Parity in Child Welfare

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Truth, Reconciliation, and the Future of Social Work

Inbunden, Engelska, 2026

AvJennifer Hedges,Peter W. Choate,Marlyn Bennett,Don Fuchs,Jason Albert

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Confronting structural inequities in child welfare that have long harmed Indigenous children and familiesA decade after the Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s Calls to Action—five of which focused directly on the protection of children—and in the wake of the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls, systemic failures in Canada’s child welfare system persist. The passing of Bill C-92, which affirms Indigenous communities’ inherent right to self-governance in child and family services, marks a critical shift away from colonial frameworks that mandated the residential school system and the Sixties Scoop. Yet, despite this progress, Indigenous children remain vastly overrepresented in foster care and Indigenous communities face ongoing oversurveillance. With contributions from social work practitioners, researchers, program planners, and curriculum developers, Parity in Child Welfare shows how this crisis can be addressed head on by foregrounding Indigenous traditional knowledge and leadership practices.Beyond its contribution to the movement for equity in Indigenous child welfare, this collection also engages with the frontline challenges practitioners face every day. Contributors address widespread stress and burnout, gaps in professional training, the often-overlooked topic of death and grief in child welfare practice, and more. The eighth volume in the Voices of the Prairies series, Parity in Child Welfare offers a comprehensive and timely exploration of the most urgent issues in child welfare.

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Utgivningsdatum2026-10-13
Mått153 x 229 x undefined mm
Vikt500 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
SerieVoices from the Prairies
Antal sidor345
FörlagUniversity of Regina Press
ISBN9781779401380

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Dr. Jennifer Hedges is an Assistant Professor at the University of Manitoba Faculty of Social Work Inner City Social Work Program. She is the co-chair of the Prairie Child Welfare Consortium and co-chair of the International Association of Schools of Social Work Research Committee.Dr. Marlyn Bennett (WaaWaaTe Ikwe | Northern Lights Woman) is a proud member of the Sandy Bay Ojibway First Nation and an Associate Professor in Social Work and Education at the University of Calgary. She holds a Tier II Canada Research Chair in Indigenous Children’s Wellbeing.Dr. Jason Albert (PhD) is an Associate Professor at the School of Indigenous Social Work, First Nations University of Canada, where he has been a faculty member since 2002.Dr. Peter Choate is a professor of Social Work at Mount Royal University in Calgary. Peter is an expert witness in social work with sub-specialties in the areas of case management, parenting capacity, Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder, and cross-cultural assessment.Don Fuchs is Dean and Professor Emeritus at University of Manitoba, Faculty of Social Work. His scholarship has included groundbreaking research on Children in Care with FASD and other disabilities.

ForewordFrom the EditorsAcknowledgementsIntroduction—Jason Albert & Christine ChateauChapter 1—The Prairie Child Welfare Consortium Story: A Model for Collaboration—Jennifer HedgesChild Welfare PolicyChapter 2: The Talking Circle as an Approach to Indigenous Leadership within Indigenous Organizations—Christine Chateau and Jason AlbertChapter 3: Māori and Oranga Tamariki: Taku Kuru Pounamu, my precious treasure. Shifting power in Aotearoa New Zealand’s foster system—Kā mihi nunui Kerri CleaverChapter 4: Preserving Indigenous children rights to connection within culture: Where do the priorities lie?—Peter W. ChoateChapter 5: Achieving Parity in Indigenous Child Welfare: The Promise of Bill C-92 and the Potential of Long-Term Reform to the First Nations Child and Family Services Program in Canada—Marlyn BennettChild Welfare PracticeChapter 6: Grief in Child Welfare—Ashlee HomewoodChapter 7: Child protection workers and the impact of difficult work: Going beneath the surface—Faye HamiltonChapter 8: The complexity of family for children in care—Christina TortorelliChapter 9: Making Sense of Complicated Love: Partners of child sexual abuse perpetrators speak—Lorna Hanson and Eveline MillikenChild Welfare ResearchChapter 10: Examining child poverty and child neglect within the sustainable development goals framework—Daniel Kikulwe, Peyton Drynan, and Mykayla BlackmanChapter 11: Introducing the Childhood Adversity and Resilience Research Training Platform (CARe RTP): Bringing Together Community Partners, Students, and Academics to Increase Research Capacity to Generate Impactful Research in Child Maltreatment and Child Welfare—Ashley Stewart-Tufescu, Tracie O. Afifi, Tamara L. Taillieu, Jamie Pfau, Julie-Anne McCarthy, Ana Osorio and Lauren MacGowanChapter 12: Social Work Education for Social Justice Work in Child Welfare—Jennifer HedgesEpilogue—Marlyn Bennett, PhDAbstractsAuthor Biographies