Birth Alerts
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Judge orders MCFD to reveal redacted records in birth alerts case
Ministry must disclose disputed information to privacy commissioner after B.C. Supreme Court justice sides with IndigiNews
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B.C. government fights to keep birth alerts records from public eye
On June 12 and 13, the B.C. Supreme Court is set to hear a dispute involving MCFD, IndigiNews and the province’s privacy commissioner
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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
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‘Multigenerational trauma’: Cree woman challenging Canada’s off-reserve child welfare practices
A survivor of the Millennium Scoop, Cheyenne Stonechild is now taking on the federal government in a certified class-action lawsuit
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Indigenous mother ‘tired of fighting’ after human rights tribunal victory challenged by VACFSS
The child welfare agency was ordered to pay $150K for discrimination against ‘Justine’ — but it’s now asking the B.C. Supreme Court to toss out that decision