More money won’t fix First Nations child welfare, not repeating the same mistakes just might
Since 2013, 178 Indigenous children have died and 147 are tied to First Nation child welfare agencies in Ontario.
Since 2013, 178 Indigenous children have died and 147 are tied to First Nation child welfare agencies in Ontario.
Records also confirm failures have continued at Weechi-it-te-win since her death in 2014
Internal report details failure after failure leading up to child’s suicide
‘I need to tell people how it is now … it’s just like, my world is ripped apart.’
‘I speak for them, the children that cannot speak, I speak for them.’
Removal happened day after foster mom appeared in APTN story on Weechi
‘Auntie … I can’t go back there. Don’t make me go back there’
Child welfare agency worker caught on recording saying five times there was an agreement
“He complains to me about pain, about back pain, I can see him compensating.”