Reimagining the Role of ‘Family Support Worker’


  • Wdoodegzii-wiijgaabwitaagewin Gaa-nokiitaaged

Wdoodegzii-wiijgaabwitaagewin Gaa-nokiitaaged ~ Family-support Worker


  • Wdoodegzii-wiijgaabwitaagewin ~ “family-support”
    • Wdoodeg ~ “family-like”
    • zi(i)- ~ “someone is in a state or condition”
    • wiij ~ “with, accompany”
    • gaabwi ~ “someone stands”
    • taa ~ “act in relation to someone”
    • ge ~ “someone acts (on an unspecified object)”
    • win ~ “-ness”
  • Gaa-nokiitaaged ~ “worker [for people]”
    • Gaa-…d ~ “someone who…”
    • nokii ~ “work”
    • taa ~ “act in relation to someone”
    • ge ~ “someone acts (on an unspecified object)”

  • family–supporting-ness someone-who-works-for-people

  • family-support worker

  • Family-support Worker