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The Trickiness of “Indigenous Social Work”: Stories from Toronto’s Red Road

Section 6: Indigenous Social Work

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From: Critical Social Work Praxis

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The author discusses Indigenous social work, having spent her life engaged in Indigenous social services in Toronto and having witnessed the rise of the phenomena of “Indigenous social work.” She draws on personal experience and trickster stories and the Trickster figure.

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Nicole Penak

Nicole Penak is a mixed-race First Nations woman of Mi’kmaw, Wolastoqiyik, Acadian and Ukrainian heritage. Nicole was born, lives, works and is raising her family in the vibrant Indigenous community of Toronto, where she is a long-time counsellor and community organizer.