Child welfare bill a ‘litmus test’ in breaking from colonial policies, National Chief tells Trudeau
Assembly of First Nations (AFN) National Chief Perry Bellegarde has personally asked Prime Minister Justin…
Child Welfare
‘Political suicide’ if Liberals don’t give First Nations full jurisdiction over child welfare, say leaders
First Nation leaders in B.C. and Saskatchewan say resistance from several provinces and the Trudeau…
CFS agencies need to focus more on keeping families together than on apprehensions says former case worker
InFocus Today’s InFocus was the last in a three-part series putting the child welfare system…
‘Time is tight’: Indigenous child welfare legislation stalled due to complaints from First Nations
The Trudeau government is facing opposition from First Nations across the country on a draft…
‘I promised I would never leave her side’: Saskatchewan parent fights for child to be returned from social services
Indigenous parents dealing with the child welfare system say the system is not helping them…
‘They just ripped them out of my hands’: A mother shares her experience with the child welfare system on InFocus
On the second edition of a three-part series about child and family services (CFS) on…
B.C social worker sought out Indigenous high-risk youth because no one would ‘adequately safeguard their interests’ says claim
When “Elle” aged out of the system more than five years ago, she was hoping…
Former kids in care find support in Foster Up group at University of Winnipeg
A program called Foster Up in Winnipeg is helping teenagers who are aging out of…
‘If we weren’t here… the baby would have been apprehended’: Program in Saskatchewan hoping to keep moms, newborns together
A new program in Saskatchewan called Sanctum 1.5 is a high risk pregnancy and HIV…