Healing hearts and fostering alliances: towards a cultural safety framework for School District #61.
| dc.contributor.author | Mitchell, Joanne | |
| dc.contributor.supervisor | Carriere, Jeannine | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2011-08-29T22:17:48Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2011-08-29T22:17:48Z | |
| dc.date.copyright | 2011 | en_US |
| dc.date.issued | 2011-08-29 | |
| dc.degree.department | School of Social Work | |
| dc.degree.level | Master of Social Work M.S.W. | en_US |
| dc.description.abstract | Cultural Safety is an educational framework and pedagogy developed by Maori nursing scholar, Dr. Irihapeti Ramsden (2002). Through this research, I explored the application of Cultural Safety to the Greater Victoria School District’s Aboriginal Education Enhancement Agreement. My research question is: What are the key elements that would be included in the development of a Cultural Safety Agreement for the Greater Victoria School District? This research is grounded in decolonizing, Indigenous and action research methods. Theoretically, it employs critical and decolonizing perspectives to critique the appropriateness of public education curriculum and teaching practices for Indigenous students. This study utilized a qualitative research method called Action Research and used an existing community council, the Aboriginal Education Council of Greater Victoria (AEC) as a focus group. Data was collected from the focus groups and enhanced through an individual interview with the coordinator of Aboriginal Education in the Greater Victoria School District (GVSD). An outcome of this research is a draft framework for cultural safety in the school district. The framework has now become the property of the Aboriginal Education Council of the Greater Victoria School District. | en_US |
| dc.description.scholarlevel | Graduate | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1828/3519 | |
| dc.language | English | eng |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.rights.temp | Available to the World Wide Web | en_US |
| dc.subject | Cultural safety | en_US |
| dc.subject | Indigenous research | en_US |
| dc.subject | Public education | en_US |
| dc.title | Healing hearts and fostering alliances: towards a cultural safety framework for School District #61. | en_US |
| dc.type | Thesis | en_US |