Awakening the Spirit: Moving Forward in Child Welfare

This is the third book in an exciting series of child welfare books that features voices from the prairies. Child welfare is ultimately about the well-being of vulnerable children and families, and this book challenges us to re-examine--and sometimes to reconstruct--the core values of our profession and the methods we use. This book urges us to awaken our own spirits to uncover the truth of our motives, and to move forward in ways that honour the values and experiences of vulnerable children and families.

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.

Sharon McKay is professor emeritus in the Faculty of Social Work at the University of Regina and a founding member of the Prairie Child Welfare Consortium.

Ivan Brown is a Senior Research Associate in the Factor-Inwentash Faculty of Social Work, University of Toronto, and a Professor (adjunct) in the Centre for Applied Disability Studies at Brock University. He acted as the Manager for the Centre of Excellence for Child Welfare from 2000-2010.