surreprésentation en contexte
Before colonization, Indigenous communities cared for their children in accordance with their diverse cultural practices and traditions. With the arrival of non-Indigenous settlers came a series of colonial policies and practices that disrupted traditional systems of care and resulted in systematic racism, exclusion, and marginalization for Indigenous communities in Canada. Since colonization, Canadian and provincial/territorial policies and practices have directly mandated the removal of hundreds of thousands of original children from their families and communities by the residential school and child welfare systems. They have also contributed to the development of structural conditions which perpetuate the overrepresentation of Indigenous children in the child welfare system and in out-of-home care.
The following Information Sheets provide important information in understanding the overrepresentation of Indigenous children in the child welfare system.
Title | Authors | Year of Publication |
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Feuillet d'information
Ministerial Mandate Letters: Relevance to Indigenous Child Welfare and Well-Being
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Churchill, Molly |
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Feuillet d'information
Foster Care Disparity for Aboriginal Children in 2011
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Wray, Michael |
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Feuillet d'information
Foster Care Disparity for First Nations Children in 2011
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Sinha, Vandna |
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Feuillet d'information
Long-term Trends in Out of Home Care for On-reserve First Nations Children
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Jones, Allison |
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Feuillet d'information
What does the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) Report summary say about the Indian Residential School (IRS) system and child welfare?
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Churchill, Molly |
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Rapport
Summary Review of Aboriginal Over-representation in the Child Welfare System
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Galley, Valerie J. |