child welfare

Survivors and families of missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls are preparing for what's anticipated to be a highly emotional ceremony in Gatineau, Que., on Monday, June 3, 2019, to mark the release of a report that names the issue as nothing short of a "genocide."

Talks to reform subsidies intended to eliminate the $10 carton of milk face by northern families remain stalled over concerns from Inuit that they don't have enough control over changes to Nutrition North.

A First Nations children's advocate says Indigenous kids are still not being treated equally because provinces and territories are shirking their responsibilities.

British Columbia's child and youth representative says his office has begun to collect information about two young sisters whose bodies were found in a Victoria-area home on Christmas Day.

Aboriginal heritage must be considered when placing a child with an adoptive family, but it does not overrule all other factors in deciding their best interests, the B.C. Court of Appeal has ruled.

Several of Canada’s top children’s advocates say services for Aboriginal children are falling short and change is slow to come.

In an interview, the executive director of the First Nations Child and Family Caring Society of Canada discusses the state of Indigenous child welfare and matters of reconciliation.

In order to move forward, we need to have real reconciliation accompanied by restitution, writes activist Katsi’tsakwas Ellen Gabriel.

NDP leadership candidate Charlie Angus is promising to find better ways to protect the interests of First Nations, Métis and Inuit children, including by dismantling the Indigenous Affairs Department.

In strongly worded written comments, Sen. Murray Sinclair said he cannot overstate the importance of immediately complying with legal orders from the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal.

The federal Liberals attempted Thursday to fend off criticism of their response to a landmark human rights tribunal decision by announcing talks about First Nations child welfare.

A leading advocate for the welfare of First Nations children and families says she’ll have little faith in the upcoming inquiry on murdered and missing indigenous women unless a funding gap is closed.