White Entitlement in Antiracism and Anticolonialism
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In chapter 16, Jeff Halvorsen, Régine King, Liza Lorenzetti, Adrian Wolfleg and Lemlem Haile discuss social justice as a core value of Social Work. Social justice is an aspirational charter commonly used in the social work profession. However, the tenets of social justice are often overlooked if not totally forgotten in social work education and practice. Social work faculties and programs struggle to uphold their professional values in these spaces and continue to reproduce whiteness and racism in areas of curriculum, policies, hiring and representation.
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Contributors
Jeff Halvorsen
Jeff Halvorsen is an instructor and PhD candidate at the University of Calgary Faculty of Social Work on Blackfoot and Treaty 7 territory, and a settler living on T’sou-ke territory. He is studying white men’s allyship focused on anti-domestic violence, antiracism and anticolonization. He has seventeen years’ experience in community-based settings working with individuals experiencing family violence and abuse, homelessness and leaving sex work/exploitation, and has been a credentialed evaluator with the Canadian Evaluation Society for three years.
Régine King
Dr. Régine King, PhD, is an associate professor in the Faculty of Social Work, University of Calgary, on Blackfoot and Treaty 7 territory. Dr. King is a community-based researcher interested in cross-cultural mental health, anti-Black racism, women’s rights and processes of forgiveness and reconciliation in post-conflict settings.
Liza Lorenzetti
Liza Lorenzetti is an assistant professor in the Faculty of Social Work at the University of Calgary on Blackfoot and Treaty 7 territory. Her interestin research leading to social change is based on thirty years of social work practice and activism on interconnected social issues including gender-based violence, wealth inequality, peace-building and antiracism.
Adrian Wolfleg
Adrian Wolfleg’s research, and subsequent writings, are foundational documents on Indigenous homelessness in Calgary and Edmonton. Published internationally, he has educated tens of thousands of individuals about Aboriginal peoples’ history, culture and protocols as an educator, executive director and Elder. A personal highlight for Adrian was providing cultural guidance and expertise to the Canadian, French and Belgian governments for the 2005 Aboriginal Calling Home Ceremony.
Lemlem Haile
Lemlem Haile is a social worker and activist involved in community development with a social justice framework. Lemlem works to connect community and economic development as a platform to address economic inequality, antiracism and anti-Black racism. She is a guest on Treaty 7 land who is learning how to integrate and work from an anticolonial lens.
