Adoption & Foster Care

Looks at health disparities and social determinants of health and provides recommendations for change.

Discusses the Caring Across the Boundaries and Touchstones of Hope programs, which are meant to increase First Nations Child and Family Service Agencies' capacity to provide services to their communities.

Looks at the social problems leading to the by-law, the agreement with the province and potential for future policy direction.

Submission contends that Canada has failed to adequately address issues facing Aboriginal children and therefore has not complied with the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, UN Declaration of the Rights of Indigenous Peoples and other human rights instruments.

Child-friendly booklet.

Responses to the question, "what do you need spiritually to foster?" brought 55 replies which were compared and contrasted to existing fostering literature.

Author advocates that change cannot be imposed by outsiders, but rather it must begin from the ground up.

Focus on Winnipeg, Manitoba.

American Indian Studies Thesis (M.A.)--University of Arizona, 2006.

Reviews literature about family-centered services and family preservation services. Concludes with recommendations for "best practices" for policy makers.

Book review of: Stolen From Our Embrace by Suzanne Fournier and Ernie Crey. To access this review, scroll to page 115.

Discusses how Aboriginal life narratives, on the removal of Aboriginal children from their families, has impacted Indigenous-settler relations.

A collection of materials on the attitudes and practices associated with the removal of Aboriginal children from their homes. Includes representative testimonies from those who were separated from their families and communities.

Discusses assimilation policies and testimonies of children of mixed descent who were forcibly removed from their Aboriginal families and raised in white families. Excerpt from Lives in Migration: Rupture and Continuity edited by Martin Renes.

Book review of:In Denial: The Stolen Generations and the Right by Robert Manne.

Originally published 1981.

Discusses the reparations awarded to Mrs. Valerie Linow for the assaults to her while under the care of the State.

Studies the relationship between the armed forces and the Stolen Generations by looking at one mans' life story.

Looks at lives of four Canadian Aboriginal adults who were removed from their birth families and placed in non-Aboriginal homes.

Consists of an interview that tells of an Inuit death story; a Lillooet (West coast Indian) creation myth; and an account of a man's search for his lost brother. Note: Heather Bouchard, transcriber.

Fine Arts Thesis (MFA)--University of Otago, 2017.

Educational Studies Thesis (Ed.D.)--University of British Columbia (Vancouver), 2012.

Survey which used a sample of 24 youths living in Toronto, Ontario found a strong link between homelessness and involvement in the child welfare system.

Presents a broad overview of the variation in Aboriginal child welfare legislation and standards, service delivery models, and funding formulas across Canada.

Discusses the over-representation of Aboriginal children in the child welfare system and makes recommendations to keep them safely at home.

Examines and describes the service needs and experiences of pregnant women in Manitoba who have problems with substance use.

Describes the Sturgeon Lake, Alberta community's journey toward being directly involved in the child welfare policy and implementation.

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.

Argues that the Federal government has failed to provide adequate support to First Nations children (both on and off-reserve) in terms of programs for birth and adoptive parents, has not implemented Jordan's principle, and does not monitor international adoption placements.

Ontario Regional Chief voices concerns about areas such as lack of consultation, customary care, access to crown wards, prevention and protection, and welfare agencies.

Inquiry responds to the government's failure to adequately address recommendations in Bringing them home: Report of the National Inquiry into the Separation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children From the Families.

Examines common factors, coping and survival strategies, roles of extended family and friendships, and organizations offering services in the San Francisco Bay area.

Uses data from the Canadian Incidence Study of Reported Child Abuse and Neglect in 2008 to examine links between confirmation differences in worker assessments, and child, household and caregiver attributes.

Response in support of Julia Emberley's book, Defamiliarizing the Aboriginal: Cultural Practices and Decolonization in Canada.

Provides statistics on number of children in care, and child abuse and neglect; discusses factors contributing to removal and highlights successful programs.

Short history of the circumstances that motivated the changes which have taken place in the Manitoba system.

Results from 83 interviews identified five themes: system supports, specialists, education through sharing, cultural and community supports, and recreational resource support. Compares results to available literature.

Discussion of Indigenous understandings of gender and sexuality and the emergence of the term two-spirit followed by recommendations in the areas of cultural safety and competence in placement, engagement with youth, culturally-safe and appropriate services and resources, partnerships with Indigenous organizations, and the contents of the resource guide.

Comments on an unusual approach to Aboriginal assimilation.

Education Thesis (M.A.)--Simon Fraser University, 2006.

Paper provides background and suggestions for a conference regarding a equitable resolution to non-native leaseholder representation in First Nations land decisions. Appendix A: "Market Value" on Reserve: Musqueam Indian Band V. Glass and the Implications for Property Assessments

Report looks at what needs to change so that Māori children aged 0-3 months stay within their whanau (extended family) when social services is notified of care and protection concerns.

Report looks at what needs to change so that Māori children aged 0-3 months stay within their whanau (extended family) when social services is notified of care and protection concerns.

For use with the CBC website which tracks progress on the Truth and Reconciliation Commission's 94 Calls to Action in child welfare, education, language and culture, health, justice and reconciliation.

Report provides information on families and children in care with the Southern First Nations Network of Care.

Inquiry into the policies and practices that caused the removal of 10,000 children in North South Wales and 100,000 nationally.