May 31, 2013 - Phoenix Sinclair Inquiry

B.D. MCKENZIE - DR.EX. (OLSON) MAY 31, 2013
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Q And were acting associate dean from 1989 to 1990?
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Correct.
Okay. You were director of the inner city social
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work program from 1981 to 1987 and have done extensive
consulting and program evaluation in the field of child
welfare?
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That is correct.
What's your teaching area of specialty?
My teaching area of specialty is social policy,
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program evaluation and child welfare.
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In terms of aboriginal child welfare and policy
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do you have any expertise?
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I have done a number of evaluations of child
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welfare services in the aboriginal context, and Corbin
Shangreaux and I co-taught a course on child welfare and
aboriginal people as part of the curriculum at the faculty
of social work.
I've also worked as a child welfare worker in
northern Saskatchewan in aboriginal communities.
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And what's your current position?
I'm a professor of social work.
Thank you. That's at the University of Manitoba?
University of Manitoba.
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Q Now, I understand you've authored multiple
evaluations of the Child and Family Services west region
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