“Voices of Empowerment: Black Lives Matter and Community Engagement in Social Work”

June 5, 2024June 5, 2024

This assignment aims to support students’ areas of interest in community engagement by taking a critical lens

on a topic based on one of the modules/required readings. Any of the following topics can be selected:

community engagement definitions and practices, principles of community engagement, a specific area of

colonization (residential schools, missing and murdered Indigenous women, girls, and Two-Spirit people, over

representation of Indigenous children in child welfare), decolonizing community practice, importance of

resistance and mobilization (Idle No More, Black Lives Matter), anti-Black racism, intersectionality, the role of

ally, perceived apathy in community engagement, community decision-making, community-based research,

Indigenous research methodologies, the racialization of poverty, charity model of social work vs. settlement

house, discourse and language, community education, cultural competency vs. cultural safety, a deep

distancing analysis of social inclusion/exclusion, and strengths and limitations of anti-oppressive practice.

Students are required to write a paper (1250-1500 words, double-spaced, font size 12, plus an additional title

page and reference page according to APA). A minimum of three required course readings and three outside

sources must be used to support the paper. A critical analysis involves not only presenting a summary of the

discussion or description but also going further in depth, asking critical questions, illustrating contradictions,

identifying gaps or limitations, etc

REQUIRED COURSE READINGS: 

  • Hasan, M. (2022). Community development practice: From Canadian and global perspectives. Centennial College. Chapter 8: Community Engagement and Outreach. Retrieved from https://ecampusontario.pressbooks.pub/communitydevelopmentpractice/chapter/community-engagement-and-outreach/

  • Robinson, D. (2016). Imagining new platforms for public engagement: A conversation with Bracken Hanuse Corlett. In D. Robinson and K. Martin (Eds.), Arts of engagement: Taking aesthetic action in and beyond in Canada’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission (pp. 305-320). Wilfrid Laurier University Press.

    • Maynard, R. (2017). Misogynoir in Canada: Punitive state practices and the devaluation of Black women and gender-oppressed people. In Policing Black lives: State violence in Canada from slavery to the present (pp. 128-157). Fernwood Publishing.

    • Native Women’s Association of Canada. (2023). Indian Act. Retrieved from https://nwac.ca/policy/indian-act 

    • Palmater, P. (2017). Decolonization is taking back our power(Opens PDF document) [PDF]. In P. McFarlane & N. Schabus (Eds.), Whose land is it anyways? A manual for decolonization (pp. 73–78). Federation of Post-secondary Educators of BC. Retrieved from https://fpse.ca/sites/default/files/news_files/Decolonization%20Handbook.pdf

    • Salazar, A., & Crowe-Salazar, N. (2020). Connecting Myself to Indian Residential Schools and the Sixties Scoop. First Peoples Child & Family Review 15(1), 5-11. https://fpcfr.com/index.php/FPCFR/article/view/403/337  

      • Bourke, B. (2020). Leaving behind the rhetoric of allyship. Whiteness and Education, 5 (2), 179-194.

      • Clare, E. (2003). Digging deep: Thinking about privilege(Opens PDF document) [PDF]. Unpublished talk, by permission of the author.

      • Gates, T.G, Bennett, B., and Baines, D. (2021). Strengthening critical allyship in social work education: Opportunities in the context of #BlackLivesMatter and COVID-19. Social Work Education: The International Journal, 42( 3), 371-387.  

      • Heron, B. (2005). Self-reflection in critical social work practice: Subjectivity and the possibilities of resistance. Reflective Practice, 6, 341–351.

        • Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR). (2015, June 25). Principles of community engagement (2nd ed.). NIH Publication No. 11-7782. Washington, D.C.: National Institute of Health. Retrieved from https://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/communityengagement/index.html

          • Chapter 2: Principles of community engagement (pp. 45–53). 

        •  Dobson, C. (2011a, May 27). Citizen engagement: The overarching solution. Retrieved from http://rabble.ca/news/2011/05/citizen-engagement-overarching-solution

        • Dobson, C. (2011b, June 24). The lure of the grassroots: Step beyond private life to public good. Retrieved from http://rabble.ca/news/2011/06/lure-grassroots-step-beyond-private-life-public-good 

          • Arnstein, S. R. (1969). A ladder of citizen participation. Journal of the American Institute of Planners, 35(4), 216–224.

