Families First: A Manitoba Indigenous Approach to Addressing the Issue of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Joëlle Pastora Sala
Byron Williams]
Description
Compilation of recommendations from reports of inquiries, committees, and nongovernmental organizations about the issue of missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls.
Appendix to Families First: A Manitoba Indigenous Approach to Addressing the Issue of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls.
Fast Facts (Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives)
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Shauna MacKinnon]
Description
Argues that while the process is not an easy one, Aboriginal control and administration of Aboriginal child welfare is essential to reduce the rates of children in care.
Looks at key themes which emerged from year long consultations with Aboriginal communities, Aboriginal Children's Aid Societies, service providers and organizations.
Child Welfare, vol. 82, no. 2, March/April 2003, pp. 201-207
Description
Describes collaboration among a university, a state child welfare agency, and a Native American community organization to develop a culturally driven practice model for urban, Native American child welfare.
First Nations and Inuit Health Branch Atlantic Region Health Status Report, 2013
FNIHB Atlantic Region Health Status Report, 2010-2012
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
First Nations and Inuit Health Branch - Atlantic Region
Health Canada
Description
Data sources: 2007-2011 First Nation and Inuit Health Branch program reports and the Non-Insured Health Benefits (NIHB) Pharmacy Claims database. Data from 2008-2010 First Nation Regional Longitudinal Health Survey (RHS), Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Canada (AANDC) and Statistics Canada are also included.
First Nations and Inuit Health Branch Atlantic Region Health Status Report, 2013
FNIHB Atlantic Region Health Status Report, 2013
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
First Nations and Inuit Health Branch - Atlantic Region
Health Canada
Description
Information from First Nations and Inuit Health Branch (regional and national) program reports and the Non-Insured Health Benefits (NIHB) Pharmacy Claims database for years 2008 to 2012. Data from Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Canada (AANDC) and Statistics Canada are also included.
Joint Special Report: Health and Well-Being of Children in British Columbia: Report 1 on Health Services Utilization and Mortality
E-Books
Author/Creator
Child and Youth Officer for British Columbia
Ministry of Health
Office of the Provincial Health Officer
Description
Aims to use routinely collected data to better understand health and well-being outcomes for children and youth who are currently, or have been, in government care.
Discusses the history non-native social workers within Aboriginal communities and the beginning of First Nations' control of child welfare.
Duration: 7:11.
Aboriginal Policy Studies, vol. 9, no. 2, 2021, pp. 114-121
Description
A discussion of how colonialism created the conditions that were used to justify the removal of Indigenous children from their families, both historically and in modern times. The author use her own personal story as means to discuss its effects.
Historical data based on 1981 Census. Analysis of key demographic, social and economic indicators and comparison between on- and off-reserve populations.
Introduction: People, Politics, and Child Welfare in British Columbia
People, Politics, and Child Welfare in British Columbia
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Marilyn Callahan
Christopher Walmsley
Description
"This chapter highlights the importance of not discarding our past but, rather, understanding the actions of social work pioneers within the context of their times and gaining appreciation for their accomplishments".
Introduction and Chapter 1 from People, Politics, and Child Welfare in British Columbia edited by Leslie T. Foster and Brian Wharf.
Journal of Australian Studies, vol. 22, no. 59, Special Issue: Who Will Look After the Children?, 1998, pp. 8-19
Description
Discusses lasting effects on Australian Aboriginals who, as children, were taken away from their parents and the present day phenomenon of returning to one's Aboriginal family.
Focuses on the areas of system, community, organization, and practice. Each section includes key points and recommendations.
Material presented as exhibit 42 from the Phoenix Sinclair Inquiry.
International Social Work , vol. 35, Special Issue: The New Reality of Poverty and Social Work Interventions, 1992, pp. 191-202
Description
Looks at child adoption and unemployment programs and analyzes a western society agrarian rationale verses the Indigenous culture rationale based on hunting and gathering.
Reviews literature about family-centered services and family preservation services. Concludes with recommendations for "best practices" for policy makers.
First Nations Child and Family Caring Society of Canada
Description
Discusses some barriers facing Aboriginal children being placed in care including increased number of children being placed in non-Aboriginal homes and lack of funding for social service programs on reserves. Presents recommendations that are inline with the United Nations recommendations.