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.
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Information Sheet
Balancing Immediate Protection and Long-Term Well-Being |
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Information Sheet
Supreme Court of Canada’s Reference re An Act respecting First Nations, Inuit and Métis children, youth and families: What Indigenous Peoples and Governments Need to Know |
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Information Sheet
Legislation, Regulation and Soft Law |
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Journal article
Indigenous Child Wellness:: A Scoping Review of Best Practices with Initial Advising from Indigenous Community Members on Contextual Considerations and Next Steps |
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Information Sheet
What are Child Welfare Prevention Services? |
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Information Sheet
What is Child Neglect? |
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Information Sheet
What is Child Physical Abuse? |
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Information Sheet
What is Out-of-Home Care? |
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Information Sheet
Loving Our Children: Finding What Works for First Nations Families |
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Journal article
Assessing a measure of organizational environment among Indigenous child welfare agencies |