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 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.
- Canadian Human Rights Tribunal on First Nations Child Welfare
- Jordan's Principal
- Overrepresentation in Context
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 of Publication |
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Report
Review of Child Welfare Legislation in Manitoba: Discussion Guide |
Government of Manitoba |
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Report
Room for Improvement: Toward Better Education Outcomes for Children in Care |
Representative for Children and Youth |
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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 |
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Report
Voices for Reform: Options for Change to Saskatchewan First Nations Child Welfare |
Voices for Reform: Options for Change to Saskatchewan First Nations Child Welfare |
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Report
2015 Annual Report - Saskatchewan Children's Advocate Office |
Saskatchewan Advocate for Children and Youth |
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Journal article
A culturally relevant measure of client satisfaction in child welfare services |
Mundy, Crystal
Neufeld, Amanda N.
Wells, Susan J |
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Report
A Tragedy in Waiting: How B.C.’s Mental Health System Failed One First Nations Youth |
British Columbia Representative for Children and Youth |
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Report
B.C. Adoption Update: December 2015 |
British Columbia Representative for Children and Youth |
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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 |
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Information Sheet
Child Maltreatment-Related Service Decisions by Ethno-Racial Categories in Ontario in 2013 |
Fallon, Barbara |