Raven Sinclair
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Raven Sinclair (Ótiskewápíwskew) is Cree/Assinniboine/Saulteaux and a member of Gordon First Nation of the Treaty#4 area of southern Saskatchewan and Dean of Social Work at University nuhelot’įne thaiyots’į nistameyimâkanak Blue Quills.[1][2][3] She is a survivor and expert on the Sixties Scoop, the practice of taking Indigenous children from their families and placing them in foster care or adopting them out to white families.[4][5] She is a critic of the current child welfare system in Canada, especially as it relates to Indigenous peoples.[6] She is a professor, film maker, author, public speaker, and facilitator.[7] Sinclair is also a founding editorial member of the Journal of Indigenous Voices in Social Work (University of Hawai'i at Mānoa), and past regional editor for AlterNative: An International Journal of Indigenous Peoples.[8]
Sinclair began studies at the undergraduate level at the University of Toronto in 1981. She completed a BA in Psychology from the University of Saskatchewan and went on to study at First Nations University in the bachelor of Indian Social Work program. At that time it was the only post-secondary program taking an Indigenous approach.[9] She holds a Master of Social Work from the University of Toronto and PhD from the University of Calgary.
