Aug 31, 2021 | BC Government, Children & Families
Minister of Children and Family Development Commitment Letter August 31, 2021 First Nations SummitUnion of BC Indian ChiefsBC Assembly of First Nations To First Nations Leadership Council: The Ministry of Children and Family Development (MCFD) is committed to support...
Jul 6, 2021 | Announcements, Children & Families
Cowessess First Nation signs $39M deal to implement child welfare system Cowessess First Nation is located 160 km east of Regina. Photo courtesy: Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations. APTN – Cowessess First Nation in Saskatchewan has signed onto a...
Jun 27, 2021 | Children & Families
More Indigenous family separations now than during residential schools, advocate says Global News – More First Nations families are being separated now than during the years of residential schools — and some are still dying in government care as Indigenous...
Jun 18, 2021 | Children & Families
Elder says Justice Department wants ‘to destroy the Aboriginal people’ as child welfare court fight concludes Photo credit: APTN APTN – A First Nations Elder slammed one of the Canadian government’s top lawyers as a week-long court battle over child welfare and...
Jun 17, 2021 | Children & Families
Canada uses Indian Act to fight tribunal order expanding Jordan’s Principle Photo credit: APTN ‘Racist and colonial’: Canada uses Indian Act to fight tribunal order expanding Jordan’s Principle First Nations organizations criticized the Canadian government in Federal...
Jun 13, 2021 | Children & Families
Indigenous child welfare battle heads to federal court despite calls to drop cases Photo credit: The Canadian Press Ottawa’s controversial legal challenge of a pair of rulings involving First Nations children torn from their families by a chronically underfunded...
