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Author: Brielle Morgan, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
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B.C.’s Human Rights Commissioner launches inquiry into ‘hate in all its forms’
Prompted by rise of hate-related incidents during the pandemic, this will be the commissioner’s first public inquiry.
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Beyond Red Dress Day: Seven calls to action for allies
Non-Indigenous people have a role to play in the fight for justice for missing and murdered Indigenous women, girls and gender diverse people in this country.
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‘Keep families together’: Moving beyond racist notions of neglect in child welfare
Experts discuss colonial failings and ways to support families during Beyond Neglect series.
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‘I don’t feel safe’: Syilx mother shaken after learning RCMP, social worker searched her home without her knowledge
Lauren Marchand wasn’t told about the search until weeks later.
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B.C. ‘open’ to apologizing for birth alerts, says First Nations Summit
Province won’t confirm, but says it’s ‘engaging with Indigenous leadership.’
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Families subjected to birth alerts deserve an apology, says B.C.’s Representative for Children and Youth
The B.C. government ‘should acknowledge how wrong and harmful this practice was’
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Indigenous leaders call on B.C. government to notify parents subjected to birth alerts
‘There needs to be an apology… and that’s just the first step’
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Potential for class action as a result of ‘illegal and unconstitutional’ birth alerts say B.C. lawyers
Cindy Blackstock and lawyers imagine next steps for families impacted by birth alerts after internal documents reveal government warned of litigation risk.
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EXCLUSIVE: B.C. ministry warned birth alerts ‘illegal and unconstitutional’ months before banning them
Government ‘trampling on the fundamental and human rights of Indigenous families,’ says former children’s rep.