Gitxsan community stops B.C. social workers from taking child back into ‘care’
‘We’re sick and tired of generation after generation being lost in the system…’ says Kolin Sutherland-Wilson of the Git’luuhl’um’hetxwit house.
Child Welfare
Judge upholds human rights compensation order for First Nations kids
Canada has lost every battle so far in 14-year-old court fight that isn’t over yet
Birth alerts follow you ‘for the rest of your life’ says Indigenous mom who had newborn taken
Eight years after her son was apprehended at a Calgary hospital, this mom says she lives with severe anxiety, nightmares, intense flashbacks and questions about why her family was separated instead of supported.
Final federal leaders debate comes and goes with promises and warnings
Party leaders trade barbs, blast each on reconciliation as federal election enters home stretch
New class action alleges birth alerts are ‘a product of the state’s colonialist and paternalistic attitude’
Filed in B.C.’s Supreme Court, the proposed action marks the first step in a ‘national litigation effort’ representing parents subjected to birth alerts across Canada
New report highlights challenges facing youth in Manitoba
The Manitoba Advocate for Children and Youth (MACY) released a new report Thursday morning. It…
‘There are no documents’; Parents fight for child who disappeared in Manitoba’s child welfare system
The government still includes the daughter’s name on the mother’s provincial health card.
Elder says Justice Department wants ‘to destroy the Aboriginal people’ as child welfare court fight concludes
Judge Paul Favel reserves decision on Ottawa’s bid to cancel human rights compensation, narrow Jordan’s Principle
‘Racist and colonial’: Canada uses Indian Act to fight tribunal order expanding Jordan’s Principle
Feds accuse Canadian Human Rights Tribunal of acting like ‘a roving commission to right all wrongs’ on day 4 of court battles