SOWK 2000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Public Health, Problem Solving, Institutional Racism

• School: Carleton University
• Department: Social Work
• Course: SOWK 2000
• Professor: Patricia Mc Guire

Document Summary

Critique plurality diverse: our understandings & assumptions; theo(cid:396)ies (cid:396)efle(cid:272)ti(cid:374)g so(cid:272)iet(cid:455) (cid:374)eed to (cid:272)(cid:396)iti(cid:272)all(cid:455) a(cid:374)al(cid:455)ze society & ourselves. Experiences shape our work, pedagogy, practice and inform visions for future: meet the needs of people we teach and engage with in the helping professions (cid:862)helpi(cid:374)g(cid:863) (cid:272)o(cid:373)(cid:373)u(cid:374)ities a(cid:374)d so(cid:272)ieties; reside(cid:374)tial s(cid:272)hools. Knowing where you come from to know where you are going. Situate themselves: how your personal and professional values, beliefs, and practices, plurality exists, no monolithic social work (cid:862)co(cid:374)s(cid:272)ious d(cid:396)ea(cid:373)i(cid:374)g(cid:863) o(cid:396) a sou(cid:374)d theo(cid:396)eti(cid:272)al f(cid:396)a(cid:373)e(cid:449)o(cid:396)k. Living in two worlds (indigenous worldviews & canadian worldviews) Undo historical trauma based on indian policies, indian act, residential schools, child welfare/sixties scoop & crown land. Truth & reconciliation commission 2015; 94 call to action; canadians and indigenous peoples; Universities canada- principles of indigenous education june 2015. Driven by a worldview and processes that embrace dominion, self-righteousness and greed, and affects all levels of indigenous people lives.