Community-based child welfare for aboriginal children: Supporting resilience through structural change

Handbook for Working with Children and Youth: Pathways to Resilience Across Cultures and Contexts

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 105-120

  Blackstock, Cindy ^a   Trocmé, Nico ^b,c  

^a University of Toronto ^*

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c Centre of Excellence for Child Welfare (CECW)   (United States)

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EID: 70349298162     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4135/9781412976312.n7     Document Type: Chapter

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