Calling our families home : Métis peoples' experience with child welfare

Book 2017

"This book is dedicated to informing social workers and other helping professionals in how Métis people are affected in the child welfare system. Métis peoples today negotiate a form of displacement that has occurred over generations although most Canadians are unaware of this history. The forced removal of children through child apprehension and adoption has been an integral part of displacement, perpetuating further family disruption and disl...

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Child welfare Canada

Métis Social conditions

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ISBN:

9781926476100
1926476107

Description:

xviii, 269 pages ; 23 cm

Notes:

Canadiana
Includes bibliographical references and index

Contents:

"We know who our relatives are" : Métis identities in historical, political, and legal contexts / Robert L.A. Hancock
Métis methodology : a possible map for ethical positioning and congruency in research / Catherine Richardson & Jeannine Carrière
The invisible children of child welfare : legislation, policy and governance models for Métis child welfare / Jeannine Carrière & Catherine Richardson
Adoption of Métis children : past and present / Jeannine Carrière
Métis voices - Otepeyemsowak (the people who own themselves) / Catherine Richardson & Jeannine Carrière
"Lézoublié (left behind)" : the perceptions of Métis people and the child welfare system in Ontario / Rose E. Cameron, Denise Richer, Tara Yeates, Judy Syrette, & Brenda Powley
Hello ... We're Métis!! Promoting Métis visibility in the Quebec child welfare system / Elizabeth Fast
Open Letter. We're all responsible for you--a love letter to 2spirit Youth Kíwetinohk Kísik (trish pal)
Ramblers, rovers and invisible soldiers : Métis men in transition / Catherine Richardson
Métis history, herstory, ourstory : ghosts of the land / Denise Porter
The me in Métis : finding identity under northern skies / Kita Billington
Kiikwookew Kwizin and kinship care : attending to the hearts of Métis children / Julie Mann-Johnson
The strength of the sash : Métis community based research project / Deborah Canada

Control Number:

2645267

Other Authors:

Carrière, Jeannine, author, editor
Richardson, Catherine Lynn, 1962- author, editor

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