Indigenous Children In Foster Care

• ‘The right decision’: Judge rules Gitanmaax girl won’t be taken from B.C. First Nation

  A B.C. Provincial Court judge has determined that a six-year-old Gitanmaax girl can stay with her community, after a social worker was prevented from taking her earlier this month.

  Canada

  Oct 29, 2021
  
• Call renewed to end controversial birth alert practice in Nova Scotia

  Nova Scotia's Department of Community Services says it is 'working toward' ending the controversial practice of birth alerts, criticized as being racist and discriminatory.

  Canada

  Jun 29, 2021
  
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• Storytelling project sets out to examine experiences of Indigenous youth in foster care

  A team at the University of Lethbridge is putting together a storytelling project to help understand the experiences Indigenous youth face when transitioning out of government care.

  Education

  Jun 17, 2020
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• Liberals introduce bill to help curb number of Indigenous children in foster care

  National Chief Perry Bellegarde of the Assembly of First Nations says the number of First Nations children in care — over 40,000 — is a human rights crisis.

  Canada

  Feb 28, 2019