‘Keep families together’: Moving beyond racist notions of neglect in child welfare
Experts discuss colonial failings and ways to support families during Beyond Neglect series.
Child welfare system
‘Forcibly taking Indigenous children’: Inside the world of one foster mom
Manitoba’s child welfare system ‘not run by terribly healthy people,’ says mom.
Fighting back against a system built on taking kids in Constance Lake
Robyn Bunting says she knows first hand the damage the child welfare system can inflict….
Helping Daniel: A caregiver’s two-year journey to heal her broken ‘son’
“He complains to me about pain, about back pain, I can see him compensating.”
Growing up in care is a ‘life long curse’ says Natasha Okemow
Natasha (Reimer) Okemow was first placed into the child welfare system in Manitoba when she…
Former foster child who suffered sex abuse while in care suing Alberta for $11M
A man who grew up in Alberta’s child welfare system is suing the province for…
Safe haven ‘Little’s Place’ open in Surrey and ready to help women get off the streets
In March of 2018, Atira Women’s Resource Society began demolishing the abandoned Motel Hollywood in…
‘We wanted to be together’: a former ward of the NWT talks about family and aging out
Charlotte Morrit-JacobsAPTN NewsBy the age of 10, Jane had forgotten what her mother looked like.Too…
‘Just kind of felt like I was existing’: Life after aging out of care
Less than a year ago Judith Paul was facing homelessness. Child and family services had…
