RECLAIMING OUR CHILDREN Exercising Métis Child and Family Services Jurisdiction Under Act C-92

 May 23, 2024

. Act C-92 opens the door for Indigenous communities to build their own child intervention systems and related laws so that they can better care for their children, youth, and families.

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WoW Guide Nlaka’pamus Wrapping Our Ways Around Them Indigenous Communities & Child Welfare Guide (C-92)

 May 23, 2024

The intention of the guide is to have child welfare agencies and societies understand, respect and honour the experience of indigenous peoples from an intergenerational trauma lens to better support the act.

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VIDEO: Decolonizing Pathways Towards Integrative Healing in Social Work

 May 22, 2024

Factor-Inwentash Faculty of Social Work University of Toronto held a two-hour workshop on Decolonizing Pathways Towards Integrative Healing in Social Work, inspired by Michael Yellow Bird and Kris Clarke’s book of the same name

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Honouring Sacred Relationships: Wise Practices in Indigenous Social Work (ACSW)

 May 20, 2024

This document was initiated and supported through Ceremony to invite the spiritual and lived wisdom of Indigenous and non-Indigenous social workers into a collective process.

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Indigenous Kids Need Better Access to Culture While in Government Care (The Discourse)

 May 16, 2024

The ‘Generic’ Indigenous teachings aren’t good enough, say Indigenous youth (The Discourse)

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Two Spirit and Indigiqueer Cultural Safety Considerations for Practice and Policy

 May 16, 2024

In celebration of National Indigenous Month and Pride Month, the Indigenous Cultural Safety Webinar Series invites you to sit in circle with Dr. James Makokis and Dr. Karina Walters to reflect on our understandings of and contributions towards cultural safety for Two Spirit and Indigiqueer peoples.

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Canadian Truth and Reconciliation Commission Calls to Action.

 May 16, 2024

In order to redress the legacy of residential schools and advance the process of Canadian reconciliation, the Truth and Reconciliation Commission makes the following calls to action.

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Two-Spirit Dry Lab

 May 15, 2024

Turtle Island’s first research group/lab that focuses exclusively on Two-Spirit people, communities, and experiences.

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ALIGN’s Well-Being in Child and Family Services eBlast Launch!

Assess well-being and share your agencies impact!

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