Foreword

Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents v
3. Figures and Tables vii
4. Foreword ix
5. Preface xiii
6. Acknowledgments xv
7. Abbreviations xvii
8. Introduction: People, Politics, and Child Welfare 1
9. Rethinking Child Welfare Reform in British Columbia, 1900-60 10
10. Trends in Child Welfare: What Do the Data Show? 34
11. The Community Resource Board Experience 66
12. Child Welfare in the 1980s: A Time of Turbulence and Change 83
13. Witnessing Wild Woman: Resistance and Resilience in Aboriginal Child Welfare 97
14. The Community Advocate Minister: Attempting Major Changes 117
15. Thomas Gove: A Commission of Inquiry Puts Children First and Proposes Community Governance and Integration of Services 139
16. Great Expectations and Unintended Consequences: Risk Assessment in Child Welfare in British Columbia 158
17. Back to the Future: Toward Community Governance 184
18. Views from Other Provinces 217
19. The Case for a Comprehensive Vision for Child Welfare 226
20. From Child Protection to Safeguarding: The English Context 239
21. Final Thoughts 247
22. Appendix 1 251
23. Appendix 2 266
24. Appendix 3 270
25. Contributors 276
26. Index 279