North-Central Alberta Children’s Services

miyo ohpikinâwasowin is a project that occurred with Alberta’s North Central Children’s Services, IRM Research and Evaluation Inc., and University nuhelot’įne thaiyots’į nistameyimâkanak Blue Quills.

The Indigenous Program Indicators were used by the Children’s Services region to assess and support staff learning and development. Rather than focusing on implementation with agency service-users, the miyo ohpikinâwasowin Indicators were developed to explore staff’s understanding of Indigenous teachings, protocol, and ceremonies. Caseworkers were asked to reflect on their understanding of Indigenous teachings and their level of confidence in applying these teachings in their practice.

For more information, please see the NCA-CS Program Indicators Report.

Additional information on the North-Central Alberta Children’s Services: miyo ohpikinâwasowin Program Indicators can be found in Chapter 3: kayiwatisi Indigenous Program Indicators and Chapter 6: kîseyitamowin miyo ohpikinâwasowin: Igniting Spiritual Fires in our book “ohpikinâwasowin: Growing a Child”.