Two realities of women in northern social work: Privilege and oppression.
This qualitative study describes the experiences of five White female social workers who work with First Nations people in northern British Columbia. The concepts of culture, gender, and geography were explored by examining the participants' roles as social workers, thoughts about being a woman...
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ftarcabc:oai:arcabc.ca:unbc_16132 2024-06-02T08:06:39+00:00 Two realities of women in northern social work: Privilege and oppression. Johnson, Mary-Ann (Author) Schmidt, Glen (Thesis advisor) University of Northern British Columbia (Degree granting institution) 2011 electronic Number of pages in document: 103 https://arcabc.ca/islandora/object/unbc%3A16132 https://doi.org/10.24124/2011/bpgub713 English eng University of Northern British Columbia https://arcabc.ca/islandora/object/unbc%3A16132 uuid: d011a84e-45a2-4de4-adb9-652c69a330ea bib-number: MR75134 isbn: 978-0-494-75134-3 https://doi.org/10.24124/2011/bpgub713 lac: TC-BPGUB-713 Copyright retained by the author. http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/ Women social workers -- British Columbia Northern Social service Rural -- British Columbia Northern -- Cross-cultural studies Social work with Indians -- British Columbia HV40.46 .J64 2010 Text thesis 2011 ftarcabc https://doi.org/10.24124/2011/bpgub713 2024-05-06T00:30:44Z This qualitative study describes the experiences of five White female social workers who work with First Nations people in northern British Columbia. The concepts of culture, gender, and geography were explored by examining the participants' roles as social workers, thoughts about being a woman in northern British Columbia, and experiences working cross-culturally with First Nations people. The research was informed by the critical theory of structural social work and analysis of the interviews was done using thematic analysis. The main implications for social work practice and education include embracing strategies for effective relationship building with First Nations people, and acting as a means or prompt for social workers, educators, and students to reflect on how being oppressed and privileged impacts them both personally and professionally. --P. ii. The original print copy of this thesis may be available here: http://wizard.unbc.ca/record=b1674818 Thesis First Nations Arca (BC's Digital Treasures) |
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This qualitative study describes the experiences of five White female social workers who work with First Nations people in northern British Columbia. The concepts of culture, gender, and geography were explored by examining the participants' roles as social workers, thoughts about being a woman in northern British Columbia, and experiences working cross-culturally with First Nations people. The research was informed by the critical theory of structural social work and analysis of the interviews was done using thematic analysis. The main implications for social work practice and education include embracing strategies for effective relationship building with First Nations people, and acting as a means or prompt for social workers, educators, and students to reflect on how being oppressed and privileged impacts them both personally and professionally. --P. ii. The original print copy of this thesis may be available here: http://wizard.unbc.ca/record=b1674818 |
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