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Reconciliation Social Work: Sustainable Community Development

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In 2014, Phil Lane, Jr., and Michael and Judith Bopp developed 16 principles to guide the way forward in community development for Indigenous Peoples. This chapter blends those 16 principles with the 94 Calls for Action tabled by the Canadian Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) in December 2015. We have called this approach “reconciliation social work,” because we believe it reflects the need for Indigenous Peoples to embrace internal personal and community change to prompt external change and reconciliation in social work practice.

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    http://www.fourworlds.ca/who_principals.html

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    http://www.fwii.net/profiles/blogs/sixteen-guiding-principles-for

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    Cynthia Wesley-Esquimaux

  2. Mamaway Wiidokdaadwin, Orilla, ON, Canada

    Steven Koptie

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Wesley-Esquimaux, C., Koptie, S. (2022). Reconciliation Social Work: Sustainable Community Development. In: Danto, D., Zangeneh, M. (eds) Indigenous Knowledge and Mental Health. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-71346-1_16

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