Government making ‘some progress’ on child welfare file but more is needed says advocate
The Government of Canada was back before the Canadian Human Rights Commission giving an…
Child Welfare
Vulnerable kids in danger because of NWT government inaction: federal report
If you are a child in need of protection in the NWT, there’s a…
Ontario authorities have kept teen’s suicide letters from her family for 724 days and counting
(Barbara Suggashie, left, and her husband Clarence Suggashie hold the picture of their deceased daughter…
Lack of cultural supports and prevention services results in high number of kids in care inquiry hears
The commissioners overseeing the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls…
‘If you don’t have water… programs aren’t going to do you a lot of good’ Cindy Blackstock testifies at MMIWG hearings
Cindy Blackstock, the executive director of the First Nations Child and Family Caring Society…
‘The system just eats up our children’ child welfare at issue during MMIWG hearings in Winnipeg
Child welfare was at the heart of the discussions at the National missing and…
Love and death in child welfare: Kanina Sue Turtle’s last days
Just over a year after Kanina Sue Turtle died by suicide in a Sioux Lookout…
Kanina Sue Turtle’s family sues Tikinagan for $5.9M over her ‘wrongful death’ in foster home
The lawsuit alleges Kanina’s death was preventable and the result of Tikinagan’s “reckless disregard” for her wellbeing.
‘It’s bulls–t’: families react to coroner’s report into 8 dead First Nations children
(Kanina Sue Turtle, middle, with father Clarence Suggashie and mother Barbara Suggashie visiting Poplar Hill…