[SOWK 2100] - Final Exam Guide - Everything you need to know! (106 pages long)

• School: Carleton University
• Department: Social Work
• Course: SOWK 2100
• Professor: Susan Braedley

Document Summary

Child welfare continues to by dynamic and changing social welfare field. Oppression well documented (royal commission on aboriginal peoples. Policies aimed to undermine aboriginal communities by divesting aimed of land, culture, language and tribal authority. The indian act was instrumental in this process. Over 130 residential schools were located across the country, and the last school closed in 1996. These government-funded, church-run schools were set up to eliminate parental involvement in the intellectual, cultural and spiritual development of aboriginal children. During this era, more than 150,000 first nations, metis, and inuit children were placed in these schools often against their parents" wishes. Many were forbidden to speak their language and practice their own culture. While there is an estimated 80,000 former students living today, the ongoing impact of residential schools has been felt throughout generations and has contributed to social problems that continue to exist.