Culturally Appropriate Care— A Multicultural Task: Assessing the Needs of Inuit Youth in the Care of Child Welfare Services / ᐃᓕᖅᑯᓯᖅᑎᒍᑦ ᒥᐊᓂᖅᓯᓂᖅ— ᐊᒥᓱᓂᒃ ᓱᓕᕆᓂᖅ: ᕿᒥᕐᕈᓂᖅ ᑭᓐᖒᒪᔾᔪᑕᐅᔪᓂᒃ ᐃᓄᓐᓄᑦ ᒪᒃᑯᑦᑐᓄᑦ ᒥᐊᓂᕆᔭᐅᔪᓂᒃ ᐃᓄᓕᕆᔨᒃᑯᑎᒍᑦ ᓱᕈᓯᓕᕆᔨᒃᑯᓐᓂᑦ

• Published in: International Journal of Indigenous Health
• Main Authors: Fraser, Sarah L., Rousseau, Cécile, Kasudluak, Rebecca, Burmester, Pamela, Arauz, Maria José
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Waakebiness-Bryce Institute for Indigenous Health 2015
• Subjects: Nunavik; inuit
• Online Access: https://journals.uvic.ca/index.php/ijih/article/view/14360; https://doi.org/10.18357/ijih92201214360

Over 30% of children in Nunavik have been reported to child welfare services byprofessionals, community workers, and/or community members due to possible need of protection, according to a recent report that identified important gaps in the system of care for Inuit youth in Nunavik (Sirois & Montminy, 2010). The objective of this qualitative study was to assess the perspectives of various actors regarding the needs of Inuit youth living in a residential facility in Montreal. Our methods included non-participant observation; semi-structured interviews with youth, residential staff, therapists, and a culture broker; and video production with youth. Adopting a systemic approach, we discuss how the various perspectives converge and diverge and the place that is given to culture in the discourses. We