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.

Title	Authors	Year
Jurisdiction and Funding Models for Aboriginal Child and Family Service Agencies	Gough, Pamela Blackstock, Cindy Bala, Nicholas	2005
Making Appropriate Parenting Arrangements in Family Violence Cases: Applying the Literature to Identify Promising Practices	Jaffe, Peter G. Crooks, Claire V. Bala, Nicholas	2005
Mesnmimk Wasatek: Catching a Drop of Light. Understanding the Overrepresentation of First Nations Children in Canada’s Child Welfare System: An Analysis of the Canadian Incidence Study of Reported Child Abuse and Neglect (FNCIS-2003)	Nico Trocmé Bruce MacLaurin Barbara Fallon Della Knoke Lisa Pitman Megan McCormack	2005
Pathways to the overrepresentation of Aboriginal children in care	Gough, Pamela Trocmé, Nico Brown, Ivan Knoke, Della Blackstock, Cindy	2005
Physical abuse of children in Canada	MacLaurin, Bruce Trocmé, Nico Fallon, Barbara Chaze, Ferzana Black, Tara Lajoie, Jules	2005
Sexual abuse of children in Canada	Fallon, Barbara Lajoie, Jules Trocmé, Nico Chaze, Ferzana MacLaurin, Bruce Black, Tara	2005
Supporting Aboriginal children and youth with learning and/or behavioural disabilities in the care of Aboriginal child welfare agencies	Wright, Alexandra Hiebert-Murphy, Diane Gosek, Gwen	2005
Wen:de The Journey Continues: The national policy review on First Nations Child and Family Services Research Project - Phase Three	Loxley, John DeRiviere, Linda Prakash, Tara Blackstock, Cindy Wien, Fred Prokop, Shelley Thomas	2005
Wen:de: We are Coming to the Light of Day	Blackstock, Cindy Prakash, Tara Loxley, John Wien, Fred	2005
Community Based Child Welfare for Aboriginal Children: Supporting Resilience through Structural Change	Blackstock, Cindy Trocmé, Nico	2004