New Brunswick Before the Equal Opportunity Program - History Through a Social Work Lens

New Brunswick Before the Equal Opportunity Program highlights the experiences and observations of some of the earliest social workers in New Brunswick.

List of contents

Foreword by Nérée St-Amand
1. Introduction by Laurel Lewey, Louis J. Richard, and Linda Turner
2. A History of the Peoples of New Brunswick by Laurel Lewey, Louis J. Richard, and Linda Turner
3. Historical,Economic, and Political Contexts of Service Provision by Linda Turner
4. Poor Law Legislation and the Poverty Experience by Linda Turner and Laurel Lewey
5. Origins and Development of Social Care Agencies and Networks by Laurel Lewey and Linda Turner
6. The Evolution of Child Welfare by Laurel Lewey
7. A Portrait of New Brunswick’s Earliest Social Workers by Linda Turner
8. The First Acadian Social Workers by Louis J. Richard
9. Social Workers Experience Child Welfare: View from the Trenches by Laurel Lewey
10. Ushering in Equal Opportunity by Linda Turner, Louis J. Richard and Laurel Lewey
11. Conclusion by Laurel Lewey, Louis J. Richard, and Linda Turner
Appendix 1: Origin of the New Brunswick Association of Social Workers (NBASW)
Appendix 2: Biographical Sketches of Social Workers and Social Welfare Workers in New Brunswick, 1926-1966
Bibliography

About the author

Laurel Lewey is an associate professor at the St. Thomas University.

Summary

New Brunswick Before the Equal Opportunity Program highlights the experiences and observations of some of the earliest social workers in New Brunswick.

Product details

• Authors: Laurel Lewey, Laurel Lee Lewey, Laurel Lee Richard Lewey, Laurel/ Richard Lewey, Louis J Richard, Louis J. Richard, Linda Turner, Linda M Turner, Linda M. Turner
• Publisher: University of Toronto Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.07.2018
• EAN: 9781487502539
• ISBN: 978-1-4875-0253-9
• No. of pages: 288
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > Social education, social work; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology; Soziologie, Kanada, Amerikanische Geschichte, Geschichte allgemein und Weltgeschichte, Politik der National- Zentral- oder Bundesregierung