Foster Care Abuse

• 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."

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  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.

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  Nov 1, 2017
  
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• 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
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• 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