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Taking Action Reconciliation in Child Welfare: Touchstones of Hope for Indigenous Children, Youth, and Families (12 pages, PDF)
This document features principles and phases of reconciliation for the development of community action and reconciliation processes.
Réconciliation en matière de protection de l'enfance : pierres de touche d'un avenir meilleur pour les enfants, les jeunes et les familles autochtones (12 pages, PDF)
La version française de pierres de touche pour la réconciliation en matière de protection de l'enfance.
Evaluating Our Progress
Evaluation of Reconciliation: Looking Back, Reaching Forward, Indigenous Peoples and Child Welfare, Executive Summary
(4 pages, PDF)
Evaluation of Reconciliation: Looking Back, Reaching Forward--Indigenous Peoples and Child Welfare
Research Project by Sulaimon Giwa, Anupriya Sethi, Bridget Smith, and Mary Wabano (April 6, 2006, 95 pages, PDF)
An evaluation of the impact of Reconciliation: Looking Back, Reaching Forward – Indigenous Peoples and Child Welfare, held in Niagara Falls in October 2005. The conference goals were to advance understanding of the impact of child welfare interventions on Aboriginal communities in Canada and the United States, examine the values and beliefs that underlie Indigenous and mainstream approaches to child welfare, and to identify the principles for a renewed approach to child welfare respecting Indigenous children at national and local levels.
Finding Inspiration
Reconciliation in Child Welfare: Touchstones of Hope for Indigenous Children, Youth, and Families
Keynote address by Cindy Blackstock to the 24th Annual Conference of the National Indian Child Welfare Association, San Diego (April 3, 2006, 49 slides, PDF)
From Pain To Rainbows: Towards A Transformed Child Welfare System
Reconciliation Event Opening Address by Minister Fraser-Moleketi (October 26, 2005)
Geraldine Fraser-Moleketi, Minister of Public Administration for the Republic of South Africa, talks about the effects of colonization and Apartheid on children and families in that country. She outlines some Indigenous people's historical approaches to child welfare and describes efforts towards truth and reconciliation in South Africa.
Indigenous Peoples and Child Welfare: The Path to Reconciliation
Reconciliation Event Keynote Address by Mr. Justice René Dussault (October 27, 2005)
Mr. Justice René Dussault, Co-Chair of Canada's Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples from 1991 to 1996, reflects on some of his experiences in that role and what he learned about the intergenerational effects of residential schools on Aboriginal peoples. He also presents suggestions for how to proceed with reconciliation in child welfare.
How Do Bad Things Happen When Good People Have Good Intentions?
Reconciliation Event, Panel Presentation by Prof. John S. Milloy (October 26, 2005)
Professor John S. Milloy shares his insights as an historian who has extensively researched the Canadian federal government’s Indian residential school system and its child welfare program -- both of which encounter "the shocking mix of good people, good intentions and tragically deplorable results for Aboriginal children, families and communities."
Working Together to Strengthen Supports for Indian Children and Families: A National Perspective
Keynote Speech By Shay Bilchik at the NICWA Conference, Anchorage, Alaska (April 24, 2001)
Mr. Shay Bilchik, Executive Director and CEO of the Child Welfare League of America, outlines the history of the CWLA and the social work profession's involvement in the widespread removal of Indian children from their communities in the United States, in the name of child welfare. He apologizes for past wrongs and outlines his organization's commitment to honor, endorse, and legitimize tribal efforts to reclaim child welfare and child protection in Indian communities.
Truth Telling: Policy Reviews
Wen:de: We are Coming to the Light of Day
A review of funding formulas to support policy and practice in First Nations child and family service agencies in Canada. Includes data on incidence, social work response to reports of child maltreatment, prevention services, jurisdictional issues, management information services and case studies of 12 First Nations child and family service agencies.
First Nations Child and Family Caring Society, 2005
Wende Report order form
Pathways to overrepresentation of Aboriginal children in the child welfare system in Canada
Nico Trocmé, Della Knoke and Cindy Blackstock, 2004.
Progress or Regress: A Critical Examination of the Canadian Government's Shift to "Autonomous" First Nations Child Welfare
Fiona MacDonald
*NEW*Reconciliation After Violent Conflict: Policy Summary
International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance 2003
Journals
The First Peoples Child and Family Review
A Journal on Innovation and Best Practices in Aboriginal Child Welfare Administration, Research, Policy and Practice
Bibliographies
Indigenous Peoples and Child Welfare Bibliography
compiled by University of Toronto, Faculty of Social Work. October 2005
Native Residential Schools in Canada: A selected bibliography
compiled by Amy Fisher and Deborah Lee, April 2002, Library and Archives Canada
Other Resources
Cultural Competence Continuum
Terry L. Cross, M.S.W.
White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack
Peggy McIntosh, Wellesley College Center for Research on Women
Racism in Canada
Editorial, Canadian Dimension, January/February 2004.
A Whole-Person/Systemic Approach to Organization Change Management
Jeff Dooley, 1998
The Sixties Scoop Thirty Years Later
Inroads Journal interview with four Native adoptees, 2001
Race and Reconciliation: essays from the new South Africa
Daniel Herwitz, 2003.
Community: Seeking Safety in an Insecure World
Zygmunt Bauman, 2001.
Government and United Nations Reports
*NEW*Child poverty in perspective: An overview of child well-being in rich countries
UNICEF Innocenti Research Centre
Report of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples
Indian and Northern Affairs Canada
Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination Sixty-first session (5-23 August 2002)
Office of the High Comissioner for Human Rights
The Committee on the Rights of the Child Day of Discussion on Indigenous children
Press Release
Committee on the Rights of the Child - concluding remarks for Canada - 2003
International Indian Treaty Council
Child Welfare Approaches for Indigenous Communities: International Perspectives
Child Abuse Prevention Issues, Terri Libesman, 2004. Australia