Call for Proposal: Funding available for Indigenous communities to exercise jurisdiction in relation to child and family services During the 2020 Economic and Fiscal Snapshot, the Government of Canada committed over $542 million over five years to support the...
Discrimination Against Indigenous Children May Cost Canada $15 Billion by Kajia Eidse-Rempel Background: Jordan’s Principle Jordan River Anderson was a boy from Norway House Cree Nation in Manitoba born in the hospital with complex medical needs. Because the federal...
On January 21, 2020, Bill C-92, An Act respecting First Nations, Inuit and Métis children, youth and families (the Act) came into force. The Act sets out how Indigenous groups can enact laws and exercise their jurisdiction over child and family services. Co-developed...
Sixties Scoop Settlement Deadline August 30, 2019 What is the Sixties Scoop? The Sixties Scoop is the name for a series of policies enacted by provincial child welfare authorities starting in the mid-1950s and continued into the 1980s, that saw thousands of Indigenous...