Final settlement agreement reached in $20B First Nations child welfare class action
Deal signed following six months of confidential negotiations but still must be approved by the court and human rights tribunal
Child Welfare
Kids restrained over 2,000 times in one year in Ontario’s child welfare system
Arie Calero-Romero was just 12 years old when he was restrained in an Ottawa group…
Inspection reports reveal disturbing conditions inside Ontario group homes
A child sleeping on a soiled mattress, lack of access to basic dental care, and…
Simpcw Nation signs the first co-created child welfare agreement in B.C.
The Tcwesétmentem agreement will integrate the First Nations practices, traditions and laws in child welfare decisions with their families.
Feds announce $11B towards housing, reconciliation and residential school support
Canada says it acknowledges that climate change has “exacerbated existing vulnerabilities” for Indigenous Peoples.
Quebec has ‘harder case’ to make as challenge to child welfare law heads to Supreme Court: lawyer
N2N unpacks implications of recent Quebec Court of Appeal ruling
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
Canada appeals to high court in fight with Quebec over Indigenous child welfare law
Quebec government is also appealing decision that cancelled parts of C-92, drawing criticism from AFN regional chief
Proposed class-action alleges systemic discrimination of Inuit children in care in Quebec
Claim against Canada and Quebec is for underfunding Inuit child welfare system.
