Birth alerts have ended but nearly a baby a day still being apprehended in Manitoba: data
Data obtained by The Canadian Press through freedom-of-information requests shows, on average, a baby is…
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Indigenous mother proposes class-action lawsuit on birth alerts in Manitoba
Birth alerts are the system of seizing infants from their mothers in hospital after birth
OPINION: B.C.’s proposed FOI fee threatens ‘Indigenous Peoples, families and communities’
Fees could make it harder for small outlets like IndigiNews to justify filing shot-in-the-dark info requests — like the one that led to our birth alerts investigation, writes reporter Anna McKenzie.
The Pope, justice for Indigenous women and how birth alerts have changed in Manitoba on InFocus
One of the first women to be labelled a dangerous offender in Canada is a…
Birth alerts follow you ‘for the rest of your life’ says Indigenous mom who had newborn taken
Eight years after her son was apprehended at a Calgary hospital, this mom says she lives with severe anxiety, nightmares, intense flashbacks and questions about why her family was separated instead of supported.
New class action alleges birth alerts are ‘a product of the state’s colonialist and paternalistic attitude’
Filed in B.C.’s Supreme Court, the proposed action marks the first step in a ‘national litigation effort’ representing parents subjected to birth alerts across Canada
‘There are no documents’; Parents fight for child who disappeared in Manitoba’s child welfare system
The government still includes the daughter’s name on the mother’s provincial health card.
‘I believe that there is racial profiling’: Provinces are slowly banning birth alerts – but not in Quebec
Some parents are afraid of going to the hospital says Lac Simon councilor.
Families subjected to birth alerts deserve an apology, says B.C.’s Representative for Children and Youth
The B.C. government ‘should acknowledge how wrong and harmful this practice was’