Indigenous Rights
The Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada offered 94 of these; they seek to change policies and programs that diminish Indigenous people.
What is a Call to Action?
This length of time that Aiko has been alive might influence her decision.
What is age?
Kahsenni (2017) explains that cradleboards are passed on from one generation to another, which celebrates a life of deep ___________ that is collective, communal and ancestral (p. 104).
What is continuity?
A series of papal proclamations in the 16th century that encouraged explorers to go claim any land they found that was not already occupied by Christian people.
What is the Doctrine of Discovery?
What is "clients interests first"?
This 2007 statement seeks to enshrine "minimum standards for the survival, dignity and well-being of Indigenous peoples", including the right to practice and revitalize cultural traditions; Canada avoided signing onto it until 2016.
What is the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP)?
The Merriam Webster dictionary defines it as "groups that humans are often divided into based on physical traits regarded as common among people of shared ancestry".
What is race?
From his study comparing European and Navajo babies, Chisolm (1978) concluded that western babies would benefit from swaddling and cradleboards to reduce these three factors.
What are social isolation of infants, sleep problems for babies, and various pediatric concerns?
This document, first introduced in 1876 and still in effect today, brought together a number of colonial laws aimed at eliminating Indigenous cultures.
What is the Indian Act
The CASW's Code of Ethics encourages social workers to recognize and respect the diversity of Canadian society, taking into account the breadth of differences that exist among individuals, families, groups and communities in this first ethic (CASW-ACTS, 2005)
What is "Respect for the Inherent Dignity and Worth of Persons"?
This person, recently elected the first female national chief of the Assembly of First Nations, says that "reparations are an essential part of the journey of reconciliation. Our communities have longstanding negative impacts as a result of colonization".
Who is RoseAnn Archibald
If Aiko's decision results in the termination of her job, she might not qualify for this benefit. Depending on her class this may be more or less of a concern.
What is employment insurance?
A study in Norway House Cree Nation found that swaddling and the use of cradleboards (tikinagens) assisted with temperature regulation, which was helpful to this common challenge that many westerners treat by giving their babies frozen toys to put in their mouth. (Cidro et al, 2014)
What is teething?
These government-funded, church-run schools were set up to eliminate parental involvement in the intellectual, cultural, and spiritual development of Indgienous children. (http://www.trc.ca/about-us.html)
What is a residential school?
According to J.S. Mill, this is a problem in which "the will of the majority carries more weight in the protection of individuals than the interests of smaller populations of vulnerable minorities" (Gogh & Spencer, 2017, p. 14).
What is the "tyranny of the majority"?
Since January 1, 2020, this document affirms "the inherent right of self-government, which includes jurisdiction in relation to child and family services".
What is the "Act respecting First Nations, Inuit and Métis children, youth and families"?
The use of she/her pronouns for Connie and Aiko suggest they might share this is common; we don't know about Aiko's supervisor and how that might influence her decision.
What is gender identity?
When placed in this orientation, cradleboards act as a safety device, help digestion, and promote communication by bringing the baby to eye level with adults (Phillips and Lobar, 1990).
What is upright?
This series of policies on child welfare resulted in thousands of Indigenous children being placed in foster homes and adopted by white families.
What is the 60s scoop?
Clergy such as Solly and Kellogg were strong advocates in the development of the social sciences. Kellogg believed that without this field, "benevolence is not much else but _________" (Bisman, 2004, p. 113).
What is quackery?
A document that identifies 11 grounds (ie: creed; national or ethnic origin) of discrimination that are prohibited in Canada; Indigenous people have been able to file claims under this since 2008.
What is the Canadian Human Rights Act?
DAILY DOUBLE - The combination of these two words starting with e, which you likely include your resume, afford some people more privilege than others.
What are education and experience?
Cradleboards were "generously padded with fresh dried sphangum moss, cattail fluff, shredded bark, or powdered buffalo dung", a natural solution to what we now know as this (Broughton, 2019, p. 6).
What is diapering?
In Canada, 52.2% of children in foster care are Indigenous, but account for only 7.7% of the child population according to Census 2016. (The Government of Canada, 2021).
What is overrepresentation?
According to Stark (2010), people such as Aiko's manager speak about having to do this, while they themselves have filled their pockets.
What is "tighten our belts"?