Audrey Stevenson
Biographic Data
| ID | 139965 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Audrey Stevenson |
| GIVEN NAMES | Audrey |
| FAMILY NAME | Stevenson |
| SIGNATURE | STEVENSON A |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Regina |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-7363-9564 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 11 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 9 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2013 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Reflecting on the Foundations of Our Discipline Inspired by the TRC: A Duty to Respond during This Age of Reconciliation
History was front and centre of Canada’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission. Five years following the release of the six-volume final report and ninety-four Calls to Action, Crystal Gail Fraser and Allyson Stevenson evaluate the foundations of professional historical writing in Canada, consider institutional efforts put forward to address the report and its Calls to Action, and point to some potential avenues for future engagements for historian…
A Legal History of Adoption in Ontario, 1921–2015. Lori Chambers
"A Legal History of Adoption in Ontario, 1921–2015. Lori Chambers." Canadian Historical Review, 101(3), pp. 472–473
Intimate Integration: A History of the Sixties Scoop and the Colonization of Indigenous Kinship
Child Welfare, Indigenous Children and Children’s Rights in Canada
In Canada, Indigenous children have been removed from their families and communities for residential schooling and for adoption and fostering by the state. These historic and ongoing policies have contributed to a general lack of awareness and respect for the rights of Indigenous children as children, as well as Indigenous rights bearers. This paper examines the ways in which historic Indigenous transracial adoption projects acted as a means of p…
Thinking Historically through an Indigenous Lens: Kelm and Smith’s Talking Back to the Indian Act
Sounding Thunder: The Stories of Francis Pegahmagabow by Brian D. McInnes
The Adoption of Frances T: Blood, Belonging, and Aboriginal Transracial Adoption in Twentieth-Century Canada
This article offers a case study of a transracial adoption involving a mixed-heritage child and a legally Indian adoptive couple. The legal adoption of "Frances T" in 1937, considered to be "in the best interests of the child" by social welfare professionals, took on gendered and racialized meaning in the discourse of the Indian Affairs bureaucrats who subsequently attempted to overturn it. The article uses the case to examine Canadian settler-co…
Cancer Patients' Experiences of the Early Phase of Individual Counseling in an Outpatient Psycho-Oncology Setting
Distress is a common and substantive problem associated with the invasive nature of cancer. Psychosocial interventions can alleviate distress and enhance quality of life, with a wealth of research demonstrating benefits of group interventions. Less is known, however, about the value of individual psychological counseling for cancer patients. The goal of our study was to understand patients' experiences of attending an individual psycho-oncology c…
Vibrations across a Continent: The 1978 Indian Child Welfare Act and the Politicization of First Nations Leaders in Saskatchewan
Vibrations across a Continent:The 1978 Indian Child Welfare Act and the Politicization of First Nations Leaders in Saskatchewan Allyson Stevenson (bio) On September 14, 1983, the Honorable Gordon Dirks, minister of social services in Saskatchewan, addressed the Peyakowak (Cree, "They Are Alone") Committee in Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada, stating: "I am today establishing a Ministerial Advisory Council consisting of experienced community individua…
Intimate Integration: A History of the Sixties Scoop and the Colonization of Indigenous Kinship
The Adoption of Frances T: Blood, Belonging, and Aboriginal Transracial Adoption in Twentieth-Century Canada
This article offers a case study of a transracial adoption involving a mixed-heritage child and a legally Indian adoptive couple. The legal adoption of "Frances T" in 1937, considered to be "in the best interests of the child" by social welfare professionals, took on gendered and racialized meaning in the discourse of the Indian Affairs bureaucrats who subsequently attempted to overturn it. The article uses the case to examine Canadian settler-co…
Cancer Patients' Experiences of the Early Phase of Individual Counseling in an Outpatient Psycho-Oncology Setting
Distress is a common and substantive problem associated with the invasive nature of cancer. Psychosocial interventions can alleviate distress and enhance quality of life, with a wealth of research demonstrating benefits of group interventions. Less is known, however, about the value of individual psychological counseling for cancer patients. The goal of our study was to understand patients' experiences of attending an individual psycho-oncology c…
Cancer Patients' Experiences of the Early Phase of Individual Counseling in an Outpatient Psycho-Oncology Setting
Distress is a common and substantive problem associated with the invasive nature of cancer. Psychosocial interventions can alleviate distress and enhance quality of life, with a wealth of research demonstrating benefits of group interventions. Less is known, however, about the value of individual psychological counseling for cancer patients. The goal of our study was to understand patients' experiences of attending an individual psycho-oncology c…
Vibrations across a Continent: The 1978 Indian Child Welfare Act and the Politicization of First Nations Leaders in Saskatchewan
Vibrations across a Continent:The 1978 Indian Child Welfare Act and the Politicization of First Nations Leaders in Saskatchewan Allyson Stevenson (bio) On September 14, 1983, the Honorable Gordon Dirks, minister of social services in Saskatchewan, addressed the Peyakowak (Cree, "They Are Alone") Committee in Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada, stating: "I am today establishing a Ministerial Advisory Council consisting of experienced community individua…
The Adoption of Frances T: Blood, Belonging, and Aboriginal Transracial Adoption in Twentieth-Century Canada
This article offers a case study of a transracial adoption involving a mixed-heritage child and a legally Indian adoptive couple. The legal adoption of "Frances T" in 1937, considered to be "in the best interests of the child" by social welfare professionals, took on gendered and racialized meaning in the discourse of the Indian Affairs bureaucrats who subsequently attempted to overturn it. The article uses the case to examine Canadian settler-co…
Sounding Thunder: The Stories of Francis Pegahmagabow by Brian D. McInnes
Child Welfare, Indigenous Children and Children’s Rights in Canada
In Canada, Indigenous children have been removed from their families and communities for residential schooling and for adoption and fostering by the state. These historic and ongoing policies have contributed to a general lack of awareness and respect for the rights of Indigenous children as children, as well as Indigenous rights bearers. This paper examines the ways in which historic Indigenous transracial adoption projects acted as a means of p…
Thinking Historically through an Indigenous Lens: Kelm and Smith’s Talking Back to the Indian Act
A Legal History of Adoption in Ontario, 1921–2015. Lori Chambers
"A Legal History of Adoption in Ontario, 1921–2015. Lori Chambers." Canadian Historical Review, 101(3), pp. 472–473
Intimate Integration: A History of the Sixties Scoop and the Colonization of Indigenous Kinship
Reflecting on the Foundations of Our Discipline Inspired by the TRC: A Duty to Respond during This Age of Reconciliation
History was front and centre of Canada’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission. Five years following the release of the six-volume final report and ninety-four Calls to Action, Crystal Gail Fraser and Allyson Stevenson evaluate the foundations of professional historical writing in Canada, consider institutional efforts put forward to address the report and its Calls to Action, and point to some potential avenues for future engagements for historian…
Political science (6 works) · Sociology (6 works) · Indigenous Health, Education, and Rights (4 works) · Law (4 works) · Canadian Identity and History (3 works) · Indigenous (3 works) · History (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Legislation (2 works) · Media studies (2 works)