Where Care Learned to Speak

Joined by colleagues and friends Dr. Kristy Dellebuur O'Connor and Dr. Jeff Smith, we collectively reflect on the conversations and histories shared throughout the first twelve episodes of  Where Care Learned to Speak . Kristy brings her passions for Child and Youth Care education, disrupting coloniality, knitting, hiking, music-making, family, and community, while Jeff describes himself as “a...

In conversation with Dr. Marie Hoskins, we revisit the making of Child and Youth Care and consider relational practice, teaching, scholarship, and the ethic of care that continues to shape how the field understands itself. Dr. Marie L. Hoskins is Professor Emerita in the School of Child and Youth Care at the University of Victoria, where she devoted her academic career to teaching, research, mento...

In this episode, I speak with Penny Stephenson, one of the first graduates of UVic's Child Care Program, about finding her way into a field that was itself still taking shape. Penny reflects on the interdisciplinary education that informed her practice, her early work at Cedar Lodge, and the changes she witnessed across decades of supporting children and young people. Our conversation moves th...

What happens when the conversations we have keep echoing long after they end? In this Pondering Pause episode, I reflect on some of the questions that have been following me through the first half of the season, such as who do we read? Who gets to be seen as a child and youth care practitioner or scholar? What happens when we make room for ways of knowing, being, and practicing that sit outside do...

Dr. Martin Brokenleg , an enrolled member of the Rosebud Sioux Tribe, has dedicated his career to bridging Indigenous and Eurocentric ways of caring and supporting children and youth. He is co-author of the book  Reclaiming Youth at Risk: Our Hope for the Future  and co-developer of the  Circle of Courage  model. Over the past 30 years, he has co-hosted an annual conference,  Reclaiming Youth Semi...

Hans Skott-Myhre worked with unhoused youth in a variety of settings for 25 years. For the last 25 years, he has been a Professor at Brock University in Child and Youth Studies until 2015 and is currently in the Social Work and Human Services Department at Kennesaw State University. He is the author of  Youth Subcultures as   Creative Force: Creating New Spaces for Radical Youth Work , co-author o...

Thom Garfat, PhD, has worked with young people, families and those who work with them for over 50 years. He holds an MA in Clinical Psychology and his PhD is in Child and Youth Care. He is a member of the Order of Canada, recognized for his “pioneering work in helping troubled children and their families.” Since beginning as a Child Care Worker, Dr. Garfat has supervised residential and community-...

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...