Assignment task: Please answer the following questions based on the readings and videos provided and please do not forget to cite.
Requirements:
- Respond to each question for this module in full sentences.
- Provide at least 2 examples from the videos or readings for each question.
- Briefly explain how the examples relate to the questions asked.
Questions:
1. How can you take the facts and stories presented in the learning module Decolonializing Child Welfare (Week 6) and use them to reinforce your understanding of the colonization of Canada and the ongoing impact on a) Indigenous and b) Black peoples.
2. How can this aid you in understanding and acknowledging the role of social work and traditional case management practices on the destruction of a) Indigenous and b) Black families and culture.
3. Give at least one example from the videos/ readings of a) Indigenous peoples and b) Black people's resistance and refusal to allow their culture and identities to be eradicated
4. How will your work as a social service worker look different than it has in the past? Specifically, how can you ally with a) Indigenous communities and b) Black communities in your work to dismantle ongoing colonial practices in SSW.
Readings:
1: (1) Broken Hearts: Rights for Aboriginal Families with Children in Care - YouTube
2: (1) HAIRSTORY: ROOTED - A Documentary - YouTube
3: Out of Darkness: Indigenous Solutions for Child Welfare | The Tyee
5: Help on the way for Black families navigating Ontario's child protection system
6: Ministry-funded CAS report urges overhaul to keep black kids out of care
7: Single black mom battles school over calls to CAS