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Schools as “really dangerous places” for Indigenous children and youth: schools, child welfare, and contemporary challenges to reconciliation

dc.contributor.authorMilne, Emily
dc.contributor.authorWotherspoon, Terry
dc.date.accessioned2021-06-17
dc.date.accessioned2022-05-31T01:43:56Z
dc.date.available2022-05-31T01:43:56Z
dc.date.issued2020
dc.description.abstractThe Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada (TRC) final report called attention to the damage induced by government policies and practices and outlined a pathway toward reconciliation in which education and child welfare system reforms play a central role. Drawing from 61 interviews with teachers and parents of Indigenous children in Alberta, this paper addresses the question: what do intersections between schooling and child welfare systems contribute to prospects for meaningful reconciliation between Indigenous and non-Indigenous people in Canada? Findings suggest that, despite formal commitments to acknowledge and address colonial legacies of residential schooling, obligations to fulfill state child welfare and educational objectives continue to situate schools, for many Indigenous families, as “dangerous places.”
dc.description.urihttps://library.macewan.ca/full-record/a9h/141780004
dc.identifier.citationMilne, E., & Wotherspoon, T. (2020). Schools as “Really Dangerous Places” for Indigenous Children and Youth: Schools, Child Welfare, and Contemporary Challenges to Reconciliation. Canadian Review of Sociology 57(1), 1-19. https://doi.org/10.1111/cars.12267
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1111/cars.12267
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14078/2343
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoen
dc.rightsAll Rights Reserved
dc.subjectschools
dc.subjectreconciliation
dc.subjecteducation
dc.subjectIndigenous families
dc.subjectdangerous places
dc.subjectIndigenous children and youth
dc.subjectthreat
dc.subjectracism
dc.subjectchild welfare
dc.subjectTruth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada
dc.titleSchools as “really dangerous places” for Indigenous children and youth: schools, child welfare, and contemporary challenges to reconciliationen
dc.typeArticle

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