Exam 2: Mandatory Reporting of Child Abuse and Neglect in Northern Canada

Most mandatory reporters are educated in the challenges of living and working in northern Canada.

Women are often excluded from higher paying occupations in the north in favour of service occupations.

Limiting contact with others and avoiding social functions are considered good coping strategies when working in northern Canada.

It is important for mandatory reporters to accept some degree of informality in one's relationship with clients in the north.

Mandatory reporters may benefit from formal training in working with Indigenous people.

Sixty percent of the Canadian population reside in cities and towns proximal to the United States border.

Indigenous persons regard the north as home and a place to be respected.

It is easier for mandatory reporters to maintain low visibility in the north as opposed to communities in the geographic south.

Accessing clients' existing support networks can provide strength to clients struggling with parenting concerns.

The challenges for mandatory reporters are intensified in the north.