childwelfare Tag Posts Index

The Invisible Victims: Children Trapped in Broken Systems

This is a publication based on the suggested topic proposed in the Hive Learners community through their discord, which on this occasion is "CHILD SERVICES".

Native American Injustices

Hello friends and Hivers. Today I will talk about a couple of subjects about Native American injustices. It's Native American Heritage this month in the States so

Teen who aged out of B.C.'s care found dead in tent

This happens far too often here in British Columbia. And it’s often Indigenous children. Childcare does not end when they turn 19. For more on the story, please

How many First Nations kids in care? Canada does not know

I can’t decide what is worse: that they don’t know or that they didn’t care until now because it is going to cost them money. What does that say about Canada’s

Canadian Government flip-flops, now plans to fight child welfare class-action

And no one was surprised: The same day the federal government was in Federal Court looking to halt a human rights tribunal ruling ordering compensation for First

Child welfare to prison pipeline’ feeding rising Indigenous incarceration rates

Despite being just 4 to 5% of the population of Canada, Indigenous people make up 30% of Canada’s prison population. A new report out links child welfare rates to

Canada appeals compensation ruling that found it 'willfully and recklessly' discriminated against First Nations children.

Justin Trudeau’s Liberal government is seeking a judicial review of a ruling that ordered Canada to pay $40,000 to First Nations children who were taken from their

Death as Expected: Inside a child welfare system where 102 Indigenous kids died over 5 years

Today, Federal government has filed an appeal, to overturn order to fund Indigenous kids in care equitably and pay compensation, DAYS AFTER THIS CAME OUT. See linked

Human rights tribunal awards compensation for First Nation children in care

The Canadian Human Rights Tribunal has ordered Canada to pay compensation to First Nation children, youth and families who were taken from their homes on reserve

Baby H Still in Foster as MCFD Refuses to talk to Family

The ongoing saga of Baby H continues in British Columbia. Baby H has been in five foster homes in her five week life and MCFD is no longer speaking to the family

Birth alerts are ‘raced-based genocide’ says Mi’kmaw lawyer

Birth alerts have been and continues to be an ongoing outrage that needs to be brought to an end. It is racial profiling.. Governments and child welfare agencies

48 hours of neglect happened in that first 90 minutes of life

“The worker on the recording went on to say that in the first 48 hours of the baby’s life “numerous” medical staff made notes that the baby was being neglected.

B.C. CFS moves in to seize 90-minute-old baby on report of neglect

An hour and a half after enduring a C-section delivery at a Kamloops hospital, an Indigenous couple was exhausted but elated as they met their baby girl – a first

'It's torturous': Young mother joins calls from MMIWG advocates to stop apprehensions at birth

A young mother who was on Manitoba‘s birth alert system is running calls from advocates, researchers and the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous

Does Bill C-92 Make the Grade?

Dr. Cindy Blackstock is the primary and most effective advocate for First Nations children in care. She was the spearhead that brought the suits and complaints forward

Couple spends $200,000 fighting CFS to get sick baby back

Another story of an Indigenous child apprehended by Child and Family Services based on visiting a doctor or the hospital. In this case, the baby was removed over

Foster child placed in home of registered sex offender in Thunder Bay: court documents

The circus that is Thunder Bay, Ontario, Indigenous children in care and the deaths of those children in care in negligent foster homes and service groups, something

‘They failed to protect Amy’: Child welfare agency, foster home sued for $5.5M over teen’s suicide

Kanina Sue Turtle’s family is suing for $5.9 million after Turtle, 15, filmed her suicide in a foster home owned and operated by Tikinagan in Sioux Lookout Oct.

Were you turned on by this at all?’: RCMP officer asks Indigenous youth during sexual assault report

The story presented, in the article linked below, is, unfortunately, more the norm than out of character for Indigenous youth in care when they report sexual assault

'I felt like I was betraying my own': Indigenous social workers open up about challenges

A very thoughtful article that explores some of the challenges faced by Indigenous social workers within the colonial system. For the most part, like teachers, they