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Author Strong-Boag, Veronica Jane.

Title Fostering nation? : Canada confronts its history of childhood disadvantage / Veronica Strong-Boag.

Publication Info. Waterloo, Ont. : Wilfred Laurier University Press, [2011]
©2011

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Description 1 online resource.
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Series Studies in childhood and family in Canada series
Studies in childhood and family in Canada (Online)
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1 Claiming Kinship; 2 "It was an evil place. It was a beautiful place": Institutions for Children; 3 Beginning the Search for Best Interest: Child Protection Considers Fostering from the Late Nineteenth Century to the 1960s; 4 Still Searching for Best Interest: Child Protection and Fostering from the 1960s to the Present; 5 First Families and the Dilemma of Care; 6 Negotiating Surrogacy: The Construction of Foster Parents; 7 "Dear Mom and Dad": Canada's Children; Conclusion; Notes; Selected Bibliography; Index.
Summary Fostering Nation? Canada Confronts Its History of Childhood Disadvantage explores the missteps and the promise of a century and more of child protection efforts by Canadians and their governments. It is the first volume to offer a comprehensive history of what life has meant for North America's most disadvantaged Aboriginal and newcomer girls and boys. Gender, class, race, and (dis)ability are always important factors that bear on youngsters' access to resources. State fostering initiatives occur as part of a broad continuum of arrangements, from social assistance for original families to k.
Local Note eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America
Subject Child welfare -- Canada -- History.
Child welfare.
Canada.
History.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Electronic books -- History.
History.
Electronic books -- History.
Other Form: Print version 9781554582549
ISBN 9781554583195
1554583195
1299313418
9781299313415
1554582547 (print)
9781554582549 (print)
9781554582549 (print)