Full Description
Offering concrete direction for some and validation for others, this groundbreaking book provides a stimulus to engage in a much-needed discourse on Aboriginal social work education.
The dozen original articles in this collection sensitively covers efforts during the past twenty-five years to develop and deliver social work education that meets the needs of Aboriginal students in Canada, Australia and New Zealand.
Contents
Introduction: Wa'tkwanonhwera: ton - William S. Rowe
Chapter 1: Walking on Thin Ice: The Evolution of the McGill Certificate Program in Northern Social Work Practice - Liesel Urtnowski
Chapter 2: Intervention Difficulties between Inuit Clients and Non-Inuit Workers - Lolly Annahatak
Chapter 3: From Igloo to Internet: Shifting Terrains of Power and Knowledge in Inuit Social Work Education - Laura Mastronardi
Chapter 4: Local and Global Approaches to Aboriginal Education: A Description of the McGill Certificate Program in Aboriginal Social Work Practice - Gail Stacey Moore
Chapter 5: Building Bridges: The Development of an Aboriginal Program from the Viewpoints of the Native and Non-Native Teachers - Ingrid Thompson Cooper, Gail Stacey Moore, Alisha Schotsman-Apale, and Florence Dobson
Chapter 6: Strengths and Weaknesses of a Specialized Program: Learning from Students in Aboriginal Social Work Education in Canada - Amanda Grenier
Chapter 7: Aboriginal BSW Education in Rural and Remote Communities: The University of Calgary's Learning Circle Model - Michael Kim Zapf
Chapter 8: Aboriginal Social Work Education in Australia - Arthur William Anscombe
Chapter 9: Some Observations on Social Work Education and Indigeneity in New Zealand - Jim Anglem
Chapter 10: Education as Healing: A Central Part of Aboriginal Social Work Professional Training - Ingrid Thompson Cooper, Gail Stacey Moore, and Florence Dobson
Chapter 11: Aboriginal Healing Practices in Mainstream Social Work Education Programs ... Sagacity or Sacrilege - Nicki Garwood and Jean Stevenson
Chapter 12: Walk a Mile in Social Work Shoes: The One on the Right Is a Moccasin and the Left Is a Sensible Flat: Aboriginal Cross-cultural Social Work Education - Anne Acco and Nicki Garwood
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