Calling our families home :

"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 dislocation. There is scant literature on Métis experiences in child welfare systems, no national data is collected on the number of Métis children involved with child welfare systems, and there has never been a national study of these realities. The little research that does exist shows a very troubling picture: the misidentification of Métis children as simply "Aboriginal" or "White," and the mass movement of Métis children outside of their birth communities." - Provided by publisher.

Call Number:

E99 .M47 C35 2017

Title Responsibility:

edited by: Jeannine Carrière, Catherine Richardson.

Author Information:

Jeannine Carrière PhD, is a Métis scholar and Professor of Social Work at the University of Victoria. Dr. Carrière recieved the 2017 Provost’s Advocacy and Activism Award for her work with Métis and First Nation’s People at the Provost’s Diversity Research Conference, A Decade of Critical Conversations: Re-imaging Identities, Power and Privilege on Jan 26th 2017 at the First Peoples House. Catherine Richardson PhD, is a Métis scholar and Associate Professor at the Université de Montreal. Dr. Richardson spent the past seven years as an Associate Professor in the School of Social Work at the University of Victoria. In 2013, she was the Chair of the Indigenous Specializations Program."

Production Place:

Vernon, BC :

Producer:

JCharlton Publishing Ltd.,

Production Date:

2017

Band Tribe Geography Time:

Métis

Recommended For:

Research

Catalogue Key:

10866931