People, politics, and child welfare in British Columbia

Foreword / Deryck Thomson Introduction: People, Politics, and Child Welfare / Brian Wharf 1 Rethinking Child Welfare Reform in British Columbia, 1900-60 / Marilyn Callahan and Christopher Walmsley 2 Trends in Child Welfare: What Do the Data Show? / Leslie T. Foster 3 The Community Resource Board Experience / Brian Wharf 4 Child Welfare in the 1980s: A Time of Turbulence and Change / Sandra Scarth and Richard Sullivan 5 Witnessing Wild Woman: Resistance and Resilience in Aboriginal Child Welfare / Maggie Kovachs, Robina Thomas, Monty Montgomery, Jacquie Green, and Leslie Brown 6 The Community Advocate Minister: Attempting Major Changes / Riley Hern and John Cossom 7 Thomas Gove: A Commission of Inquiry Puts Children First and Proposes Community Governance and Integration of Services / Andrew Armitage and Elaine Murray 8 Great Expectations and Unintended Consequences: Risk Assessment in Child Welfare in British Columbia / Marilyn Callahan and Karen Swift 9 Back to the Future: Toward Community Governance / Leslie T. Foster 10 Views from Other Provinces / Brad McKenzie, Sally Palmer, and Wanda Thomas Barnard 11 The Case for a Comprehensive Vision for Child Welfare / Brian Wharf 12 From Child Protection to Safeguarding: The English Context / Tony Morrison 13 Final Thoughts / Brian Wharf Appendix 1: Key Events in British Columbia Child Welfare, 1863 to May 2006 Appendix 2: Key Government Decision Makers in British Columbia Child Welfare, 1947 to May 2006 Appendix 3: Delegated Aboriginal Child and Family Service Agencies' Status, May 2006 List of Contributors Index