The Occasional Evil of Angels

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This factsheet challenges how social workers rationalize the treatment of Indigenous children in the residential school system. In order to begin the reconciliation process in the Canadian child welfare system, social workers must look beyond feelings of blame and shame to learn and change their behaviour.

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References

Blackstock, C. "The Occasional Evil of Angels: Learning from the Experiences of Aboriginal Peoples and Social Work." First Peoples Child and Family Review 4, no. 1 (2009): pp. 28-37. https://fpcfr.com/index.php/FPCFR/article/view/74

Source Authors

Cindy Blackstock

Events

Residential Schools,

Keywords

Accountability & Responsibility, Action Beyond Apologies, Canada's Colonial History, Child Welfare System, Children and Power, Christianity, Colonial Violence, Community Building, Confronting Prejudice, Dismantle Structural Racism, Future Possibilities, Indigenous Sovereignty, Intention vs Impact, Interrupting Colonial Narratives, Justifying Injustice, Memory and Power, Nation Building Narrative, Racist Language, Religion and Power, Settler-Indigenous Relations, Truth and Reconciliation, Unsettling Settlers

Locations

British Columbia, Canada, Saskatchewan, Turtle Island

Themes

History, Theory