Cheryl Inkster Masters student, Counselling Psychology Simon Fraser University, explores the question, “What stories of relocation are told by female Indigenous youth in foster care who have relocated from rural northern communities and are residing in a Lower Mainland residential program?” Indigenous youth are over represented in the Canadian Child Welfare system as a result of colonization and residential schools. There is limited understanding of this populations’ experience of relocation while in foster care. Tuesday, August 29, 11am – noon at Chilliwack Secondary. Learn more.
Exploring the Relocation of Female Indigenous Youth in Foster Care Through Story Work
