Walking Together
The Future of Indigenous Child Welfare on the Prairies
Description
Indigenous and non-Indigenous scholars forward child welfare issues currently impacting Indigenous children in Canada.
Walking Together is the seventh title in the Voices of the Prairies series. Developed by the Prairie Child Welfare Consortium, this edited collection brings together accomplished Indigenous and non-Indigenous scholars from the prairie provinces to forward critical research about a range of contemporary child welfare issues currently impacting Indigenous children in Canada.
Centering Indigenous knowledge and working to decolonize child welfare, contributors address the over-representation of Indigenous children in the child welfare system, the un-met recommendations of the TRC, the connections between colonialism and fetal alcohol spectrum disorders, the impact of Bill C-92, and more.
Contributors include: Jason Albert, Dorothy Badry, Cindy Blackstock, Elder Mae Louise Campbell, Peter Choate, Linda Dano-Chartrand, Michael Doyle, Koren Lightning Earle, Arlene Eaton Erickson, Yahya El-Lahib, Hadley Friedland, Don Fuchs, Del Graff, Jennifer Hedges, Bernadette Iahtail, Jennifer King, Brittany Mathews, Eveline Milliken, Kelly Provost—Ekkinnasoyii (Sparks in a Fire), Christina Tortorelli, Gabrielle Lindstrom Tsapinaki, Susannah Walker, and Robyn Williams
Awards
- Short-listed, Publishing in Education Award, Saskatchewan Book Awards 2023
Reviews
Shortlisted, Publishing in Education Award, Saskatchewan Book Awards, 2023
“A great contribution for all of us who conduct research, teach, and work directly in the field of Indigenous child welfare practice.” —Jeannine Carrière, author of Calling Our Families Home: Métis Peoples’ Experiences with Child Welfare