Sinclair, Raven

Provides an overview of key issues reported by advisors and community members and discusses future directions for health research in the province.

Examines culturally based mentoring for youth from western and Aboriginal perspectives of professionals, Elders, youth and community members.

Argues that in order to be effective social work education must address the effects of colonization on Aboriginal people at the practice level.

Analyzes the relationship between child welfare and the rates of youth gang participation.

Authors conducted analysis of 4300 advertisements promoting adoption of Indigenous children which were featured in the "Today's Child" column in The Toronto Telegram and The Toronto Star from 1964 to 1982, the period known as the Sixties Scoop. Descriptions of happiness were framed in ways which conformed with white society's notions of family and nation.

Social Work Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Calgary, 2007.

Overview of special issue on the Indigenous Child Removal System in Canada.

Literature review and summary of current state of health research ethics.

Discusses transracial adoption and its effects on Aboriginal children and makes recommendations for future practices.

Introduction to an issue devoted to Aboriginal and social work issues.

Contains research and legal literature reviews, and summation of dialogues with Elders.