Raven Sinclair

Raven Sinclair (Ótiskewápíwskew) is Cree/Assinniboine/Saulteaux and a member of Gordon First Nation of the Treaty#4 area of southern Saskatchewan and member of the Faculty of Social Work at the University of Saskatchewan.[1][2][3] She is a survivor and expert on the Sixties Scoop, the practice of taking Indigenous children from their families and placing them in foster care or adopting them out to white families.[4][5] She is a critic of the current child welfare system in Canada, especially as it relates to Indigenous peoples.[6] She is a professor, film maker, author and facilitator.[7] Sinclair is also a founding editorial member of IndigenousVoices in Social Work (UHawaii), and a regional editor for AlterNative: An International Journal of Indigenous Peoples.[8]

  1. ^ "Raven Sinclair | Social Work, University of Regina". www.uregina.ca. Retrieved 2018-07-21.
  2. ^ "Toronto Premiere: A Truth to be Told by Raven Sinclair. Faculty of Communication & Design. Ryerson University". www.ryerson.ca. Retrieved 2018-07-22.
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  4. ^ "Sixties Scoop survivor and expert pans decision to exclude Metis in settlement - MBC Radio". MBC Radio. 2017-11-08. Retrieved 2018-08-14.
  5. ^ Raven Sinclair on the Pē-kīwēwin, a research project on the Sixties Scoop and its continued legacy, 2018-04-03, retrieved 2018-07-21
  6. ^ "Is racism to blame for over-representation of aboriginal kids in the foster system?". Saskatoon StarPhoenix. 2016-04-18. Retrieved 2018-07-21.
  7. ^ Bureau, International Indigenous Speakers. "Raven Sinclair". International Indigenous Speakers Bureau. Retrieved 2018-07-21. {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)
  8. ^ "Raven Sinclair". Pe-kīwēwin Project. Retrieved 2018-07-21.