Investigate review into the circumstances surrounding the death of a two-week-old infant whose family was involved with Alberta's child intervention system.
First Peoples Child & Family Review, vol. 9, no. 1, Aboriginal Child and Youth Mental, Spiritual and Cultural Health, 2014, pp. 66-79
Description
Looks at Aboriginal child rearing practices to determine if traditional ways are still in use and if so, how these practices differ from mainstream child rearing.
Evaluated practices of the primary provider of child and family services in Northern Manitoba based on interviews with case workers, caregivers and children, as well as file reviews.
Looks at the benefits and drawbacks to kinship care in Canada. Recommends more research to provide evidence-based best practices for guidelines for kinship caregivers.
Aboriginal & Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 30, no. 5, September/October 2006, pp. 22-28
Description
Biographical article of Nancy De Vries, a registered nurse who was removed from her mother and raised in a white family environment.
Extracted from The Lost Children edited by Coral Edwards and Peter Read.
Special Investigation Report (Advocate for Children and Youth, Province of Saskatchewan ; Sept, 2014
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Bob Pringle
Description
Investigative report on the life of a child in foster care from the age of five months till his death at age 2. Includes reports on services provided to family by the Ministry of Social Services and the Saskatoon Health Region.
Summer Institute in Indigenous Mental Health Research, Montreal, Quebec, June 2014
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Vanessa Currie
Description
Speaker describes process of building and applying the model which guides the Nenan Dane ẕaa Deh Zona Family Services Society in its attempts to see that children are not removed from their families and sent into care. The Society operates in the Peace River area of British Columbia.
Duration: 24:46.