Abstract
This article is based on a plenary held during the Child & Youth Care in Action VI Conference: Moving Through Trails and Trials Toward Community Wellness, held in Victoria, British Columbia in April 2019. It explores how we can re-imagine child and youth care practice with African Canadian youth. This emerging paradigm aligns with child and youth care politicized praxis as well as trauma-informed and strengths-based approaches in the field’s literature. We highlight the importance of mobilizing critical and transformative theoretical frameworks along with an Africentric worldview to substantially support youth of African descent with a strengths-based approach. Moreover, the protective role of Black-affirming spaces is developed and articulated.
Highlights
This article is based on a plenary held during the Child & Youth Care in Action VI Conference: Moving Through Trails and Trials Toward Community Wellness, held in Victoria, British Columbia in April 2019
Attendees were invited to be receptive to critical theories and paradigms regarding ethical child and youth care practice
A child and youth care practitioner might dismiss this plenary’s content because they consider that they already have good intentions, empathy, and relational practice skills. They are satisfied with the work that is being accomplished with African Canadian children and youth
Summary
This article is based on a plenary held during the Child & Youth Care in Action VI Conference: Moving Through Trails and Trials Toward Community Wellness, held in Victoria, British Columbia in April 2019. The third presentation, from Dr Beverly-Jean Daniel, emphasized that spaces of racial safety and belonging are central for the holistic and positive development of African Canadian youth.
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