Steering committee
The steering committee provides guidance in visioning and capacity building for the Network. The committee is a groupthink and leadership tool in the evolvement of the network. Main tasks include:
- the facilitation, development and implementation of the network.
- guidance in the development of training modules and curriculum for the Training Sessions.
- and administrative tasks in the organization and key decision making in regards to the Provincial Conference.
Dr. Jeannine Carrière
Dr. Jeannine Carrière discusses research on cultural planning, adoption and Aboriginal children, that looks at ways to keep children connected with…
Shanne McCaffrey
Professor at the School of Child and Youth Care, University of Victoria. Shanne has a background in education, law and social services. Shanne has Cree/Métis ancestry and attended the University of Saskatchewan and the University of Victoria. Her academic interests include child welfare, colonialism as a shared experience and Aboriginal community development. Email: Abstracts McCaffrey,…
Dr. Catherine Richardson
Associate Professor, School of Social Work, University of Victoria.
Cathy Richardson has been with the School of Social Work since September 2007. Her areas of specialization include Indigenous resistance, decolonizing approaches to social work, response-based practice, safety-oriented and dignity-based child protection work, recovery from violence, and Indigenous approaches to research and scholarship centered around cultural, ecological and spiritual integrity. Cathy is interested in the intersections between family therapy, child protection, language-use and social responses to families.
“Qwul’sih’yah’maht” Dr. Robina Thomas
Associate Professor, School of Social Work, University of Victoria. Dr. Robina Thomas is Lyackson of the Coast Salish Nation. Robina is committed to Indigenous education and her research interests include Storytelling, Residential Schools and Uy’skwuluwun: On Being Indigenous. She is committed to understanding anti-racism and anti-oppression and how these can be ‘lived. Email: Video from…
Dr. Onowa McIvor
Director of Indigenous Education, Faculty of Education, University of Victoria. Onowa is of Swampy Cree and Scottish-Canadian ancestry, born and raised in Northern Saskatchewan. The University of Victoria drew Onowa to the west coast many years ago as an undergraduate student. She went on to complete a Master of Arts degree in Child and Youth…
Dr. Carmen Rodriguez de France
Assistant Professor, Faculty of Education, University of Victoria. Carmen is from the Kickapoo Nation in Northeast Mexico. María del Carmen Rodríguez de France has been a visitor on this land for the past 17 years. Of Kickapoo ancestry and Mexican heritage, Carmen was born and raised in beautiful Monterrey, México. Her career spans twenty-five years…
Dr. Kyllie Cripps
Dr. Cripps is a Senior Lecturer in the Faculty of Law, UNSW. Over the past 15 years, Dr. Cripps has workded extensively in the areas of family violence, sexual assault and child abuse with Indigenous communities, defining areas of need and considering intervention options at multiple levels.
