Item 2008.3.1.207.5 - SW200A Interview with Bridget Moran

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SW200A Interview with Bridget Moran

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2008.3.1.207.5

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  • Aug. 1996 (Creation)

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1 audiocassette

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(1923 - 1999)

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Audio cassette contains a recorded interview with Bridget Moran for a Social Work class, possibly at UNBC, with questions asked by the instructor and individual students.

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Context: Interview with Bridget Moran for a Social Work class [UNBC?] with questions asked by instructor [Rosalie?] and individual students

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  • Interviewer asks what kept Bridget in social work? – “Not a profession but an addiction”
  • Possibility of addiction to social work possibly contributed to the breakup of her marriage – “married a charming Irishman who could not keep his charm at home”
  • Likes to take the pain of the job home
  • Social work students sometimes afraid to get emotionally involved
  • “translate your private concerns into public actions”
  • Social workers have to be aware of First Nations culture
  • Social workers need to a part of the society in which they are living; Bridget could relate because she was on welfare when she was a child
  • Psychologically prepared for the repercussions of her social actions towards the W.A.C. Bennett government; Bridget notes her actions reflected the frustrations of the group of social workers in Prince George at the time – but that she didn’t involve anyone else – if it had it might have been more successful
  • Important to provide a sense of empowerment to your social work clients
  • Speaks about the response to her book A Little Rebellion
  • Speaks about how the book Stoney Creek Woman was initiated by Mary John’s daughter Helen
  • Speaks about how the inquest into the death of Coreen Thomas, inspired her to write Judgment at Stoney Creek
  • Discusses her book about Justa Monk
  • Native people can only “heal themselves through their own culture”
  • Discusses her Writers Workshop series
  • Re: Oath of confidentiality – ethical dilemmas for social workers - Didn’t mean to break her oath of office but because she did violate it [in the governments view] therefore felt she had to resign

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  • English

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    Personal or academic use of materials is welcomed under the standard fair use and educational use clauses of Canadian Copyright Law. Commercial use is, however, forbidden without the express permission of the copyright holder. For information on obtaining written permission from the copyright holder, please contact the Northern B.C. Archives and Special Collections.

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