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Family Preservation: A Counselor’s Perspective

February 6, 2025 by Diana Smith Leave a Comment

Filed Under: News Tagged With: advocacy, child welfare, children, colonization, Counselor, families, family preservation, family services, first nations, Indigenous, Indigenous child welfare, indigenous children, Indigenous communities, Indigenous community, Indigenous families, Indigenous identity, Indigenous teachings, reconciliation, restorative, restorative practice, social work, social worker, trauma informed, VACFSS, Vancouver Aboriginal Child and Family Services Society

VACFSS advocates for Indigenous rights to self-government in child welfare

March 1, 2023 by Angela Shen 1 Comment

Filed Under: News Tagged With: bill c92, child and family services, child welfare, first nations, Indigenous, intervener, off-reserve, on-reserve, self-government, supreme court of canada

How to use sage for healing

February 14, 2023 by Angela Shen 2 Comments

Filed Under: News Tagged With: cleansing, how to sage, how to smudge, Indigenous, sage picking, saging, smudging

Staff Spotlight: Leah Delorme, Family Preservation Counsellor

February 14, 2023 by Angela Shen Leave a Comment

Filed Under: Staff spotlight Tagged With: child protection, child welfare, family preservation, first nations, Indigenous, opioid crisis, overrepresentation of indigenous children in child welfare, social worker, strength-based, systemic racism

PRESS RELEASE: Providing Respite Care for Indigenous Children and Youth

September 20, 2022 by Angela Shen 4 Comments

Filed Under: News Tagged With: children and youth, first nations, Indigenous, Inuit, metis, orange shirt day, September 30, TRC, truth and reconciliation day

Connection to Land as a Source of Resilience for Urban Indigenous Youth in Child Welfare

April 12, 2022 by Angela Shen Leave a Comment

Filed Under: Cultural Connections Tagged With: calls to action, child welfare, colonization, cruw, first nation, foster care, Indigenous, indigenous people, land-based, restorative practice, Truth and reconciliation, ubc, ubc food and land systems, university of british columbia, urban indigenous

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