Aboriginal Fathers: rebuilding our identity

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dc.contributor.authorMcVey, Wes
dc.contributor.supervisorBall, Dr. Jessica
dc.contributor.supervisorHart, Dr. John
dc.date.accessioned2016-10-06T20:34:13Z
dc.date.available2016-10-06T20:34:13Z
dc.date.copyright2016en_US
dc.date.issued2016-10-06
dc.degree.departmentSchool of Child and Youth Careen_US
dc.degree.levelMaster of Arts M.A.en_US
dc.description.abstractThe negative effects of colonialism in Aboriginal communities in Canada have been well documented since Europeans first arrived and began evaluating people they did not understand. This has negatively affected more than reflected those communities, and has led to important omissions in Western knowledge. Interrupting the ongoing and systemic exclusion of Aboriginal peoples from knowledge production includes acknowledging Aboriginal people as leaders in documenting successes in their communities - like the development of a unique “Aboriginal Fathers Engagement Program” (AFEP) in the Central Okanagan of British Columbia. As a partner in such a documentation project, I have been informed by a culturally grounded research protocol that is based on meaningful participation of the community. Through this I have been led primarily by practitioners and participants within the AFEP. Documenting the program's development, along with the experiences of participants and practitioners within it, has the potential to improve responsiveness of services, increase research capacity, and facilitate the access to funding at local levels. It may also lead to a replication of this success in other communities, and contribute to a shift in paradigm and knowledge further abroad: towards a growing recognition and validation of Indigenous ways of caring for children, and of knowing.en_US
dc.description.scholarlevelGraduateen_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1828/7601
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.rightsAvailable to the World Wide Weben_US
dc.subjectAboriginal fathersen_US
dc.subjectIndigenous knowledgeen_US
dc.subjectdocumenting experiencesen_US
dc.subjectprogram evaluationen_US
dc.subjectcommunity engagementen_US
dc.titleAboriginal Fathers: rebuilding our identityen_US
dc.typeprojecten_US

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