National

Child welfare services fall under the mandate of provincial and territorial governments, including a rapidly expanding system of Aboriginal child welfare authorities. This section contains material related to federal initiatives concerned with child welfare services as well as statistics compiled at the national level.

All Canadian Incidence Study of Reported Child Abuse and Neglect reports can be found here.

Province / Territory

Type of Publication

Title	Year Sort ascending
Overview Presentation. 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
Trauma Experiences, Maltreatment-Related Impairments, and Resilience Among Child Welfare Youth in Residential Care Collin-Vézina, Delphine; Coleman, Kim; Milne, Lise; Sell, Jody; Daigneault, Isabelle
Aboriginal Children. Canada must do better: Today and tomorrow. Special report submitted to the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child Canadian Council of Child and Youth Advocates	2011
Head injury secondary to suspected child maltreatment: Results of a prospective Canadian national surveillance program Bennett, Susan; Ward, Susan; Moreau, Katherine; Fortin, Gilles; King, Jim; MacKay, Morag; Plint, Amy	2011
Caring for children from the same culture: Challenges for foster parents Brown, Jason D.; St. Arnault, David; Sintzel, Jennifer; George, Natalie	2011
Shifting definitions of emotional maltreatment: An analysis child welfare investigation laws and practices in Canada Trocmé, Nico; Fallon,Barbara; MacLaurin, Bruce; Chamberland, Claire; Chabot, Martin; Esposito, Tonino	2011
Emotional maltreatment in Canada: Prevalence, reporting and child welfare responses Chamberland, Claire; Fallon, Barbara; Black, Tara; Trocmé, Nico	2011
Is childhood physical abuse associated with peptic ulcer disease? Findings from a population-based study Fuller-Thomson, Esme; Bottoms, Jennifer; Brennenstuhl, Sarah; Hurd, Marion	2011
Evaluation of a newborn screen for predicting out-of-home placement Brownell, Marni D.; Chartier, Mariette; Santos, Robert; Au, Wendy; Roos, Noralou P.; Girard, Darlene	2011
Untangling risk of maltreatment from events of maltreatment: An analysis of the 2008 Canadian Incidence Study of Reported Child Abuse and Neglect (CIS-2008) Fallon, Barbara; Trocmé, Nico; MacLaurin, Bruce; Sunha, Vandna; Black, Tara	2011