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Maverick Mothers And Mercy Flights: Canada’S Controversial Introduction To International Adoption, Tarah Brookfield
Maverick Mothers And Mercy Flights: Canada’S Controversial Introduction To International Adoption, Tarah Brookfield
Youth and Children's Studies
In the 1970s, two private adoption agencies faced state and public scrutiny over their ‘rescue’ of orphans from Bangladesh, Vietnam and Cambodia. The organizations were run by four Canadian mothers who themselves adopted over fifty children and placed hundreds more with other Canadian families. Inspired by a sense of maternal internationalism, these ‘maverick mothers’ were convinced that removing the children from their war torn nations and bringing them to Canada was in each child’s best interest. According to professional social workers and diplomats, a strong commitment to maternalism and internationalism were not valid enough to trust the complicated operation of …
The Caribou Hut: Newfoundlanders, Servicemen, And The St. John’S Home Front During The Second World War, Kenneth Tam
The Caribou Hut: Newfoundlanders, Servicemen, And The St. John’S Home Front During The Second World War, Kenneth Tam
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What Can We Learn About White Privilege And Racism From The Experiences Of White Mothers Parenting Biracial Children?, Shannon Cushing
What Can We Learn About White Privilege And Racism From The Experiences Of White Mothers Parenting Biracial Children?, Shannon Cushing
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Despite progress in the movement toward anti-racism, racism remains a problem in Canada. While the presence of racism and the problem of racism are recognized by Canadian society, there is still a long way to go before racism and white privilege are eliminated. In the present study, I apply Community Psychology values to the examination of an as-yet relatively unexamined minority population: white mothers of biracial children. Guided by epistemological views that place my research within the critical and social constructivist research paradigms, I explore my research question, “How can the experiences of white mothers parenting biracial children inform us …