Where Care Learned to Speak

I return to a conversation with Dr. James Anglin, who, as you might know now, was one of the folks who helped encourage and provoke this podcast. Reflecting on the first few episodes and having completed various other interviews, I was left wondering about the context of the evolution of Child and Youth Care, as a profession, from Dr. Anglin's perspective.  In the episode, Dr. Anglin shares in...

In this episode, I stop and link together thoughts that have come up as I have engaged in conversations with scholars and practitioners. These initial conversations have provoked feelings, curiosities, and reflections, not only of my own but also of my peers, colleagues, and friends.  What I've quickly come to realize is that I am hopeful that folks who listen to these conversation do so with...

In 1992, after working for 22 years in the field of Child and Youth Care, Dr. Sibylle Artz became a professor in the School of Child and Youth Care. She engaged in participatory, collaborative, and inter- and cross-disciplinary research for more than 30 years, with a focus on gender, culture, class, and community. To that end, she worked for many years with her colleagues, Dr. Ted Riecken and Dr....

Professor Emeritus Alan Pence shares insights into how the School of Child and Youth Care came to be, taking listeners back to 1963, when UVic was formed. Dr. Pence's professional work with children began in 1970 as a teacher at an alternative, inner-city high school. During that time, he became concerned that high school was too late to have a maximally positive impact on a child's develo...

Dr. James Anglin began his career as a child and youth care worker in a mental health centre in Vancouver, British Columbia, after which he developed a 6-bed group home for adolescents in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. In this episode, Dr. Anglin shares how he came to develop a group home, his pursuit of graduate studies, and his journey to joining the School of Child and Youth Care in 1979....

In this opening episode, Shemine introduces  Where Care Learned to Speak  and the questions that gave rise to the podcast: How did Child and Youth Care come to be? How has the field been shaped through relationships, stories, tensions, and practice? And, what becomes possible when we pause long enough to listen to the people who carry its histories? Grounded in a listening-in-relation praxis, this...