Adoption & Foster Care

Elders discuss names and relationships and how their significance is being lost. No date given, probably the late 1960's or early 1970's.

Analysis of data from the First Nations component of the Canadian Incidence Study of Reported Child Abuse and Neglect 2008 (FNCIS-2008).

Author talks about his feelings after kissing a classmate.

Discusses the legal system's lack of recognition of the legitimacy of customary adoption.

Descriptive model of the cultural "rules" governing Kwaio fosterage.

Human and Social Development Thesis (M.A.)--University of Victoria, 2010.

Report of the Commission of Inquiry into the Circumstances Surrounding the Death of Phoenix Sinclair, a five-year-old First Nations child who was beaten to death by her mother and her boyfriend. Specifically investigated whether the child welfare system had been negligent. Access to Volume 2 Access to Volume 3

Discusses how the Irish have facilitated litigation in the interests of justice regarding the removal of children from their families and how that concept could be applied in Australia.

Comments on the importance of connectedness to family, community culture, and nationhood for Indigenous children and adoption.

Overview of project's three overarching goals: research and create culturally appropriate support materials; identify community-based supports and establish processes for accessing them; and determine community-driven, culturally appropriate advocacy for children and families. Appendix A: Literature Review Appendix B: Podcast

Comments on the creation of the Saskatchewan First Nation Family and Community Institute and hopes that the institute can stem the flow of children placed into foster care.

Looks at a three day event that brought together community healing programs and initiatives from around Australia and gave the opportunity for participants to meet the people that deliver the programs.

Letter informs the readers that the Australian Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission has made arrangements to assist people who contributed to the National Inquiry into the Separation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children from their families.

Social Work Thesis (M.S.W.)--The University of British Columbia, 2006.

Reports about the years of neglect by professionals and the social care system that led to the death of a young Aboriginal woman, Paige Gauchier, from a drug overdose on Vancouver's Downtown Eastside. Duration: 21:13. Report by the BC Representative for Children and Youth Paige's Story: Abuse, Indifference and a Young Life Discarded.

Ms. Youens is a Metis, born in North Battleford, Saskatchewan. She was brought up in a series of foster homes and is now active in both the Women's Movement and with native groups. She talks about how the Metis are treated by outside groups, her childhood, and attitudes towards women among native societies.

Main focus is issues faced by First Nations agencies assuming responsibilities formerly administered by provincial authorities.

Second edition.

Carried out as part of a needs assessment for children in care in Manitoba.

Summarizes the evaluation report of program run by Métis Child, Family, and Community Services in Winnipeg. Aimed at family reunification, the program involves parents and children moving into a full-time foster home with comprehensive support including parenting skills, household management, social support, sobriety, financial stability and employability. Paper briefly describes outcomes, relates these to literature review, describes innovative funding model, and discuses program's potential as prevention tool.

Study uses data from the National Household Survey and includes results about children who lived with a lone parent, with grandparents, or in a stepfamily. Also provides key statistics about Aboriginal foster children

Study consisted of community engagement involving 575 individuals, comprehensive review of 213 files of children under the care of the Department of Children, Seniors and Social Development on December 31, 2017, and a literature review of provincial, national and international content. Includes 33 recommendations.

Leadership, Adult and Higher Education Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Toronto, 2016.

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.

Suggests that the adoption of Aboriginal children by white people was a continuation of residential school policies.

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.

Counselling Psychology Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Wisconsin, Madison, 2002.

Presents a short story from the perspective of an old woman reminiscing about some of the most tragic events of her life.

Education Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Manitoba, 2003.

Describes how connectedness relates to health for First Nation adoptees. The article also explores legislative, policy and program implications regarding the adoption of First Nation children.

Overview of Act of 1978 implemented to get rid of abusive child-welfare practices and discriminatory practices of the state and county welfare agencies. Gave tribal governments and courts jurisdiction over child placement.

Describes the policies enacted to protect adoptee's rights in Manitoba.

Reprint of 1982 Manitoba Metis Federation position paper, Manitoba Métis Federation Inc. Position Paper On Child Care and Family Services

Editors' introduction to themed issue gives brief highlights of each article.

Discusses the various models for providing child welfare services.

Argues that while authorities claim that focus is on well-being and family, state child protection is based on colonial and racist mentalities which prevent real systemic change.

Sociology, Gender and Social Work Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Otago, 2012.

Interview includes a description of life on the reserve that describes milking, sheep-shearing and fishing weirs. It also consists of stories about a woman whose husband turned into a lizard; a story of Wisakedjak; and how Thunder Blanket killed his wife and then himself.

Mrs. Carter tells a story of her life. She talks of the traditional way of living; residential schools and tells how she was given her name. During the interview she also relates a tale from her grandfather about the Cree raiding Blackfoot camps.

Discussion on problems of the younger generation, including alcoholism. Also discussed ways in which parents and elders can help by instructing children and young people and by maintaining the Indian religion.

Discusses the author's writing as a way of going home and reclaiming her ancestry, her family and her homeland.

Comparative study of the treatment of Aboriginal vs. non-Aboriginal children in the Quebec Child Protection Department.

Looks at current areas of compliance and study findings, current approaches to measurement of ICWA compliance and provides recommendations for best practices in those areas.

Lists sources which deal with the damage inflicted by the residential school system as well as the research conducted on the healing process.

Argues that Métis children are both unrecognized and over-represented in provincially managed child welfare systems throughout Canada; critiques social work practices that marginalize families and explores issues of identification, identity, and advocates for social work practices which dignify, rather than further alienate Métis families.