Alberta Foster Care

• Alberta’s child and youth advocate leaves office with biting review

  Alberta's child and youth advocate spent his last day on the job advocating for government to do more to protect children in care in the province.

  Canada

  Mar 31, 2022
  
• Alberta NDP wants to stop planned changes affecting young adults formerly in government care

  The province's official Opposition is sounding the alarm over incoming changes that would sever supports for former foster children at age 22 instead of 24. 

  Politics

  Dec 30, 2020
  
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• Edmonton man sues province for $11M for alleged sexual abuse while in foster care

  Steven Morin is suing the province for $11 million for what he says he endured while in government care. His lawsuit outlines four years of abuse.

  Crime

  Aug 26, 2019
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• Fostering change: a new smile, a new beginning for abuse victim

  A Calgary victim of abuse in the foster system has a new reason to smile, thanks to a local dentist.

  Crime

  Jan 10, 2018
• Fostering Change: Generous act of kindness gives victim of abuse new reason to smile

  “From what I did see, there were some confidence issues and self-confidence issues because he's not smiling."

  Crime

  Nov 8, 2017
• Fostering Change: Shifting the focus from ‘What’s wrong with you?’ to ‘What happened to you?’

  The ministry in charge of foster care still faces questions around Alberta's foster system screening processes, checks and supports for foster parents.

  Crime

  Nov 1, 2017
• Fostering Change: ‘Who is going to believe the troubled kid?’

  The story of Garry Prokopishin, once known as the “foster parent of the year” in Calgary, has striking similarities to that of former “hockey man of the year” Graham James.

  Crime

  Oct 31, 2017
• Fostering Change: One man’s story of abuse in the Alberta foster care system

  In part 1 of her 3-part series Fostering Change, Nancy Hixt speaks to a victim of child abuse and explains how he came to live at the home of Garry Prokopishin.

  Crime

  Oct 30, 2017
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• Alberta foster boy’s death a direct result of child welfare failure: judge

  An Alberta judge says the death of a foster boy from abuse was a direct result of the failure of provincial child welfare to deal with his case properly.

  Canada

  Jul 28, 2017
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• Settlement approved in class-action lawsuit by former Alberta foster children

  An application for a settlement was granted Friday in a class-action lawsuit by former foster children who were victims of child abuse and other crimes.

  Canada

  Nov 13, 2015