IRM Research and Evaluation Inc. working with FCSS Calgary, participated in a collaborative process with FCSS funded agencies to develop […]
kawiyahîtamik kesi wîcehtâsôk
To Examine in Order to Support/Redirect
Evaluations
IRM Research and Evaluation Inc. have supported numerous Indigenous organizations and Indigenous-serving programs with incorporating Indigenous worldview into program evaluation.
To Examine in Order to Support/Redirect
Evaluations
IRM Research and Evaluation Inc. have supported numerous Indigenous organizations and Indigenous-serving programs with incorporating Indigenous worldview into program evaluation.
The Indigenous Program Indicators provide organizations with a framework to assess and evaluate how well services offered to Indigenous children, families, individuals, and communities reflect Indigenous culture, ceremony, and language.
This process is understood in the nêhiyaw language as kawiyahîtamik kesi wîcehtâsôk: to examine in order to support/redirect. To date, IRM has collaborated with the following organizations in order to support the application of the Indigenous Program Indicators in practice: The Family Centre of Northern Alberta, The Government of Alberta’s Ministry of Children’s Services: Well-being and Resiliency Framework, North-Central Alberta Children’s Services, Bent Arrow Traditional Healing Society, and City of Calgary, Family and Community Support Services (FCSS).
Bent Arrow Traditional Healing Society is a large, non-profit organization in Edmonton that draws from Indigenous values and teachings to […]
miyo ohpikinâwasowin is a project that occurred with Alberta’s North Central Children’s Services, IRM Research and Evaluation Inc., and University […]
IRM Research and Evaluation Inc. collaborated with the Government of Alberta, Ministry of Children’s Services to support the incorporation of […]
The article, “kawiyahîtamik kesi wîcehtâsôk (To Examine in Order to Support/Redirect)” was created as a result of an Indigenous capacity […]
ohpikinâwasowingrowing a child
We’re published
Western theory and practice are over-represented in child welfare services for Indigenous peoples, not the other way around. Contributors to this collection invert the long-held, colonial relationship between Indigenous peoples and systems of child welfare in Canada.
Recommended by the National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation “Educational Programs” in their ReconciliACTION Plans, ohpikinâwasowin/Growing a Child is suggested as a primary resource for the “Calls to Action Sample Plans” for Child Welfare.
