Walking This Path Together: Anti-Racist and Anti-Oppressive Child Welfare Practice

Carriere, J (ed)

ISBN 10: 1552667898 / ISBN 13: 9781552667897

Published by Fernwood Publishing Co Ltd, 2015

About this Item

Anti-Racist and Anti-Oppressive Child Welfare Practice. 2nd edition. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: JH. . . 2015. 2nd Edition. Paperback. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

Seller Inventory # V9781552667897

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Walking This Path Together: Anti-Racist and Anti-Oppressive Child Welfare Practice
• Publisher: Fernwood Publishing Co Ltd
• Publication Date: 2015
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1552667898
• ISBN 13: 9781552667897
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: 2nd Edition
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

Walking This Path Together is an edited collection devoted to improving the lives of children and families that come to the attention of child welfare authorities by demonstrating and advocating for socially just child welfare practices. In this new, updated edition, authors provide special consideration to the historical and political context of child welfare in Canada and theoretical ideas and concrete practices that support practitioners, educators and students who are looking for anti-racist, anti-oppressive and anti-colonial perspectives on child welfare practice.

About the Authors

Dr. Jeannine Carrière is a Metis woman originally from the Red River area of Manitoba. Her educational background includes a PhD in Human Ecology Family Studies, an MSW a BSW and a BA in Sociology. She is an Associate Professor at the University Of Victoria School Of Social Work in the Indigenous Specialization. Her research interests include child and adoption and issues of identity, mental health, and Indigenous ways of knowing and knowledge transfer. Dr. Carriere has several publications in these research areas and serves on a number of volunteer committees related to Aboriginal child welfare. In 2008 she received the Adoption Activist award from the North American Council on Adoptable Children (NACAC).

Susan Strega is a Professor in the School of Social Work at the University of Victoria. Susan’s areas of teaching specialization and interest include: anti-oppressive/anti-racist practice, research methodologies, discourse analysis, feminist methods, post-structural approaches and violence against women.