Recommendations to Enhance the Educational Experience of Aboriginal Social Work Students
It is troubling that universities continue to have too few Aboriginal students, especially in social work, because of both the historical harm done through social work and the high percentage of Aboriginal clients in many areas of practice. This paper looks at ways post-secondary institutions can wo...
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ftunivwindojs:oai:ojs.pkp.sfu.ca:article/5732 2023-05-15T16:15:54+02:00 Recommendations to Enhance the Educational Experience of Aboriginal Social Work Students Fire, Artemis 2019-03-11 text/html https://ojs.uwindsor.ca/index.php/csw/article/view/5732 https://doi.org/10.22329/csw.v7i2.5732 eng eng University of Windsor https://ojs.uwindsor.ca/index.php/csw/article/view/5732/4678 https://ojs.uwindsor.ca/index.php/csw/article/view/5732 doi:10.22329/csw.v7i2.5732 Copyright (c) 2006 Critical Social Work Critical Social Work; Vol 7 No 2 (2006) 1543-9372 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion research-article 2019 ftunivwindojs https://doi.org/10.22329/csw.v7i2.5732 2020-11-10T14:53:26Z It is troubling that universities continue to have too few Aboriginal students, especially in social work, because of both the historical harm done through social work and the high percentage of Aboriginal clients in many areas of practice. This paper looks at ways post-secondary institutions can work towards reconciliation with First Nations communities. The inside-out model of self-reflective transformation of the institution is examined, focusing on: removing barriers to accessing post-secondary education, providing support, epistemology and curriculum, and indigenizing social work education. It concludes with a practical list of recommendations. Article in Journal/Newspaper First Nations University of Windsor, Ontario: Open Journal Systems Critical Social Work 7 2 |
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It is troubling that universities continue to have too few Aboriginal students, especially in social work, because of both the historical harm done through social work and the high percentage of Aboriginal clients in many areas of practice. This paper looks at ways post-secondary institutions can work towards reconciliation with First Nations communities. The inside-out model of self-reflective transformation of the institution is examined, focusing on: removing barriers to accessing post-secondary education, providing support, epistemology and curriculum, and indigenizing social work education. It concludes with a practical list of recommendations. |
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