Jordan’s Principle gets $1.2B from federal budget – but certain details missing
The federal liberals are committing $1.2 billion towards Jordan’s Principle over the next three years….
Child Welfare
Feds promise $4.5B in new spending on Indigenous peoples in pre-election budget
The federal Liberals are promising to spend $4.5 billion in new money over five years…
‘Children are going to die’: Manitoba Child Advocate calls for change
A new report released Tuesday outlines the life and tragic death of Tina Fontaine, and…
B.C. social worker accused of punishing Indigenous youth for sexual assault while in foster care
An Indigenous woman who is suing two social workers as a result of treatment she…
Tina Fontaine’s family hopes report ensures others don’t fall through the cracks
The woman who raised a teenage First Nation girl whose body was found in Winnipeg’s…
Indigenous child welfare reform bill ‘breaks new ground’ but will it save lives?
Deaths of Indigenous children in child protective services make headlines every year across the country….
Canada being sued for child welfare system that ‘incentivizes’ the apprehension of children
“Change the mandates of child welfare.”
Indigenous child welfare legislation has promise but needs fixing, say leaders
The Trudeau government is moving ahead with its promised Indigenous child welfare legislation. Federal ministers…
‘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…
