Seize the parents, not the kids: Grand Chief Nelson
Nine out of 10 kids in care are Indigenous in Manitoba.
Child Welfare
Hundreds of First Nation, Metis children have died in Manitoba over past 5 years: Child Advocate
More than 160 children died in Manitoba last year and many of them have been involved in the children welfare system at one point in their lives.
TRC Chair Sinclair says child welfare system ‘perpetuating’ work of Indian residential schools
The child welfare system is continuing the work of the Indian residential school system by alienating Indigenous children from their culture, says the chair of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission.
Number of Aboriginal children in care a ‘national disaster’
APTN National News Thousands of Aboriginal children across the country are caught up in the…
Man charged in Rinelle Harper attack raised by child welfare system, says biological father
The 20 year-old man charged with attempted murder in connection with the brutal attack on 16 year-old Rinelle Harper and a 23 year-old unidentified woman grew up in Winnipeg and was partly raised by the child welfare system, according to his biological father.
Nearly a third of kids in protective custody in Newfoundland and Labrador are Aboriginal
(Documents show Aboriginal children in Newfoundland and Labrador make up a large number of children…
Valcourt defends funding levels for FN child services now under scrutiny by human rights tribunal
Aboriginal Affairs Minister Bernard Valcourt defended Ottawa’s treatment of First Nation children Tuesday as the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal continued to hear closing arguments on a discrimination case against the federal government.
Document: Ottawa’s funding shortfall put East Coast FN children at ‘high’ risk of ‘serious harm’
A funding shortfall faced by Aboriginal Affairs on the East Coast put First Nation children at “high” risk of “exposure” to “serious harm,” according to an internal department document that surfaced during a Canadian Human Rights Tribunal hearing wrapping up this week.
Tribunal into Ottawa’s handling of First Nations kids nearing its end after 7 years
The final arguments begin next week in Ottawa.