Read the concerns that the Native Women’s Association of Canada has about the #MMIW inquiry
NWAC releases four concerns it has with the national inquiry’s terms of reference.
Child Welfare
National inquiry budget, terms of reference announced during opening ceremony
#MMIW inquiry will have a budget of 53.8 million and must wrap up by Dec. 31, 2018.
Inquiry will have to examine police conduct, child welfare system: Bennett
The minister’s remarks come soon after draft terms of reference for the inquiry were circulated online
Canadian premiers, Indigenous leaders talk child welfare, MMIW inquiry at meeting in Yukon
The leaders say fixing the broken child welfare system must be a priority, after two reports from Alberta that outlined its failures
‘Completely unacceptable’: reports say Alberta’s child welfare system has failed Indigenous youth
Just 10 per cent of the province’s children are Indigenous, they represent 69 per cent of the kids in care
Manitoba chief says MMIW inquiry terms of reference falls short on policing, child welfare
Dennis Ward and Kenneth Jackson APTN National News A chief in Manitoba says she’s seen the…
Indigenous parents in Quebec demand public inquiry into province’s child welfare agency
People from all over the province gathered in Quebec City to protest what they say is unfair treatment
Is the federal government really funding Jordan’s Principle? Cindy Blackstock doesn’t think so
Cindy Blackstock says Ottawa narrowing scope of Jordan’s Principle.
Federal government announces new funding for on-reserve child healthcare
APTN National News First Nations children requiring medical treatment on-reserve may get the support they need after…
