Anti-Oppressive Child and Youth Care explores the meaning of anti-oppressive practice within the field of child and youth care. The contributing authors analyze the effectiveness of current systems in Canada through an anti-oppressive lens, examine the meaning of social justice within a child and youth care context, critically evaluate how child and youth care systems and policies perpetuate oppression, and offer strategies for redefining what best practices could be within the profession. The chapters discuss topics including systemic anti-Black racism and oppression, Indigenous relational ethics, intervention approaches, anti-oppressive practice in post-secondary classrooms, anti-fat bias in child and youth care practice, youth engagement, and toxic positivity. Equipped with critical reflective activities at the end of each chapter, the text aims to bridge the gap between theory and practice by creating learning opportunities that support critical analysis and integration of anti-oppressive theory into child and youth care practice.
This fundamental resource is well-suited for colleges and universities within Canada whose child and youth care, social work, or education programs offer courses with a focus on anti-oppressive practice.
FEATURES
A groundbreaking text and the first to examine anti-oppressive practice within the context of child and youth care
Contains contributions from a diverse range of authors with the aim of integrating and exploring the relationship of anti-oppressive frameworks with decolonization
Examines current social justice movements and their impacts on the child and youth care field and working with young people
Chapters offer pedagogical features including learning objectives and activities for critical reflection and integration into practice
Introduction: Anti-Oppressive Practice in Child and Youth Care
Andrea Christensen
Chapter 1: Stories of Navigating Systemic Anti-Black Racism and Oppression: Applying Critical Race Theory and Intersectionality as a Framework to Dismantle Colonial Systems
Natalie R. Beltrano, Camille Stephenson-Llyod, Kaitlyn Ellsworth, and Oluwakemi Adebayo
Chapter 2: Relational Practice as Resistance: Indigenous Relational Ethics as Anti-Oppressive Practice in Child and Youth Care
Nicole Ineese-Nash
Chapter 3: Rethinking Intervention Approaches: Child Care Practitioners Experiences with Inclusion towards a Socio-Cultural Model
Sarah Reddington and Rafaela Muriel Alarcon
Chapter 4: Oppressive and Anti-Oppressive Child and Youth Care Practice
Kiaras Gharabaghi
Chapter 5: Radical Youth Work and Anti-Black Racism in Child and Youth Care
Marie-Jolie (MJ) Rwigema
Chapter 6: Effective Anti-Black Racism Practices in Post-Secondary Programs for Child and Youth Care
Petra Roberts
Chapter 7: Anti-Oppressive Practice in Post-Secondary Child and Youth Care Classrooms
Jill Thompson
Chapter 8: Anti-Fat Bias in Child and Youth Care Practice
Sabrina Kuhn
Chapter 9: “Just like a tree, our soil determines how we grow”: The Four Pillars Safer Spaces Framework for Youth Engagement
Nishad Khanna, Matt Drabenstott, Stoney McCart, Heather Ramey, Megan Légaré, and Yana Berardini
Chapter 10:Toxic Positivity in Children’s Mental Health: Young People’s Reflections of Critical Hope for Advancing Anti-Oppressive Practice for Working with Children and Youth
Research Writing Collective (listed in alphabetical order): Savannah Dasilva, Katie Delay, Ekjot Dhadwal, Skyla Fernandes, Maria Liegghio, Amber Mustafa, Rania Pirbhai, Noah Reid, Katherine Sdao-Jarvie, Falak Somani, and Mahnoor Syeda
Biography
Andrea Christensen (she/her/hers) is a Certified Child and Youth Care Counsellor with a Master of Social Work. She was born and raised on Treaty 7 Territory and is of Danish, English, and Irish heritage. Her career has taken her across Canada and to Malaysia and Nepal. With extensive frontline experience in youth residential settings, Andrea now teaches in the Child and Youth Care program at Bow Valley College. She is passionate about social justice and is grateful to share this with the next generation of Child and Youth Care Counsellors.
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