Description
Book SynopsisContributors contemplate the evolution of child protection policy and practice in BC, addressing political influences on structural arrangements, cultural traditions of First Nations clients, and establishing community control over services.
Table of ContentsForeword / Deryck Thomson
Introduction: People, Politics, and Child Welfare / Brian Wharf
1 Rethinking Child Welfare Reform in British Columbia, 1900-60 / Marilyn Callahan and Christopher Walmsley
2 Trends in Child Welfare: What Do the Data Show? / Leslie T. Foster
3 The Community Resource Board Experience / Brian Wharf
4 Child Welfare in the 1980s: A Time of Turbulence and Change / Sandra Scarth and Richard Sullivan
5 Witnessing Wild Woman: Resistance and Resilience in Aboriginal Child Welfare / Maggie Kovachs, Robina Thomas, Monty Montgomery, Jacquie Green, and Leslie Brown
6 The Community Advocate Minister: Attempting Major Changes / Riley Hern and John Cossom
7 Thomas Gove: A Commission of Inquiry Puts Children First and Proposes Community Governance and Integration of Services / Andrew Armitage and Elaine Murray
8 Great Expectations and Unintended Consequences: Risk Assessment in Child Welfare in British Columbia / Marilyn Callahan and Karen Swift
9 Back to the Future: Toward Community Governance / Leslie T. Foster
10 Views from Other Provinces / Brad McKenzie, Sally Palmer, and Wanda Thomas Barnard
11 The Case for a Comprehensive Vision for Child Welfare / Brian Wharf
12 From Child Protection to Safeguarding: The English Context / Tony Morrison
13 Final Thoughts / Brian Wharf
Appendix 1: Key Events in British Columbia Child Welfare, 1863 to May 2006
Appendix 2: Key Government Decision Makers in British Columbia Child Welfare, 1947 to May 2006
Appendix 3: Delegated Aboriginal Child and Family Service Agencies’ Status, May 2006
List of Contributors
Index
