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Inuit Child Welfare and Family Support

Inuit-Related Documents

Inuit Child Welfare and Family Support – Inuit-Related Documents © Copyright April 2011 National Aboriginal Health Organization ISBN: 978-1-926543-53-6 Research and Writing: Lisa Rae Editing: JN Redpath & Associates Cover design and layout: Greatblue Graphics OAAPH [now known as the National Aboriginal Health Organization (NAHO)] receives funding from Health Canada to assist it to undertake knowledge-based activities including education, research and dissemination of information to promote health issues affecting Aboriginal persons. However, the contents and conclusions of this report are solely that of the author and not attributable in whole or in part to Health Canada. The National Aboriginal Health Organization, an Aboriginal-designed and –controlled body, will influence and advance the health and well-being of Aboriginal Peoples by carrying out knowledge-based strategies. This document should be cited as: Rae, L. (2011). Inuit Child Welfare and Family Support – Inuit-Related Documents. Ottawa: National Aboriginal Health Organization. For queries or copyright requests, please contact: Inuit Tuttarvingat, National Aboriginal Health Organization 220 Laurier Ave. West, Suite 1200 Ottawa, Ontario K1P 5Z9 Tel: (613) 237-9462 Toll-free: 1-877-602-4445 Fax: (613) 237-8502 E-mail: inuit@naho.ca Web site: www.naho.ca/inuit

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Introduction In 2010, Inuit Tuttarvingat of the National Aboriginal Health Organization (IT of NAHO) began a project to address social service gaps and needs for Inuit children. With the invaluable guidance of a broad-based Reference Group, the focus of the research became Inuit child welfare and family support. Lisa Rae, a Sauvé Foundation scholar based at McGill University, compiled four reference lists related to the topic. In addition to this list of Inuit-related documents, three other lists are available:

Inuit Child Welfare and Family Support – Aboriginal-Related Documents. Inuit Child Welfare and Family Support – International Indigenous Documents. Inuit Child Welfare and Family Support – General Documents.

For these resources and other information on Inuit child welfare and family support, please visit www.naho.ca/inuit.

Documents from Associations and Agencies Child Welfare League of Canada. (2000). It takes a community: A report to the NWT

Department of Health and Social Services on child welfare services in the Northwest Territories. http://pubs.aina.ucalgary.ca/health/66605.pdf.

Fowler, K. (2008). Children in care in Newfoundland and Labrador: A review of issues and trends with recommendations for programs and services. Memorial University of Newfoundland, Department of Psychology. www.cecw-cepb.ca/publications/1089.

Gough, P. (2007). Newfoundland  and  Labrador’s  child  welfare  system. Centre of Excellence for Child Welfare (CECW) Information Sheet 49E. www.cecw-cepb.ca/publications/476.

Gough, P. (2007). Northwest Territories child welfare system. Centre of Excellence for Child Welfare (CECW) Information Sheet 53E. www.cecw-cepb.ca/publications/403.

Gough, P. (2007). Nunavut’s  child  welfare  system. Centre of Excellence for Child Welfare (CECW) Information Sheet 55E. www.cecw-cepb.ca/publications/406.

Inuit Circumpolar Council. (2009). Report: 2009 Circumpolar Inuit Health Summit. Yellowknife, NT. http://inuitcircumpolar.com/files/uploads/icc-files/2009_healthsummitreport_final.pdf.

Pauktuutit Inuit Women of Canada. (2006). The Inuit way: A guide to Inuit culture. www.pauktuutit.ca/pdf/publications/pauktuutit/InuitWay_e.pdf.

Tungasuvvingat Inuit. (2007). Mamisarniq conference 2007: Inuit specific approaches to healing from addiction and trauma. Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami. www.itk.ca/publications/inuit-specific-approaches-healing-addiction-and-trauma.

Yellowknife  Women’s  Society.  (2002).    In  the  child’s  best  interest:  State  sanctioned  oppression of families. www.docstoc.com/docs/18778812/Overview-of-the-program.

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Government-related Reports and Documents

Blackstock, C. (2010). I want to grow up in my community: A review of the Child and Family Services Act. Advisory report to the NWT Standing Committee on Social Programs. www.assembly.gov.nt.ca/_live/documents/content/10-10-21BlackstockReport.pdf.

Blanchet, C. (1992). Highlights of the health survey conducted among the Inuit of northern Québec, 1983-1984. Québec: Gouvernement du Québec, Ministère de la santé et des services sociaux.

Commission des droits de la personne et de droits de la jeunesse Quebec. (2007). Nunavik: Conclusions of the investigation and recommendations. Investigation into child and youth protection services in Ungava Bay and Hudson Bay. Montreal.

Commission des droits de la personne et de droits de la jeunesse Quebec. (2010). Nunavik: Follow-up report on the recommendations of the investigation into youth protection services in Ungava Bay and Hudson Bay. Montreal.

Government of Newfoundland and Labrador, Department of Child, Youth and Family Services. (2009). Legislative review of the Child, Youth and Family Services Act, S.S.L. 1998, C. C-12.1 as amended. www.gov.nl.ca/cyfs/publications/legislative_review_consultation.pdf.

