First Peoples Child & Family Review
An Interdisciplinary Journal Honoring the Voices, Perspectives and Knowledges of First Peoples through Research, Critical Analyses, Stories, Standpoints and Media Reviews

 

© 2009 First Nations Child & Family Caring Society of Canada ISSN 1708-489X Volume 4, Number 2, 2009 Volume 4, Number 1, 2009 Volume 3, Number 4, 2007 Volume 3, Number 3, 2007 Volume 3, Number 2, 2007 Volume 3, Number 1, 2007 Volume 2, Number 1, 2005 Volume 1, Number 1, 2004

Table of Contents, Volume 4, Number 1, 2009 4 Foreword Ginger Gosnell-Myers 5 - 7 Editorial: The Legacy of a Child: Jordan’s Principle Chris Wekerle, Don Fuchs and Marlyn Bennett 8 YOUTH PERSPECTIVE: Reflections on Racism Jasmine Montgomery-Reid 9 POEM: Can You Hear me Through the White Noise? Laurie Harding 10 - 19 Going Back to the Roots: Using the Medicine Wheel in the Healing Process Robert C. Twigg and Thomas Hengen 20 - 27 Mental Health Promotion as a Prevention and Healing Tool for Issues of Youth Suicide in Canadian Aboriginal Communities Rachel L. Wortzman 28 - 37 Occasional Evil of Angels: Learning from the Experiences of Aboriginal Peoples and Social Work Cindy Blackstock 38 - 46 Utilization of the Canadian Incidence Study of Reported Child Abuse and Neglect in First Nations Child Welfare Agencies in Ontario Lil Tonmyr, Susan Jack, Sandy Brooks, Betty Kennedy and Peter Dudding 47 - 56 Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder Standards: Supporting Children in the Care of Children’s Services Dorothy Badry 57 - 65 One Indigenous Academic’s Evolution: A Personal Narrative of Native Health Research and Competing Ways of Knowing Suzanne L. Stewart 66 - 79 Metaphorical Reflections: The Colonial Circus of the Drunken Indian and the Kidney Machine Steven Koptie with Editorial Assistance from Cynthia Wesley-Esquimaux 80 - 88 COMMENTARY: Knowledge Mobilization for the Real World - Seeking Wisdom Jean Lafrance 89 THE LAST WORD: After the Residential School Apology: Why all Canadians Should Care about a Racial Equality Case Before the Canadian Human Rights Commission Cindy Blackstock

Coordinating Editor: Marlyn Bennett

Editorial Board Members: Danny Musqua, Elder Representative, First Nations University of Canada • Ginger Gosnel, Youth Representative, British Columbia • Ivan Brown, Manager, Center of Excellence for Child Welfare • Jeannine Carriere, Assistant Professor, Faculty of Social Work, University of Victoria, British Columbia • Joan Glode, Executive Director, Mi’kmaw Family and Children’s Services of Nova Scotia • Cindy Blackstock, Executive Director, First Nations Child & Family Caring Society of Canada • Kenn Richard, Executive Director, Native Child and Family Services of Toronto • Michael Hart, Assistant Professor, Faculty of Social Work, University of Manitoba • Shelley Thomas Prokop, Thomas Research, Saskatchewan • Jean Lafrance, Associate Professor and Division Head, Faculty of Social Work, University of Calgary • Maggie Kovach, Educational Foundations, College of Education, University of Saskatchewan

Layout: Marlyn Bennett

Cover Illustration: Garry Young for the © First Nations Child & Family Caring Society of Canada

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