Parity in Child Welfare Truth, Reconciliation, and the Future of Social Work

Dr. Jennifer Hedges is an Assistant Professor at the University of Manitoba Faculty of Social Work Inner City Social Work Program. She is the co-chair of the Prairie Child Welfare Consortium and co-chair of the International Association of Schools of Social Work Research Committee.

Dr. Marlyn Bennett (WaaWaaTe Ikwe Northern Lights Woman) is a proud member of the Sandy Bay Ojibway First Nation and an Associate Professor in Social Work and Education at the University of Calgary. She holds a Tier II Canada Research Chair in Indigenous Children's Wellbeing.

Dr. Jason Albert (PhD) is an Associate Professor at the School of Indigenous Social Work, First Nations University of Canada, where he has been a faculty member since 2002.

Dr. Peter Choate is a professor of Social Work at Mount Royal University in Calgary. Peter is an expert witness in social work with sub-specialties in the areas of case management, parenting capacity, Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder, and cross-cultural assessment.

Don Fuchs is Dean and Professor Emeritus at University of Manitoba, Faculty of Social Work. His scholarship has included groundbreaking research on Children in Care with FASD and other disabilities.