Child Welfare
-
Despite delays from ‘Canada,’ Sts’ailes is taking back control over its own child welfare
The Coast Salish First Nation has been negotiating terms in accordance with Bill C-92 and recently held a ceremony celebrating the assertion of jurisdiction
-
Experts say ‘B.C.’ budget doesn’t go far enough on child welfare, climate
2024 provincial plan includes record capital funding, but critics say it’s weak when it comes to tackling key issues
-
Supreme Court of Canada unanimously affirms Indigenous jurisdiction over child welfare
The decision, released Friday, was widely celebrated while advocate noted colonial governments now must do their part to provide support to implement the ruling
-
B.C. Supreme Court overturns Indigenous mother’s $150K discrimination award
B.C. Human Rights Tribunal member made ‘legal errors’ and didn’t ensure a fair process, says judge; mom says she’ll appeal
-
Indigenous mom’s discrimination payout hangs in the balance at B.C. Supreme Court
Child welfare agency tells court that tribunal ‘exceeded its jurisdiction’ in landmark ruling, which found VACFSS social workers relied on racist stereotypes
-
Cree mother, whose newborn was apprehended, says social worker told her to ‘stop wailing’
Chelsey Woodward has not been able to see her daughter consistently after MCFD took the two-day-old baby from a ‘Surrey’ hospital on Oct. 19
-
Indigenous leaders condemn the justice system after Robert Riley Saunders granted day parole
Saunders was sentenced to five years in prison last July after posing as a social worker to defraud Indigenous youth in his ‘care’
-
MCFD misled Youth about education supports and ‘is not stepping up’ to fix it: report
BC Ombudsperson details how the province ‘financially disadvantaged a young person’ but won’t compensate for the error
-
Investigation in horrific abuse case must be Indigenous-led, child welfare leaders tell ‘B.C.’
ICFS Directors have penned a letter to David Eby and Mitzi Dean requesting immediate reform in the wake of 11-year-old’s death in foster ‘care’
-
Indigenous girls, failed by MCFD, are going missing in the child welfare system
RCY report says this demographic accounts for 40 percent of kids who disappear from province’s ‘care’ as many flee or face unknown circumstances