Realizing a Good Life - Men's Pathways out of Drugs and Crime (Unabridged)

Realizing a good life is almost always defined in material terms, typified by individuals (usually men) who have considerable wealth. But classed, gendered and racialized social supports enable the «self-made man.» Instead, this book turns to Indigenous knowledge about realizing a good life to explore how marginalized men endeavour to overcome systemic inequalities in their efforts to achieve wholeness, balance, connection, harmony and healing. Twenty-three men, most of whom are Indigenous, share their stories of this journey. For most, the pathway started in challenging circumstances – intergenerational trauma, disrupted families and child welfare interventions, racism a…