Module # 3 Weblog # 4

http://www.fncfcs.com/projects/FNRS.html

First Nations Research Site

The reason that I chose this site is because it is an excellent resource for those who work with First Nations children or in social work. The goals of the DNRS are as following:

• To assist the Centre of Excellence for Child Welfare in analyzing and reporting on Canadian child welfare data, specifically data within the First Nations child welfare context;
• To share innovations and issues in practice, policy, knowledge research, skill development, and administration in First Nations child welfare;
• To stimulate discussion among local, regional, provincial and national child welfare agencies on current research, policies and/or practices that affect or benefit First Nations children, youth, families and/or communities;
• To promote networking and the exchange of ideas among First Nations practitioners, academic researchers, policy makers, and advocates who work in the First Nations child and family services field;
• To assist in building and strengthening research capacity among First Nations individuals, agencies, and organizations engaged in child welfare research, policy and/or practice;
• To build a pool of resources and networks from, within and among academic and private First Nations researchers;
• To promote the training of professional staff, researchers, caregivers, and volunteers;
• To promote the development of techniques for evaluating the programs and services delivered to First Nations children, families and communities by the First Nations child welfare agencies and organizations in Canada (Bennett & Blackstock, 2006, p.283-284).

This site is a fantastic site to help those who do research for the government or even for independent researchers. It provides guidelines and suggestions on researching First Nations in Canada and offers a fantastic mandate. I highly recommend reading the current projects for examples of what this program does.