Adoption & Foster Care

Fact sheet looks at the child welfare system and the differences between First Nations and non-Aboriginal children.

Court document outlines reasons for an appeal launched in the wake of the ruling by the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal regarding the level of services provided to First Nations children in foster care.

Proceedings look into governmental discrimination against First Nations children living on reserves for providing less support for child welfare than for those living off reserve. File No: T1340/7008.

Discusses the importance of First Nations control over the adoption process and the need for government funding to support culturally based adoption services and programs.

Looks at the implementation and service development constraints of the delegated authority model for First Nations agencies.

Discussion of the difficulties involved in delivering culturally relevant programs while operating under policies and legislation determined by provincial governments. Highlights the Caring for First Nations Children Society Aboriginal Social Worker Training Program, the Aboriginal Justice Inquiry-Child Welfare Initiative, Social Work Program at the University of Manitoba and the Yellowhead Tribal Services Agency as examples of successful innovations.

Material presented as exhibit 47 from the Phoenix Sinclair Inquiry.

Law Thesis (LL.M)--University of British Columbia, 2000.

Full potential of child agencies is not realized due to reluctance to acknowledge difficulties and barriers and limited control faced by agencies.

Social Work Thesis (M.S.W.)--McGill University, 2012.

Brief document provides context for current system.

Social Work Thesis (MSW)--University of Victoria, 2016.

Looks at discussion forums that bring people together and show them the support of a caring and attentive community.

Clinical Psychology Thesis (M.A.)--Lakehead University, 2016.

Information from the 2016 Census of Population.

Issue features 15 of the most popular contributions that we have published since volume 1 in 2004.

Summarizes information from the first report and discusses the progress being made on the initiative to improve the child and family services system. Material presented as exhibit 43 from the Phoenix Sinclair Inquiry.

Report of panel struck in 2010 to conduct a comprehensive review of the child welfare system in Saskatchewan and make recommendations for improvements.

Author outlines a framework for well-being rooted in the concept of connectedness; the idea that wellness for Indigenous people comes from them being connected to their families, their communities, and the natural world.

Public Policy Thesis (Ph.D)--University of Arkansas, 2008.

Poem written by a First Nation adoptee comments on loss of identity.

Paper presented for Social Work 371 class; Diversity and Community Practice, Faculty of Social Work, University of Calgary.

Documentary about Mètis filmmaker Gil Cardinal's search for his family roots. Duration: 43:05.

Dr. Jaqueline Marie Maurice reflects on her own foster home experiences when presenting doctoral work to nurses, social services workers and students. Article located by scrolling to page 8.

Based on interviews with five veteran foster parents who had 48 years combined experience dealing with youth with complex behaviours. Social Work Major Paper (M.S.W.)--University of the Fraser Valley, 2016.

Social Work Thesis (M.S.W.)--Dalhousie University, 2011.

Curriculum & Instruction Thesis (M.A.)--University of Victoria, 2014.

Suggests that educating Aboriginal families in Indigenous ways of knowing and being would reduce child welfare interventions by territorial, provincial and federal governments. Chapter from Until Our Hearts Are on the Ground: Aboriginal Mothering, Oppression, Resistance, and Rebirth edited by Jeanette Corbiere Lavell and Dawn Memee Lavell-Harvard. Scroll down to read chapter.

Social Work Thesis (M.S.W.)--University of Manitoba, 1997.

Social Work Thesis (DSW)--Wilfred Laurier University, 1993.

Surveys academic and nonacademic literature covering topics such as difficulty in providing service, relationship with welfare services and the state, and perspectives on child maltreatment.

Discusses the conflict opposing Native American culture to Western authorities in Louise Erdrich’s short story, American Horse.

Personal narrative about researcher's experience as a transracial adoptee and the process of reclaiming her identity as an Indigenous person.

Explains the background and implementation of the principle and provides an overview of a legal case which centered on it.

Looks at the massive adoption of Native American children by white families between the 1950s and 1970s.

Book review of: Genocide and Settler Society: Frontier Violence and Stolen Indigenous Children in Australian History edited by A. Dirk Moses.

Looks at the international definition of genocide, physical and social decimation, disease as genocide and more.

Law Thesis (LL.M.)--University of Saskatchewan, 2014.

Examines autobiography of artist Sally Morgan, who was one of the those adopted out to white Australians, and her quest for identity.

Discusses the impacts of colonization, intergenerational trauma and other issues which result in over-representation in the child welfare system. Duration: 41:22.

Social Work, Indigenous Specialization Thesis (M.S.W.)--University of Victoria, 2014.

Canadian Studies and Native Studies Thesis (M.A.)--Trent University, 2001.

Discusses conflict of law arising from application of provincial law on-reserve to matters in First Nation jurisdiction, examples cited include: gambling, smoking, adoption, health, welfare regulation and education.