Canada Child Welfare
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‘Appalling’: AFN Chief says Indigenous youth shouldn’t be placed in for-profit careCindy Woodhouse Nepinak, AFN National Chief, renews calls for Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to apologize to Indigenous youth who’ve been wronged by Canada’s child-welfare systems.InvestigationsMar 5, 2024
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Ontario ombudsman slams foster care company, child welfare agencies for failing Indigenous girlOntario's ombudsman has released a searing report which details how multiple child welfare agencies failed to ensure the safety of a 13-year-old Indigenous girl.InvestigationsApr 13, 2023
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Revised Indigenous child-welfare settlement going back to Canadian Human Rights TribunalThe deal includes an additional $3 billion that includes compensation for 13,000 more children and other amendments that both sides are hoping will satisfy the tribunal's concerns.CanadaApr 5, 2023
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‘A better way’: An Indigenous alternative to Ontario’s faltering child-welfare systemAn Indigenous child protection agency in Ontario called Nogdawindamin uses a novel approach to child welfare that focuses on culture, families and community to keep kids at home.FeaturesMar 8, 2023
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How one Ontario child welfare agency is fighting to fix a broken systemSarnia-Lambton Children’s Aid Society created a plan to end the practice of kids growing up in group homes. It has succeeded, but their results have come at a cost.FeaturesMar 7, 2023
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An Indigenous mother took her life after child welfare took her kids. What can be done?A Manitoba mother of four posted a video online calling out the child welfare system for apprehending her children as she fled domestic abuse. Soon after, she took her own life.CanadaFeb 17, 2023
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Boy found malnourished, living in squalor after ‘chronic neglect’ by Toronto children’s aid: reportA report from Ontario's Ombudsman reveals how the Children's Aid Society of Toronto repeatedly failed to protect a 10-year-old boy.InvestigationsDec 19, 2022
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Reports, inspections, a death: Red flags raised for years inside kids group home chainA Global News investigation has uncovered two government reports that raised serious concerns about a large Ontario group home chain.InvestigationsNov 23, 2022
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‘Like a zombie’: Ontario group home chain accused of overmedicating kids in careFormer workers and youth who lived at a large chain of group homes say they were overmedicated, a Global News investigation has found.InvestigationsNov 22, 2022
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‘Throwaway kids’: Allegations of human trafficking, mistreatment at Ont. group home chainA Global News investigation into one of Ontario's largest for-profit group home providers has revealed alarming allegations.InvestigationsNov 21, 2022
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