IRM Research and Evaluation Inc. working with FCSS Calgary, participated in a collaborative process with FCSS funded agencies to develop a set of indicators that would honour the distinctiveness of Indigenous service provision.
The Indicators project, in alignment with FCSS 2009 and 2014 Indigenous research brief, explored five areas: Indigenous Identity, Social Inclusion, Traditional Parenting, Trauma/Healing, and Ceremony. This project was the initial creation and development of the Indigenous Program Indicators. Since then, our team has further researched Indigenous Program Indicators and we have adapted these initial indicators to now reflect the teachings of miyo pimâtisiwin and the four realms (Mental, Emotional, Spiritual, and Physical) based on the teachings we received from Elders while engaged in wisdom-seeking.
To learn more about the Calgary FCSS, Indicators project, please see Chapter Eight: Indigenous Program Indicators in the edited textbook “Creating Good Relationships” published by University nuhelot’įne thaiyots’į nistameyimâkanak Blue Quills.
Link to book order form: https://www.bluequills.ca/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/Publications-Order-Form-UnBQ.pdf
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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.
