Lack of funding piling up on the dreams of First Nations children: Blackstock
“We still have issues with education, early childhood, basics like water and sanitation.”
Child Welfare
Helena Wood’s story: How domestic abuse can lead to child apprehension
“I’m not losing another daughter because of domestic violence. Never again.”
Suicide, addiction and domestic violence: One woman’s life highlights a broken system
“They would come for help and instead of helping them [CFS] would take their children away.”
Inquiry hears of links between child abuse and suicide in Rankin Inlet
Twenty family members are registered to speak publicly and privately over three days in Rankin.
Tribunal again tells feds to fund Indigenous child welfare, minister agrees
OTTAWA -The federal government says it will immediately begin fully funding the actual costs for…
Atikamekw Nation takes control of child welfare and makes history
Atikamekw Nation is the first to sign such an agreement with Quebec.
Too many grassroots left out of child welfare emergency meeting: advocate
As well, a lot of our youth were not permitted to attend.”
Nation to Nation: The emergency meeting on the crisis in child welfare
In Ontario, there are nearly 14,000 children in care but province has no idea how many are Indigenous.
Political will there to solve child welfare crisis for Indigenous kids: Philpott
The federal government says it has a plan to take action against the crisis in…