SOCWORK 1A06 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Canadian Multiculturalism Act, Egalitarianism, Queer Theory
5 Apr 2016
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Social work - apr 4 - topics for exam. The best answer is the correct answer. Key issues affecting all canadian children (poverty, maltreatment, physical/sexual abuse, family violence, etc. ) Historical conditions and events that have shaped our current child welfare system and youth justice system (different frameworks of childhood & legislation, children viewed as objects, etc. Tensions social workers working with children may face (protection vs. participation of the child) Critically consider child welfare system (experiences of indigenous children and overrepresentation of certain groups) History - child welfare and provision of services to first nations communities (impact, i. e. residential schools and sixties scoop) Cultural considerations of aging (experiences of older black woman vs older white woman) Elder abuse (not a homogenous group, societal and bureaucratic abuse) Multiculturalism in canada (1971, canada was the first to adopt a national policy on multiculturalism) Defined racism (oppression of a dominant group on another group based on race)
