Indigenous child welfare
Canada has a decentralized child welfare system that consists of 13 Canadian provincial and territorial child welfare systems. In addition, there exists Métis, First Nations and urban Indigenous child and family service agencies that are to varying degrees affected by federal policies and funding models.
Most commonly, Indigenous child welfare agencies have signed agreements with either the federal or both the federal and provincial governments that authorizes them to provide the full range of child protection services and receive federal funding to do so.
For more information about First Nations child welfare, see Denouncing the Continued Overrepresentation of First Nations Children in Canadian Child Welfare.
For information on the First Nations human rights complaint case against the federal government for under-funding child welfare services on-reserve: I am a witness.
Title | Authors | Year |
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17-Year-Old Susan: An Investigative Review | Office of the Child and Youth Advocate Alberta |
2018 |
Characteristics of Investigations Involving First Nations Children Compared to White Children in Ontario in 2013 | Richard, Kenn |
2018 |
Representative for Youth and Children: 2016-2017 Annual Report | Nunavut Representative for Children and Youth |
2018 |
15-Year-Old Jimmy: An Investigative Review | Office of the Child and Youth Advocate Alberta |
2017 |
15-Year-Old Levi: An Investigative Review | Office of the Child and Youth Advocate Alberta |
2017 |
16-Year-Old Dillion Serious Injury: An Investigative Review | Office of the Child and Youth Advocate Alberta |
2017 |
18-Year-Old Peter: An Investigative Review | Office of the Child and Youth Advocate Alberta |
2017 |
19-Year-Old Ernie: An Investigative Review | Office of the Child and Youth Advocate Alberta |
2017 |
2016 Annual Report | Saskatchewan Advocate for Children and Youth |
2017 |
B.C. Adoption and Permanency Options Update | Representative for Children and Youth |
2017 |