Spiritual Needs of First Nations, Métis and Inuit Foster Parents
Aboriginal children are overrepresented in foster care and more Aboriginal foster parents are needed. A randomized group of licensed First Nations, Métis and Inuit foster parents in a Canadian jurisdiction were asked about their spiritual needs to foster. In response to the question “what do you nee...
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2012
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| author | Brown, Jason Mehta, Nisha Skrodzki, Donna Gerritts, Julie Ivanova, Viktoria |
| author_facet | Brown, Jason Mehta, Nisha Skrodzki, Donna Gerritts, Julie Ivanova, Viktoria |
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| description | Aboriginal children are overrepresented in foster care and more Aboriginal foster parents are needed. A randomized group of licensed First Nations, Métis and Inuit foster parents in a Canadian jurisdiction were asked about their spiritual needs to foster. In response to the question “what do you need spiritually to foster?” there were 55 unique responses that were grouped by participants into five concepts including: religion, practice, integration, sharing and contentment. These results were compared and contrasted with the existing fostering literature.Keywords: Aboriginal; foster care; Canada; spirituality |
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| op_source | First Peoples Child & Family Review; Vol. 7 No. 2 (2012); 73-84 Revue des enfants et des familles des Premiers peuples; Vol. 7 No 2 (2012); 73-84 2293-6610 1708-489X |
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| spelling | ftjfpcfr:oai:fpcfr.journals.sfu.ca:article/219 2025-01-16T21:54:18+00:00 Spiritual Needs of First Nations, Métis and Inuit Foster Parents Brown, Jason Mehta, Nisha Skrodzki, Donna Gerritts, Julie Ivanova, Viktoria 2012-08-20 application/pdf https://fpcfr.com/index.php/FPCFR/article/view/219 eng eng First Nations Child and Family Caring Society of Canada https://fpcfr.com/index.php/FPCFR/article/view/219/195 https://fpcfr.com/index.php/FPCFR/article/view/219 First Peoples Child & Family Review; Vol. 7 No. 2 (2012); 73-84 Revue des enfants et des familles des Premiers peuples; Vol. 7 No 2 (2012); 73-84 2293-6610 1708-489X info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion research-article 2012 ftjfpcfr 2022-02-25T15:23:09Z Aboriginal children are overrepresented in foster care and more Aboriginal foster parents are needed. A randomized group of licensed First Nations, Métis and Inuit foster parents in a Canadian jurisdiction were asked about their spiritual needs to foster. In response to the question “what do you need spiritually to foster?” there were 55 unique responses that were grouped by participants into five concepts including: religion, practice, integration, sharing and contentment. These results were compared and contrasted with the existing fostering literature.Keywords: Aboriginal; foster care; Canada; spirituality Article in Journal/Newspaper First Nations inuit First Peoples Child & Family Review Canada |
| spellingShingle | Brown, Jason Mehta, Nisha Skrodzki, Donna Gerritts, Julie Ivanova, Viktoria Spiritual Needs of First Nations, Métis and Inuit Foster Parents |
| title | Spiritual Needs of First Nations, Métis and Inuit Foster Parents |
| title_full | Spiritual Needs of First Nations, Métis and Inuit Foster Parents |
| title_fullStr | Spiritual Needs of First Nations, Métis and Inuit Foster Parents |
| title_full_unstemmed | Spiritual Needs of First Nations, Métis and Inuit Foster Parents |
| title_short | Spiritual Needs of First Nations, Métis and Inuit Foster Parents |
| title_sort | spiritual needs of first nations, métis and inuit foster parents |
| url | https://fpcfr.com/index.php/FPCFR/article/view/219 |