Death by Neglect: Sacha Raven Bob died alone and Weechi failed to save her
Internal report details failure after failure leading up to child’s suicide
Child Welfare
APTN tours Kenora to see how child welfare system plays out on the streets
‘I see a nation suffering and I see it just being ignored. There’s a vicious cycle.’
A child welfare system in ‘chaos’ put InFocus
How it contributed to the suicide of Wally Rich, 15, and people including a Kokum on a hunger strike are fighting for change
Colonial child protection system being imposed on Indigenous families says Irwin Elman
Elman not giving up the fight despite having child advocate office shuttered by Ford government
Indigenous communities need to have ‘both hands on the steering wheel’ when it comes to child welfare: report
Laurent Commission, due out in 2021, says more input should be given to Indigenous communities.
PM announces $542M to help Indigenous communities take over child welfare services
Cash a step forward in overhauling a child welfare system in ‘crisis,’ says Indigenous Services minister
High-risk youth abruptly removed from Weechi foster home despite counsellor’s objection
Removal happened day after foster mom appeared in APTN story on Weechi
Runaway in Barrie: Breakdown in Weechi foster home sends youth 1,600 KM away
‘Auntie … I can’t go back there. Don’t make me go back there’
Deformed youth demands proof child welfare agency has authority to keep him in foster care
Records indicate additional members of his family have congenital anomalies
