Ontario Foster Care

• Ontario ombudsman slams foster care company, child welfare agencies for failing Indigenous girl

  Ontario'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.

  Investigations

  Apr 13, 2023
  
• Ontario children’s aid society handed $1.3M after Global News report

  Sarnia-Lambton Children’s Aid Society (CAS) received the new money and is home to a groundbreaking initiative in the province's child-welfare system

  Investigations

  Mar 23, 2023
  
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• Ontario youth group home chain hit with $60M proposed class-action over alleged ‘abuse’

  A proposed class-action lawsuit filed against an Ontario group home chain alleges the company’s key figures “enriched” themselves at the expense of vulnerable kids in their care.

  Investigations

  Mar 6, 2023
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• Reports, inspections, a death: Red flags raised for years inside kids group home chain

  A Global News investigation has uncovered two government reports that raised serious concerns about a large Ontario group home chain.

  Investigations

  Nov 23, 2022
• Child welfare agencies, families left in dark about ‘high-risk’ group homes, some linked to deaths

  The Ontario government is failing to disclose 'high-risk' foster care and group homes with children’s aid societies - the organizations responsible for placing kids in care.

  Canada

  Sep 22, 2022
• Inside Ontario group homes where kids were called ‘paycheques’

  A Global News and APTN investigation discovered the key players behind Connor Homes have amassed real-estate assets estimated to be in excess of $10 million.

  Investigations

  Jul 4, 2022
• Inspection reports reveal disturbing conditions inside Ontario group homes

  A child sleeping on a soiled mattress and lack of access to dental care were among some of the violations cited by ministry inspectors who visited Ontario's group homes.

  Investigations

  Jun 1, 2022
• Inside Ontario’s ‘scary’ child-welfare system where kids are ‘commodities’

  Former residents and experts in child welfare paint a startling portrait of a system that lacks qualified staff and one that neglects and even mistreats some children.

  Investigations

  May 28, 2022