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What It Takes to Support a Loved One with FASD
No full textThis photovoice project was undertaken by the Family Advisory Committee of the Canada Fetal AlcoholSpectrum Disorder (FASD) Research Network to describe the experiences and the challenges faced bythose supporting loved ones with FASD. Photovoice is a method of bringing forth the voice of those whoare typically marginalized. It is a process by which people can act as recorders and potential catalysts forsocial action and change. The Family Advisory Committee chose the photovoice technique tocommunicate both their experiential knowledge and the research knowledge on both the challenges andrewards in supporting individuals with FASD. This photovoice project highlights several themes that areconsistent with the results of caregiver research and provide a glimpse into the experience of thosesupporting loved ones with FASD. Through this type of knowledge translation the Family AdvisoryCommittee hopes to enhance policy maker and service provider understanding of the necessity ofproviding support and services not only to the individual with FASD but to those who support them aswell
Editorial: It Takes All of Us to Enforce the Law
No full textJanuary 26, 2016, was a historic day. Nine years after the Caring Society and Asssembly of First Nationsfiled the case, the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal issued a landmark ruling that found Canada guiltyof racial discrimination against First Nations children. Featuring interviews with the Caring Society'spro bono legal team, this short film explores the history and significance of the case through a legal lens.Thoughtful and engaging, the film is a must watch for legal professionals, educators, activists, and youngpeople alike.The Caring Society gratefully acknowledges the Law Society of Upper Canada for support of this film
Culturally Restorative Child Welfare Practice: A Special Emphasis on Cultural Attachment Theory
No full textA research project was implemented through the use of qualitative secondary data analysis to describe a theory of culturally restorative child welfare practice with the application of cultural attachment theory. The research documented 20 years of service practice that promoted Anishinaabe cultural identity and cultural attachment strategies by fostering the natural cultural resiliencies that exist within the Anishinaabe nation. The research brings a suggested methodology to child welfare services for First Nations children; the greater the application of cultural attachment strategies the greater the response to cultural restoration processes within a First Nations community
Indigenous Peoples and Empowerment via Technology
No full textThis article considers how increased access to communications technology could improve the lives of Indigenous peoples in Quebec. The authors describe the digital divide between Indigenous and non-Indigenous peoples in Quebec with respect to the speed, reliability, and cost of communications infrastructure, and how existing barriers can be overcome. The authors describe some ways in which the use of technology has already been incorporated by Indigenous communities to support education and healthcare, and how bridging the digital divide can be a tool to increase access to these fundamental services. Although technology is not a panacea, it has the potential, if implemented in accordance with Indigenous values, traditions, and goals, to empower Indigenous communities, particularly those in remote regions of Quebec, and alleviate some of the difficulties associated with accessing education and healthcare
Live-In Family Enhancement (LIFE): A Comprehensive Program for Healing and Family Reunification
No full textFamily enhancement is an approach to child protection that has been recommended by numerous reviews of child welfare practice. A recent example emerged from a comprehensive review of the child welfare system in Manitoba, Canada. The inquiry recommended that family enhancement be utilised in all child welfare cases, and be funded at levels reasonable enough to allow comprehensive support for families seeking to re-unify. Agency staff told the inquiry, however, that current resources permitted only limited service, for insufficient time, and for only a small percentage of families in care.
An Indigenous agency in Manitoba, Metis Child, Family, and Community Services, has devised an innovative approach in which parents were fostered along with their children. This allows the agency to make a wide range of resources available to families on a 24-hour basis for 8-to-12-month periods. The costs do not appear to exceed those of regular fostering of children.
This Live-In Family Enhancement (LIFE) program was extensively evaluated in 2015. The findings show a significant set of benefits to families such as stronger attachment between parents and children, improved parenting skills for caregivers, strengthened social support for families, newly acquired household management skills, successful completion of employment training, and significantly improved trust in social workers and the agency. Many of these factors are correlated, in research, with increased rates of family reunification. The paper documents these findings, and recommends that this approach be expanded for use in prevention as well as reunification
Challenges and Resiliency in Aboriginal Adults with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder
No full textAboriginal adults with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) face multiple barriers to services that did not exist in their childhood, yet they still cope with the same FASD-related cognitive issues that they experienced in childhood. Considerable effort is directed to research on children with FASD, but little research on adults with FASD. Furthermore, research on the population of Canada that is generalized to Aboriginal people is neither effective nor ethical. This literature review focuses on Aboriginal adults with FASD, specifically looking at criminal recidivism rates, the stigma attached to an FASD diagnosis, lack of support services, and the ongoing effects of intergenerational trauma. Future qualitative research is suggested to focus on adulthood and aging with FASD, and on helpful interventions
Une honte nationale
No full textCette transcription a été initialement prononcée en français par Katalina Toth pour d'art oratoire, un concours d'expression publique organisée par l'Association des écoles privées du Québec. Katalina Toth est étudiante à The Sacred Heart School of Montreal. Une liste des références utilisées pour la recherche de ce discours est fournie à ceux qui voudraient en savoir plus sur les avis d'ébullition de l'eau dans les réserves et d'autres injustices semblables.[This speech transcription was originally delivered in French by Katalina Toth for Art Oratoire, a public speaking competition organized by the Quebec Association of Independent Schools. Katalina Toth is a student at The Sacred Heart School of Montreal. A list of references used to research this speech is provided for those who would like to learn more about the on-reserve boil water advisories and other similar injustices.
Fair
No full textThe grade 3/4 and grade 7 class at Ross Drive Public School worked together to learn about treaties, Shannen Koostachin, and Shannen’s Dream. The students were asked to think about what a safe and comfy education might look like and why it is unfair that Shannen Koostachin had to fight for this right. This poem reflects what two students, Hamza and Yuktha, learnt
Give Children All Rights
No full textThe grade 3/4 and grade 7 class at Ross Drive Public School worked together to learn about treaties, Shannen Koostachin, and Shannen’s Dream. The students were asked to think about what a safe and comfy education might look like and why it is unfair that Shannen Koostachin had to fight for this right. This poem reflects what one student, Aliya, learnt
Life as a Clock
No full textThis slam poem is a reflection on 150-plus years of missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls in Canada and how this has affected Indigenous and non-Indigenous children, youth, and families