Indigenous Issues:

Adoption and
Housing
Should Canada be seen as a successful example of the fulfillment of the
UNDRIP?

● What aspects of an example make it successful?

● Who’s perspective is deciding whether UNDRIP is successfully
fulfilled?
● Why would Canada possibly unsuccessfully fulfill UNDRIP?
● How might the fulfillment of UNDRIP be controversial between
Indigenous and non-Indigenous Canadians?

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White guilt, dead children- in the
name of political correctness
● Indigenous foster kids taken from foster families.
● Native agencies would be better for Indigenous children.
● Chaos for child-protection agencies.
● Disproportionate children in care (Indigenous and non-
Indigenous).
● Indigenous people lack ability to raise children.

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New vocabulary
● Racialized = place in racial context

● Devolution = descent to a worse state

● Caseloads = amount of work for social worker

● Apprehending = understanding or perceiving

● Capacity building = developing strengths in a community

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Questions about the article
● How do Indigenous kids express their culture in non-indigenous
foster homes?
● How would social workers decide if Indigenous family members are
fit to raise children?
● Why might Indigenous kids prefer to live in a non-indigenous foster
home?
● How might Indigenous kids take steps to make sure they grow up
mentally and physically healthy?

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Research
Macleans- From foster care to missing or murdered

● 90% Indigenous kids in care in Manitoba

● High likelihood for Indigenous kids to be put into care
● Kids being taken from Indigenous homes
● Foster care and sexual abuse

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UNDRIP connections
Part 5 Article 18 Part 1 Article 2 Part 1 Article 3
● Decision ● Indigenous ● Right to self-
making of their equality to all determination
rights. other peoples. ● Freely pursue
their economic,
social, cultural
development.

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Should Canada been seen as a
successful example of the fulfillment of
the United Nations Declaration of Rights
of Indigenous Peoples?