Meenoostahtan Minisiwin: First Nations Family Justice "Pathways to Peace"
Community justice initiatives are now common in Canada, both for young offenders and in adult criminal cases; there are only a few examples of alternative methods for dealing with justice issues in the area of mandated child welfare services. The initiative outlined in this paper represents one of t...
Published in: | First Peoples Child & Family Review |
---|---|
Main Authors: | , |
Format: | Text |
Language: | English |
Published: |
First Nations Child and Family Caring Society of Canada
2005
|
Subjects: | |
Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.7202/1069539ar http://id.erudit.org/iderudit/1069539ar |
id |
fttriple:oai:gotriple.eu:10.7202/1069539ar |
---|---|
record_format |
openpolar |
spelling |
fttriple:oai:gotriple.eu:10.7202/1069539ar 2023-05-15T16:15:09+02:00 Meenoostahtan Minisiwin: First Nations Family Justice "Pathways to Peace" Pintarics, Joe Sveinunggaard, Karen 2005-01-01 https://doi.org/10.7202/1069539ar http://id.erudit.org/iderudit/1069539ar en eng First Nations Child and Family Caring Society of Canada Érudit doi:10.7202/1069539ar http://id.erudit.org/iderudit/1069539ar First Peoples Child & Family Review: An Interdisciplinary Journal Honouring the Voices, Perspectives, and Knowledges of First Peoples / Revue des enfants et des familles des Premiers peuples: Un journal interdisciplinaire honorant les voix, les perspectives et les connaissances des Premiers peuples scipo droit Text https://vocabularies.coar-repositories.org/resource_types/c_18cf/ 2005 fttriple https://doi.org/10.7202/1069539ar 2023-01-22T17:01:16Z Community justice initiatives are now common in Canada, both for young offenders and in adult criminal cases; there are only a few examples of alternative methods for dealing with justice issues in the area of mandated child welfare services. The initiative outlined in this paper represents one of the most comprehensive family justice initiatives in First Nations Child and Family Services in Canada. Meenoostahtan Minisiwin: First Nations Family Justice offers a new way of addressing conflict in child and family matters, outside of the regular Child and Family Services (CFS) and court systems. It incorporates the traditional peacemaking role that has existed for centuries in Northern Manitoba Cree communities, alongside contemporary family mediation. The program brings together family, extended family, community members, Elders, social workers and community service providers in the resolution of child protection concerns through the use of properly trained Okweskimowewak (family mediators). The Okweskimowewak’s role involves assisting participants to articulate their personal ‘truth’ (dabwe) and to hear and respect the dabwe of others; to create a safe and nurturing context by addressing inherent power imbalances; to explore the root causes of family conflict in order to address the long term best interests of children; and to facilitate innovative and collaborative planning outcomes for families. The program was developed by the Awasis Agency of Northern Manitoba, a mandated First Nations Child and Family Services agency, although it receives its services mandate from the Manitoba Keewatinowi Okimakanak (MKO) Exectuive. It is jointly funded by the Aboriginal Justice Strategy of Justice Canada and the Manitoba Department of Family Services and Housing. Overall direction for the program is provided by the First Nations Family Justice Committee, a sub-committee of the MKO Exectuive Director of Awasis Agency, and representative chiefs of the MKO region. The program currently employs a Program Coordinator, two full ... Text First Nations Unknown Canada First Peoples Child & Family Review 2 1 67 88 |
institution |
Open Polar |
collection |
Unknown |
op_collection_id |
fttriple |
language |
English |
topic |
scipo droit |
spellingShingle |
scipo droit Pintarics, Joe Sveinunggaard, Karen Meenoostahtan Minisiwin: First Nations Family Justice "Pathways to Peace" |
topic_facet |
scipo droit |
description |
Community justice initiatives are now common in Canada, both for young offenders and in adult criminal cases; there are only a few examples of alternative methods for dealing with justice issues in the area of mandated child welfare services. The initiative outlined in this paper represents one of the most comprehensive family justice initiatives in First Nations Child and Family Services in Canada. Meenoostahtan Minisiwin: First Nations Family Justice offers a new way of addressing conflict in child and family matters, outside of the regular Child and Family Services (CFS) and court systems. It incorporates the traditional peacemaking role that has existed for centuries in Northern Manitoba Cree communities, alongside contemporary family mediation. The program brings together family, extended family, community members, Elders, social workers and community service providers in the resolution of child protection concerns through the use of properly trained Okweskimowewak (family mediators). The Okweskimowewak’s role involves assisting participants to articulate their personal ‘truth’ (dabwe) and to hear and respect the dabwe of others; to create a safe and nurturing context by addressing inherent power imbalances; to explore the root causes of family conflict in order to address the long term best interests of children; and to facilitate innovative and collaborative planning outcomes for families. The program was developed by the Awasis Agency of Northern Manitoba, a mandated First Nations Child and Family Services agency, although it receives its services mandate from the Manitoba Keewatinowi Okimakanak (MKO) Exectuive. It is jointly funded by the Aboriginal Justice Strategy of Justice Canada and the Manitoba Department of Family Services and Housing. Overall direction for the program is provided by the First Nations Family Justice Committee, a sub-committee of the MKO Exectuive Director of Awasis Agency, and representative chiefs of the MKO region. The program currently employs a Program Coordinator, two full ... |
format |
Text |
author |
Pintarics, Joe Sveinunggaard, Karen |
author_facet |
Pintarics, Joe Sveinunggaard, Karen |
author_sort |
Pintarics, Joe |
title |
Meenoostahtan Minisiwin: First Nations Family Justice "Pathways to Peace" |
title_short |
Meenoostahtan Minisiwin: First Nations Family Justice "Pathways to Peace" |
title_full |
Meenoostahtan Minisiwin: First Nations Family Justice "Pathways to Peace" |
title_fullStr |
Meenoostahtan Minisiwin: First Nations Family Justice "Pathways to Peace" |
title_full_unstemmed |
Meenoostahtan Minisiwin: First Nations Family Justice "Pathways to Peace" |
title_sort |
meenoostahtan minisiwin: first nations family justice "pathways to peace" |
publisher |
First Nations Child and Family Caring Society of Canada |
publishDate |
2005 |
url |
https://doi.org/10.7202/1069539ar http://id.erudit.org/iderudit/1069539ar |
geographic |
Canada |
geographic_facet |
Canada |
genre |
First Nations |
genre_facet |
First Nations |
op_source |
First Peoples Child & Family Review: An Interdisciplinary Journal Honouring the Voices, Perspectives, and Knowledges of First Peoples / Revue des enfants et des familles des Premiers peuples: Un journal interdisciplinaire honorant les voix, les perspectives et les connaissances des Premiers peuples |
op_relation |
doi:10.7202/1069539ar http://id.erudit.org/iderudit/1069539ar |
op_doi |
https://doi.org/10.7202/1069539ar |
container_title |
First Peoples Child & Family Review |
container_volume |
2 |
container_issue |
1 |
container_start_page |
67 |
op_container_end_page |
88 |
_version_ |
1766000867701424128 |