DCHP-2

friendship centre friendship center DCHP-2 (October 2016)

• n. — Aboriginal, especially First Nations

  a centre offering services for Aboriginal people in cities.

  Type: 5. Frequency — Friendship centres are non-governmental, self-governed entities organized by and for Aboriginal people, recognizing the distinct needs and cultures of its patrons. The need for centres supporting Aboriginal people in urban settings has been recognized since the 1950s (see Canadian Encyclopedia entry) (see, e.g. the 1963 quotation, Langford 2016). The term is more than three times as frequent in Canada as in the US (see Chart 1). Its sister term native friendship centre, however, referring to the same concept, appears to be Canadian in Origin.
  See also COD-2, which marks the term "Cdn".

  See also:   native friendship centre