Indigenous families in B.C. share vision to end Millennium Scoop
There is an urgent need to shift the child welfare system from being apprehension-based to…
Child Welfare
Child welfare agency breaches privacy looking for children’s mother
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No plan in place to return babies already seized through controversial birth alerts in B.C.
She stressed only babies who were in dire circumstances, were ever taken under the alerts.
Child advocates call for a national youth suicide prevention strategy
A national organization representing children and youth in Canada is calling on governments to address…
B.C. ends birth alerts but families question what it means for babies already in care
British Columbia announced Monday that effective immediately, it’s ending the controversial practice of putting birth…
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…
Mother of deceased four-year-old fights for justice; lawyer says girl’s death was accidental
The mother of a four-year-old girl who died while in care in Alberta five years…
‘Nothing has changed’: Tina Fontaine’s body pulled from river five years ago
It was quiet on the summer day when Cora Morgan and her cousin stood on…
Yukon moves on child welfare changes
“Just because you’re being cared for by someone else, culture is still really big,”