of Alberta Press - June 2005 |
| List Price: | 16.99 Pounds Sterling |
| Availability: | In Print |
| Subjects: | Local history: Canada |
How did a collection of neighbourhood volunteer organisations come to influence the development of a major Canadian city? Few other North American cities have embraced the community league movement with the vigour of Edmonton. For 87 years, tens of thousands of volunteers from the Edmonton Federation of Community Leagues (EFCL) have often acted as a counterweight to large private and institutional interests, shaping municipal development by providing a voice and a training ground for grassroots civic participation. In its wake, the EFCL has left a host of sports, cultural and civic initiatives for the improvement of Edmonton, and an important lesson on how to create community.
“Ron Kuban, a longtime community activist has documented the history of our community leagues….If you have ever worked a bingo for your community, cheered your kids on the soccer field or went to city council with your neighbours to fight a developer, you might want to take a look at this book....Kuban describes the growth of the movement, which was borrowed from the city club concept started in Rochester, N.Y., to provide a forum for citizens and be a watchdog over local issues....Kuban's book brings to life some of the volunteer characters who have kept the community ideals alive.” Mike Sadava, The Edmonton Journal, July 23, 2005 Edmonton's Urban Villages is #6 on Edmonton Top 10 Best-Seller List for Non-Fiction
