Grandmothers raising grandchildren: Development of a school based grandmother support group

• Main Author: Penner, Christine
• Other Authors: Wallin, Dawn (Educational Administration, Foundations & Psychology), Fitznor, Laara (Educational Administration, Foundations & Psychology), Mignone, Javier (Community Health Sciences), Duncan, Heather (Brandon University)
• Format: Doctoral or Postdoctoral Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: 2019
• Subjects: Grandmothers raising grandchildren; post-colonialism; Indigenous feminism; Canadian residential schools; autoethnography methodology; Canada; Charity; Indian; First Nations
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/1993/34420

Many grandmothers are raising their grandchildren who are attending school. In particular, many Aboriginal grandmothers are raising their grandchildren which is a phenomenon that is prevalent in many First Nations communities in Canada. The implementation of tools of Canadian colonialism such as the...