• Centering a Métis grandmothers’ knowledge: story of grandmothers’ teachings and Métis child welfare in B.C. 

  LaFrance, Shelley Angela (2021-07-29)

  Despite decades of evidence in Canada of injustices involving child welfare systems and outstanding recommendations, the overrepresentation and harm to Indigenous children, youth, and families remain (Blackstock, 2011, ...
• Fat bodies in space: explorations of an alternate narrative 

  Webb, Natasha K. (2021-05-03)

  For far too long ‘obesity’ and healthcare have been inextricably linked, both forming and maintaining distinct narratives responsible for the “fear of fat” North American societies have embraced. Largely unrecognized, ...
• Intergenerational trauma and stories of healing through Jesus 

  Mohammed, Dionne A. (2021-04-29)

  Through a storytelling/yarning methodology (Bessarab & Ng'andu, 2010) and experience centered narrative research (Patterson, 2008), three Indigenous followers of Jesus and original inhabitants of the lands currently known ...
• Stitching ourselves back together: urban Indigenous women's experience of reconnecting with identity through beadwork 

  Bowler, Shawna (2020-11-04)

  This thesis explores how urban Indigenous women experience reconnections to cultural identity when they take up the practice of traditional beadwork. A beading methodology was used to explore the experiences of five urban ...
• Contesting care: applying a critical social citizenship lens to care for trans children 

  MacAdams, Alyx (2020-08-18)

  Recent years have seen an unprecedented paradigm shift wherein pathologizing approaches to caring for trans children have been contested by efforts to accept and affirm trans children as their self-determined gender. This ...
• Leadership supports for Indigenous staff with lived experience 

  Perrett, Sarah (2020-04-08)

  Social work practice involves acknowledging the interconnection between the personal and professional. Organizations hiring Indigenous staff are responsible to recognize the lived experience that comes with being an ...
• Wounded healer or stigmatized healer? First-person experience with suicidality among helping professionals in suicide prevention and intervention 

  Huss, Sabine (2020-02-18)

  This study sought to explore the experiences of helping professionals who have first-hand lived experience with suicidal ideation or suicidal behaviour and who work with suicidal people. The research is placed in the ...
• How one becomes what one is: transformative journeys to allyship 

  Knudsgaard, Harald Bart (2020-01-09)

  This thesis explores the phenomenon of Indigenous/non-Indigenous allyship. In this thesis, Indigenous child welfare leaders were interviewed regarding their perspectives on allyship and were asked to identify non-Indigenous ...
• The connection between culture and wellness for indigenous social workers: how culturally-grounded practice can impact our work with children, families and communities 

  Brown, Alysha Kerry Anne (2019-12-23)

  Reflecting on my own experience as an Indigenous social worker, and a thorough literature review of mostly other Indigenous researchers, I addressed the following questions: What can wellness look like for Indigenous social ...
• An inquiry into the stories of First Nations Fathers and their path to Fatherhood: a narrative analysis conducted with Kwakwaka’wakw Fathers 

  Johnston, Tanille (2019-12-18)

  The purpose of this thesis is to contribute to the other works that have been done in the area of Fatherhood in hopes to cause a shift in child welfare practice. Moving child welfare away from mother-centrism, and towards ...
• There goes the neighbourhood: a case study of social mix in Vancouver's downtown eastside 

  Edelman, Valerya (2019-05-01)

  Social mix is a highly contested global trend in urban planning as it can result in some of the same negative social consequences as gentrification, such as displacement and social polarization. In 2014, the City of Vancouver ...
• Stress in corrections: a critical racist, feminist and neoliberalism analysis 

  Shoker, Jasbir Kaur (2019-01-25)

  This study explores the risk and resiliency factors for stress within a correctional environment and how correctional staff are impacted personally and professionally by occupational stress. Employing a qualitative research ...
• The next chapter: a practical guide for individuals, families, communities, social workers, and organizations supporting indigenous youth aging-out of care 

  Mahikwa, Robert (2018-12-07)

  This research utilized Indigenous methodologies rooted in oral traditions, storytelling practices, and the Medicine Wheel teachings to examine how individuals, families, communities, social workers, and organizations can ...
• The impact of the mainstreaming of Hospice Palliative Care on a small community hospice program in Central Ontario from 1988-2017 

  Pritzker, Amy (2018-11-07)

  The hospice social movement, which emerged as a new social movement based on the ideals of providing a more humane and natural approach towards death, illness, and grief, led to the creation of community-based hospice ...
• Sheltered work to social enterprise: a case study of Haley Street Adult Services Centre Society 

  Power, Adam (2018-09-11)

  Supportive work programs for people with disabilities have historically included sheltered workshops; while social enterprises are now more commonly found in policies and programs providing opportunities to address social, ...
• Reclaiming spaces between: Coast Salish Two Spirit identities and experiences 

  Sparrow, Corrina (2018-08-30)

  The seed for this research germinated deep in the lands of our Coast Salish ancestors thousands of years ago. As a Coast Salish Two Spirit researcher, I noticed there is a striking absence of west coast Indigenous and Coast ...
• A qualitative study into how 'mainstream', undergraduate social work education in the Maritime Provinces of Canada prepares social work student to work with Indigenous Peoples 

  Goyette, Ashley (2018-07-11)

  This study focused on how mainstream, social work education in the Maritime provinces prepares social workers to work with Indigenous peoples. This study adhered to principles of decolonization and Indigenous ways of ...
• A storytelling approach to second-generation survivors of residential school: the impact and effects 

  McDonald, Shannon (2018-05-01)

  This thesis looks at the stories of second-generation survivors of residential school. Storytelling is the methodology utilized in this research. The practice of Indigenous storytelling is a way to transfer knowledge to ...
• Handicapped children's services : policy, practice and implementation: an analysis 

  Crocker, Cheryl Lynn (2018-02-14)

  Handicapped Children's Services is a provincial program designed to support the families of children with disabilities to maintain their children at home. Recently, the government of Alberta has shifted responsibility and ...
• The aboriginal justice inquiry-child welfare initiative in manitoba: a study of the process and outcomes for Indigenous families and communities from a front line perspective 

  Gosek, Gwendolyn M (2017-12-22)

  As the number of Indigenous children and youth in the care of Manitoba child welfare steadily increases, so do the questions and public debates. The loss of children from Indigenous communities due to residential schools ...

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