Surveilled and segregated: A Foucauldian inquiry into colonial welfare and First Nations poverty in Canada
Critical Social Policy: A Journal of Theory and Practice in Social Welfare
Published online on March 30, 2026
Abstract
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This article traces the colonial making of First Nations poverty in Canada through a Foucauldian and settler-colonial lens. Centered on the Cree concept k-ôh-kitimâkisiyahk (“the reasons why we are poor”), it argues that reserves, Indian welfare policy, ...
This article traces the colonial making of First Nations poverty in Canada through a Foucauldian and settler-colonial lens. Centered on the Cree concept k-ôh-kitimâkisiyahk (“the reasons why we are poor”), it argues that reserves, Indian welfare policy, ...