Item N-2001-016: CN-118B - Dianne Doyle Datsedi April 30/83 Time 10:18

• Sound recording

1 audio cassette (16 min.)

This item includes two interviews recorded in Yellowknife by Susan Lavoie for the Datsedi radio program. The interviews are in English. The original source item is side B of a 90 minute audio cassette. The first interview (about 5 minutes) is of Katie ___, an employee of the Metis Association. The interview provides an update on the Beaufort Sea Environmental Assessment Review Panel (EARP) and review process that was addressed in an earlier interview (CN-118A). Since the first interview, the EARP has completed a 3-week long meeting in Vancouver and released a deficiency statement outlining gaps in the Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) submitted by the oil and gas companies. The companies are required to provide additional details on areas such as social and environmental effects and oil spills and provide a summary of the EIS in easy to understand language and in two Indigenous languages. After receipt of the information, another month is allowed for further public review. If the EARP is satisfied, public hearings would then be held. The second interview (about 11 minutes) is of Dianne Doyle, a social services employee, recorded on April 30, 1983. The interview focuses on foster care and adoption in the Northwest Territories, particularly for Indigenous children and homes. Dianne speaks about the proportion of Indigenous children in the system, the desire to place them in Indigenous homes, the difficulty of recruiting Indigenous homes, and possible reasons for that difficulty. She describes the criteria to become a foster parent, the screening process, financial supports provided, length of time for placement, ages of children in the system, length of stay in a foster home, and adoption following from foster care. The interview also discusses adoption, with Dianne answering questions on the number of children available, why some children are not available for adoption, the differences between custom and departmental adoption, and the screening process. People who are interested in fostering or adoption are directed to contact their community social service worker.