          • Healy, K. (2010). Community education. In A. O’Hara, Z. Weber, & K. Levine (Eds.), Skills for human service practice: Working with individuals, groups and communities (pp. 280–287). Toronto: Oxford University Press.

            • Kennedy-Kish (Bell), B., Sinclair, R., Carniol, B., & Baines, D. (2017). Chapter 4 – Roots: Early attitudes. In Case critical: Social services and social justice in Canada (7th ed., pp. 52–75). Toronto: Between the Lines.

              • Block, S., & Galabuzi, G-E. (2018, December). Persistent inequality: Ontario’s colour-coded labour market(Opens PDF document) [PDF]. Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, Ontario Office. Retrieved from https://www.policyalternatives.ca/sites/default/files/uploads/ publications/Ontario%20Office/2018/12/Persistent%20inequality.pdf

              • Cohen, M. (2010). T. H. Marshall’s “Citizenship and social class”. In Dissent. New York, NY. Retrieved from https://www.dissentmagazine.org/article/t-h-marshalls-citizenship-and-social-class 

                • Hollinsworth, D. (2013). Forget cultural competence: Ask for an autobiography. Social Work Education, 32(8), 1048–1060.

                • Lavoie, C. (2012). Race, power and social action in neighborhood community organizing: Reproducing and resisting the social construction of the other. Journal of Community Practice, 20(3), 241–259.

                • Madison, D. S. (2005). Introduction to critical ethnography: Theory and method. In Critical ethnography: Method, ethics and performance (pp. 1–16). Thousand Oaks: Sage Publications. 

                  • Buckmaster, L. & Thomas, M. (2009, October 23). Social inclusion and social citizenship towards a truly inclusive society. Research Paper no. 08 2009-10. Parliament of Australia. Retrieved from https://www.aph.gov.au/About_Parliament/Parliamentary_Departments/Parliamentary_Library/pubs/rp/rp0910/10rp08

                  • Quick, K. S. & Feldman, M. S. (2011, April). Distinguishing participation and inclusion. Journal of Planning Education and Research, 31(3), 272–290.

                  • Baines, D. & Clark, N. (2022). Introduction to anti-oppressive practice: Roots, theory and tensions. In D. Baines, N. Clark, and B. Bennett (Eds), (4th edition). Doing anti-oppressive social work: Rethinking theory and practice (pp. 1-33). Fernwood.

                  •  Lyons, T., Krüsi, A., Pierre, L., Smith, A., Small, W., & Shannon, K. (2016). Experiences of trans women and two-spirit persons accessing women-specific health and housing services in a downtown neighborhood of Vancouver, Canada. LGBT Health, 3(5), 373–378.

                  • Pon, G., Gosine, K., & Phillips, D. (2011). Immediate response: Addressing anti-Native and anti-Black racism in child welfare. International Journal of Child, Youth, and Family Studies, 3 & 4, 385–409.  

                  • Wehbi, S. (2012). Advancing a disability rights agenda in the context of war: Challenges and opportunities. International Social Work, 55(4), 522–537.

                  • Hayward, A., Sjoblom, E., Sinclair, S., & Cidro, J. (2021). A new era of Indigenous research: Community-based Indigenous research ethics protocols in Canada. Journal of Empirical Research on Human Research Ethics, 16(4), 403-417.

                  • Healy, K. (2001). Participatory action research and social work: A critical appraisal. International social work, 44(1), 93–105.

                  • Lee, B. (2008). Will the real community research please stand up? Some critical issues. Canadian social work review, 23(1), 5–21. 

                  • Benjamin, A.  (2017). Afterword: Doing anti-oppressive social work: The importance of resistance, history and strategy.  In D. Baines (Ed.), Doing anti-oppressive practice: Social justice social work, (3rd ed., pp. 351–356). Halifax: Fernwood Publishing Co., Ltd. 



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