Government of Nunavut, Nunavut Tunngavik Inc., Embrace Life Council, and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. (2010). Nunavut suicide prevention strategy. www.hss.gov.nu.ca/D6F7D228-9826-4546-A1AA-00386EA40D87/FinalDownload/DownloadId-B9715FFFB861B7AC9C96EC2710C92038/D6F7D228-9826-4546-A1AA-00386EA40D87/PDF/Suicide%20Prevention%20Strategy_final.pdf

Government of Nunavut, Department of Health and Social Services. (2009). Annual report of the director of Child and Family Services, 2008–2009. www.socialservicesreview.gov.nu.ca/apps/UPLOADS/fck/file/2008-2009%20CFS%20Annual%20Report%20-%20EN.pdf.

Government of Nunavut, Department of Health and Social Services. (2010). Knowledge sharing forum: A review of child welfare practives in Nunavut, December 15-17, 2009. www.socialservicesreview.gov.nu.ca/apps/UPLOADS/fck/file/Knowledge%20Sharing%20Forum%20Report-%20FINAL%20ENG%20Feb%2010.pdf.

Indian and Northern Affairs Canada, Aboriginal and Territorial Affairs. (2008). Inuvialuit self-government process and schedule agreement. www.ainc-inac.gc.ca/ai/scr/nt/ntr/pubs/isg-eng.asp.

Lajoie, Jules. (2006). Quebec’s  Child  Welfare  System. Centre of Excellence for Child Welfare (CECW) Information Sheet 35E. www.cecw-cepb.ca/publications/499.

MacLaurin, B. (2010). A Report on the Northwest Territories Child and Family Services Act: Submitted to the Northwest Territories Standing Committee on Social Programs, July 2010. www.assembly.gov.nt.ca/_live/documents/content/10-10-18MacLaurinReport.pdf.

Standing Committee on Social Programs, 16th Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories. (2010). Report on the review of the Child and Family Services Act: Building stronger families. Committee Report 3-16(5). www.assembly.gov.nt.ca/_live/pages/wpPages/childandfamilyservicesacthome.aspx.

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Terrisplan Consultants. (2010). Review of the Child and Family Services Act: Summaries of five focus groups held in Yellowknife NWT. www.assembly.gov.nt.ca/_live/documents/content/10-10-18TerriplanFINALSummaryReportMay2010.pdf.

Research Reports and Journal Articles Fortuine, R. (1968). The health of the Eskimos: A bibliography, 1857–1957. Hanover, New

Hampshire: Dartmouth College Libraries.

Fortuine, R. (1993). The health of the Inuit of North America: A bibliography from the earliest times through 1990. Arctic Medical Research, 52(Suppl 8), 1–353.

Graham, J. R., Brownlee, K., Shier, M., & Doucette, E. (2008). Localization of social work knowledge  in  Canada’s  geographic  norths:  An  exploratory  qualitative  analysis  of  practitioner  adaptations to social work knowledge in northern Ontario and Northwest Territories. Arctic, 61(4), 399–406.

Healey,  G.  K.,  &  Meadows,  L.  M.  (2007).  Inuit  women’s  health  in  Nunavut,  Canada:  A  review  of the literature. International Journal of Circumpolar Health, 66(3) 199–214.

Kirmayer, L. J., Fletcher, C., Corin, E., & Boothroyd, L. (1997). Inuit concepts of mental health and illness: An ethnographic study. Davis Jewish General Hospital, Culture and Mental Health Research Unit, and McGill University, Division of Social and Transcultural Psychiatry, Culture & Mental Health Research Unit Report (4). www.mcgill.ca/files/tcpsych/Report4.pdf.

Lavoie, J. G. (1993). Public health politics in Nunavik health care: Shared concepts, divergent meanings. Montreal: McGill University, Department of Anthropology.

Malus, M., Kirmayer, L., & Boothroyd, L. (1994). Risk factors for attempted suicide among Inuit youth: A community survey. Davis Jewish General Hospital, Culture & Mental Health Research Unit, and McGill University, Division of Social and Transcultural Psychiatry, Culture & Mental Health Research Unit Report (3). www.mcgill.ca/files/tcpsych/Report3.pdf.

News Articles Bell, J. (2010, November 14). Lawyers: Abused Nunavut children go unprotected. Nunatsiaq

Online. www.nunatsiaqonline.ca/stories/article/987890_lawyers_abused_nunavut_children_unprotected/.

George, J. (2009, June 29). Nunavik’s youth protection crisis deepens: Quebec cabinet ministers plan emergency visit to Kuujjuaq and Puvirnituq. Nunatsiaq News. www.nunatsiaqonline.ca/stories/article/nunaviks_youth_protection_crisis_deepens/.

Nunatsiaq News. (2010, November 18). Judge: Nunavut Child Protection Law unconstitutional. Nunatsiaq Online. www.nunatsiaqonline.ca/stories/article/98789_nunavut_child_protection_law_unconstitutional_judge_rules/

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Rideout, D. (2000, December 8). Commission considers rules for custom adoption. Nunatsiaq News. www.nunatsiaqonline.ca/archives/nunavut001231/nvt21208_11.html.

Rogers, S. (2010, December 2). Child abuse rising in Nunavik’s Hudson Bay coast. Nunatsiaq Online. www.nunatsiaqonline.ca/stories/article/98789_child_abuse_rising_in_nunaviks_hudson_bay_coast.

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