Multicultural Social Work in Canada
Working with Diverse Ethno-Racial Communities
Published on 11. September 2003
Book
Paperback/Softback
408 pages
978-0-19-541530-8 (ISBN)
Description
Multicultural Social Work in Canada is divided into two sections. Section one outlines the knowledge and skills required for effective multicultural practice. Chapters in this introductory section discuss such topics as culturally competent social work with individuals, families, and communities; social policy; working with people who immigrated to Canada; and working in the context of racial plurality in diverse communities of Canadian society.
Section Two contains personal narratives of social work with Canadians of different ethno-racial backgrounds, such as Italian, Arab, Jewish, Ukrainian, Aboriginal, Africa, Caribbean, South Asian, and Franco-Ontarian. Each chapter in this section focuses on the author's experiences working with the community under study at varying levels of practice-family, group, and community. This analysis offers a starting point for readers to reflect on their own experiences and assumptions of multicultural practice with diverse ethno-racial communities. Major themes include differential processes in seeking help and the importance of taking into account a community's history or an individual's age, gender, acculturation, or socio-economic status when developing strategies for social work in multicultural settings.
Section Two contains personal narratives of social work with Canadians of different ethno-racial backgrounds, such as Italian, Arab, Jewish, Ukrainian, Aboriginal, Africa, Caribbean, South Asian, and Franco-Ontarian. Each chapter in this section focuses on the author's experiences working with the community under study at varying levels of practice-family, group, and community. This analysis offers a starting point for readers to reflect on their own experiences and assumptions of multicultural practice with diverse ethno-racial communities. Major themes include differential processes in seeking help and the importance of taking into account a community's history or an individual's age, gender, acculturation, or socio-economic status when developing strategies for social work in multicultural settings.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 156 mm
Thickness: 21 mm
Weight
558 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-19-541530-8 (9780195415308)
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John Graham is an Associate Professor and is the PhD program coordinator for the Faculty of Social Work at the University of Calgary. His research interests include cultural and international social work practice, social work and diversity, qualitative (ethnographic and historical) research methodologies, social policy/social planning and social welfare history.
Alean Al-Krenawi teaches in the Spitzer Department of Social Work at the Ben-Gurion University of the Negev. His work has appeared in the Journal of Women and Social Work, Health and Social Work and the Journal of Social Psychology.
Alean Al-Krenawi teaches in the Spitzer Department of Social Work at the Ben-Gurion University of the Negev. His work has appeared in the Journal of Women and Social Work, Health and Social Work and the Journal of Social Psychology.
Editor
Director of the Center for Bedouin Studies and Development and senior lecturer in the Department of Social workDirector of the Center for Bedouin Studies and Development and senior lecturer in the Department of Social work, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel
ProfessorProfessor, University of Calgary
Content
Acknowledgements ; Preface ; Contributors ; Chapter 1 Introduction ; Chapter 2 Culturally Appropriate Knowledge and Skills Required for Effective Multicultural Practice with Individuals, Families, and Small Groups ; Chapter 3 Culturally Appropriate Social Work for Successful Community Development in Diverse Communities ; Chapter 4 Canadian Society: Social Policy and Ethno-Racial Diversity ; Chapter 5 Whiteout: Looking for Race in Canadian Social Work Practice ; Chapter 6 Practice with Immigrants in Quebec ; Section 2 Personal Narratives On Social Work with Diverse Ethno-Racial Communities ; Chapter 7 Social Work with Canadians of Italian Background: Applying Cultural Concepts to Bicultural and Intergenerational Issues in Clinical Practice ; Chapter 8 Social Work with Canadians of Arab Background: Insight into Direct Practice ; Chapter 9 Social Work with Canadians of Jewish Background: Guidelines for Direct Practice ; Chapter 10 Social Work with Canadians of Ukrainian Background: History, Direct Practice, Current Realities ; Chapter 11 Social Work Practice with Canadians of Aboriginal Background: Guidelines for Respectful Social Work ; Chapter 12 The Franco-Ontarian Community: From a Period of Resistance to New Social Solidarities and Practices ; Chapter 13 Social Work Practice with African Canadians: An Examination of the African-Nova Scotian Community ; Chapter 14 Canadians of Caribbean Background: Postcolonial and Critical Race Perspectives for Practice ; Chapter 15 The Context of Culture: Social Work Practice with Canadians of South Asian Background