The Touchstones for Social Work Curriculum: Reconciliation in Indigenous Child Welfare is intended for Indigenous and non-Indigenous upper year Bachelor of Social Work students or first-year Master of Social Work students.  

The goal of the curriculum is to encourage participants to explore why reconciliation in child welfare is a fundamental prerequisite to improving child welfare outcomes for Indigenous children and youth in Canada and to set out ways to implement the reconciliation agenda spelled out in the Touchstones of Hope principles. In keeping with the spirit of the Touchstones of Hope, Indigenous resources and ways of teaching are centred in this program, with non-Indigenous resources and teaching methods playing a supplementary role.

The curriculum was written by Cindy Blackstock and the sample can be viewed here. Please contact the Caring Society to request a complete copy of the curriculum.