I raised four children on this table: women street-sellers in Trinidad and Curaçao Abstract The following article is based on interviews with women street vendors on Charlotte Street in Port of Spain, Trinidad and in Willemstadt, Curaçao.  The informal economy is taking over in many countries, rich and poor, as there are less secure jobs … Continue reading →

How do we heal if you keep taking our children?  Indigenous women and child protection practice in British Columbia, Canada: a case study. Karen Dullea, MSW, PhD, RSW Abstract This article comes out of participatory and qualitative research with First Nations women in central interior British Columbia.  Indigenous mothers find themselves under the microscope of … Continue reading →

                                           

Social work, child welfare and Indigenous women in Northern British Columbia:  learning to listen. A reflective piece, the article is based on living, working (on and off since 1989) in First Nations communities in central interior British Columbia. It is about the construction of the Indigenous ‘other’ in social work practice and research in what … Continue reading                                             →