Human rights hearing over non-status rights resumes in Ottawa
The battle for equality for First Nations children across the country resumed in Ottawa on…
Canadian Human Rights Tribunal
Government making ‘some progress’ on child welfare file but more is needed says advocate
The Government of Canada was back before the Canadian Human Rights Commission giving an…
‘If you don’t have water… programs aren’t going to do you a lot of good’ Cindy Blackstock testifies at MMIWG hearings
Cindy Blackstock, the executive director of the First Nations Child and Family Caring Society…
Indigenous Affairs improving on Jordan’s Principle, but more work is needed says advocate
Cindy Blackstock, the leading advocate in the fight for First Nations families to receive medical benefits similar to children live off the reserves says she has seen an improvement to how Canada handles Jordan’s Principle cases.
Ottawa has ‘turned a corner’ in First Nations child welfare: Philpott
Canada’s Indigenous services minister says Ottawa has fully complied with the orders of a 2016…
Lawyer says Canada inflating number of First Nations children its helping under Jordan’s Principle
Lawyer says Canada is inflating the number of children it is helping under Jordan’s Principle program.
4 girls, 4 suicides, and a desperately broken system
The stories of these four girls, whose identities cannot be revealed to protect the privacy of their families, are detailed in a leaked 2014 Manitoba Children’s Advocate Special Investigation Aggregate Report into the deaths of 14 children aged two months to 17 years.
Government tells human rights tribunal that is has complied with ruling to stop discriminating against First Nation children
Annette Francis APTN National News The federal government told the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal that…