conclude that developing culturally appropriate care for Inuit youth in the care of child welfare is a multicultural task, as it involves multiple groups of individuals influenced by their professional and personal cultures. We suggest the merging of perspectives as a potential for creating innovative practices that are culturally sensitive. ᓇᑉᐸᑲᓴᖏᑦ (30%) ᓱᕈᓰᑦ ᓄᓇᕕᒻᒥᐅᑕᐃᑦ ᓱᕈᓯᓕᕆᔨᒃᑯᓐᓄᑦ ᑲᒪᒋᔭᐅᔪᑦ ᐃᓄᓕᕆᔨᒃᑯᓐᓄᑦ, ᓄᓇᓕᒻᒥ ᐃᖅᑲᓇᐃᔭᖅᑎᓄᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐅᕝᕙᓗᑭᐊᖅ ᓄᓇᓕᓐᓂᒥᐅᓄᑦ ᐱᔾᔪᑕᐅᓪᓗᑎᒃ ᓴᐳᑎᔭᐅᔭᕆᐊᖃᖅᐸᓐᓂᖏᓐᓄᑦ, ᖃᓂᑦᑐᒃᑯᑦ ᐅᓂᒃᑳᓕᐊᖑᓯᒪᔪᖅ ᑕᑯᓪᓗᒍ ᑐᑭᓯᓇᖅᓯᔪᔪᖅ ᐊᒥᒐᖅᓯᓂᖏᓐᓂᒃ ᓄᓇᕕᒻᒥ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᒪᒃᑯᑦᑐᖏᓐᓂᒃ ᒥᐊᓂᖅᓯᓂᕐᒥᒃ (ᓯᕈᐊ ᐊᒻᒪ ᒫᓐᑎᒦᓂ, 2010). ᖃᐅᔨᓴᕐᓂᐅᑉ ᑖᔅᓱᒪ ᑐᕌᒐᖓ ᕿᒥᕐᕈᓂᐅᔪᕗᖅ ᐃᓱᒪᒋᔾᔪᑕᐅᔪᓂᒃ ᐅᐸᑲᖅᑕᕐᕕᐅᕙᑦᑐᓂᒃ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᒪᒃᑯᑦᑐᑦ ᑭᓐᖒᒪᔾᔪᑎᒋᒋᐊᓕᖏᑦ ᒪᓐᑐᕆᐊᒥ ᐊᖏᕐᕋᖃᕐᕕᐅᔪᒥ. ᐊᖅᑯᑎᒋᔪᔭᕗᑦ ᐃᓚᓕᐅᔾᔨᓂᖅ ᐃᓚᒋᔭᐅᓐᖏᑦᑐᓂᒃ ᑖᒃᑯᓄᖓ ᑕᑯᓐᓇᒐᕆᔭᖏᓐᓂᒃ; ᐋᖅᑭᓱᖅᑕᐅᓯᒪᓗᐊᕋᑎᒃ ᒪᒃᑯᑦᑐᓄᑦ ᐊᐱᖅᑯᑏᑦ, ᓇᔪᒐᖃᕐᕕᐅᔪᒥᑦ ᐃᖅᑲᓇᐃᔭᖅᑎᖏᓐᓂᑦ, ᐃᓄᓕᕆᔨᓂᑦ, ᐃᓕᖅᑯᓯᓕᕆᔨᒥᓪᓗ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ, ᑕᕐᕆᔮᓕᐊᖑᓯᒪᔪᒥᒃ ᒪᒃᑯᑦᑐᓂᑦ. ᓄᑕᐅᔪᒥᒃ ᐃᑲᔫᑎᒥᒃ ᐊᖅᑯᓯᐅᖅᑐᑕ, ᐅᖃᐅᓯᖃᖅᐳᒍᑦ ᖃᓄᖅ ᐃᓱᒪᒋᔾᔪᑕᐅᔪᑦ ᐃᓗᐃᑦᑐᕈᖅᑎᒍᓐᓇᕐᒪᖔᖅᑎᒍᑦ ᐃᓕᑕᕆᓗᒍ ᖃᓄᖅ ᐃᓕᖅᑯᓯᖅ ᐃᓚᓕᐅᔾᔭᐅᒋᐊᒃᑲᓐᓂᕈᓐᓇᕐᒪᖔᑦ ᐊᓯᔾᔩᒋᐊᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ. ᐃᓱᒪᓕᐅᖅᐳᒍᑦ ᐋᖅᑭᔅᓱᐃᓂᖅ ᐃᓕᖅᑯᓯᕐᒨᖓᔪᒥᒃ ᐃᓄᓐᓄᑦ ᒪᒃᑯᑦᑐᓄᑦ ᓱᕈᓯᓕᕆᔨᒃᑯᓐᓂᑦ ᐃᓕᖅᑯᓯᖃᑎᒌᓐᖏᑦᑐᓄᑦ ᐊᒥᓱᓄᑦᐱᓕᕆᐊᖑᒋᐊᑐᔪᖅ, ᐊᑦᑐᐃᓪᓗᑎᓪᓗ ᐊᒥᓱᓂᒃ ᐃᖅᑲᓇᐃᔭᖅᑎᓂᒃ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐃᓕᖅᑯᓯᖃᑎᒌᓐᖏᑦᑐᓂᒃ. ᐱᔪᒪᔾᔪᑎᓕᐅᖁᔨᕗᒍᑦ ᐃᓱᒪᔾᔪᓯᐅᔪᑦ ᑲᑎᓪᓗᒋᑦ ᓄᑖᓂᒃ ᐊᔾᔨᐅᖏᑦᑐᓂᒃ ᐋᖅᑭᔅᓱᐃᓂᒃᑯᑦ ᐃᓕᖅᑯᓯᕐᓂᒃ ᐃᓚᓐᖑᑦᑎᕆᓂᒃᑯᑦ.