Indigenous Child Welfare

This section contains material related to Indigenous child welfare. Canada has a decentralized child welfare system that consists of 13 Canadian provincial and territorial child welfare systems. In addition, there exist 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 Kiskisik Awasisak: Remember the Children. Understanding the Overrepresentation of First Nations Children in the Child Welfare System.

For information on the First Nations human rights complaint case against the federal government for under-funding child welfare services on-reserve: www.fnwitness.ca

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Title	Authors Sort descending	Year of Publication
Presentation Prairie Forum Policy Summary		2006
Other Briefing Document. Kiskisik Awasisak: Remember the Children. Understanding the Overrepresentation of First Nations Children in the Child Welfare System	Sinha, Vandna Trocmé, Nico Fallon, Barbara MacLaurin, Bruce Fast, Elizabeth Prokop, Shelley Thomas et al.	2011
Journal article Child maltreatment and intimate partner violence among Indigenous and non-Indigenous Canadians	Brownridge, Douglas A. Taillieu, Tamara Afifi, Tracie Chan, Ko Ling Emery, Clifton Lavoie, Josee Elgar, Frank	2016
Journal article A culturally relevant measure of client satisfaction in child welfare services	Mundy, Crystal Neufeld, Amanda N. Wells, Susan J	2016
Journal article Violence and resilience: a scoping review of treatment of mental health problems for Indigenous Youth	Toombs, Elaine Houlding, Carolyn Braunberger, Peter Sawula, Erica Wekerle, Christine Mushquash, Chris Drawson, Alexandra	2017
Other Glossary of Social Work Terms and Child Maltreatment Related Concepts	Sturtridge, Michelle	2013
Working with First Nations, Inuit and Métis Families who have Experienced Family Violence: A Practice Guide for Child Welfare Professionals	Steering Committe Native Child & Family Services: Charlene Avalos Chiefs of Ontario: Lillian Baibomcowai-Dell Ottawa Inuit Children Centre: Karen Baker Anderson Native Women’s Centre of Hamilton: Linda Ense Métis Nation of Ontario: Shelley Gonneville Ontario Native Women’s Association: Betty Kennedy Weechi-it-te-win Family Services: Leona McGinnis Tikinagan Child & Family Services: Thelma Morris Ontario Native Women’s Association: Kathy Sky Ontario Federation of Indian Friendship Centres: Terry Swan Writer Catalyst Research and Communications: Joan Riggs	2012
Report Options for Action. An Implementation Report for The Legacy of Phoenix Sinclair: Achieving the Best for All Our Children	AMR Planning & Consulting	2015
Information Sheet Ethno-racial Categories and Child Welfare Decisions: Exploring the Relationship with Poverty	Antwi-Boasiako, Kofi King, Bryn Black, Tara Fallon, Barbara Trocmé, Nico Goodman, Deborah	2016
Report Report of the Auditor General of Alberta: Human Services - Systems to Deliver Child and Family Services to Indigenous Children in Alberta	Auditor General of Alberta	2016