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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.

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Denouncing the Continued Overrepresentation of First Nations Children in Canadian Child Welfare: Findings from the First Nations/Canadian Incidence Study of Reported Child Abuse and Neglect-2019
Fallon, Barbara; Lefebvre, Rachael; Trocmé, Nico; Richard, Kenn; Hélie, Sonia; Montgomery, Monty; Bennett, Marlyn; Joh-Carnella, Nicolette; Saint-Girons, Marie; Filippelli, Joanne; MacLaurin, Bruce; Black, Tara; Esposito, Tonino; King, Bryn; Collin-Vézina, Delphine*; Dallaire, Rachelle; Gray, Richard; Levi, Judy; Orr, Martin; Petti, Tara; Thomas Prokop, Shelley; Soop, Shannon, *Subsequent authors are listed alphabetically
 2021
A conversation about equity with Dr. Cindy Blackstock and Dr. Barbara Fallon (Video)
Blackstock, Cindy; Fallon, Barbara
 2021
Legal Age for Leaving Children Unsupervised Across Canada, 2021
Ruiz-Casares,;Mónica; Kilinc,;Deniz
 2021
(In)Equity in the Context of COVID-19
Saint-Girons, Marie; Lefebvre, Rachael; Fallon, Barbara; Blackstock, Cindy
 2020
Child Welfare and Pandemics Literature Scan
Sistovaris, Marina; Fallon, Barbara; Miller, Steven; Birken, Catherine; Denburg, Avram; Jenkins, Jennifer; Mishna, Faye; Sokolowski, Marla; Stewart, Suzanne
 2020
Child Welfare and Pandemics Information Sheet
Sistovaris, Marina; Fallon, Barbara; Miller, Steven; Birken, Catherine; Denburg, Avram; Jenkins, Jennifer; Mishna, Faye; Sokolowski, Marla; Stewart, Suzanne
 2020
Equity Concerns in the Context of COVID-19: A Focus on First Nations, Inuit, and Métis Communities in Canada
Saint-Girons, Marie; Joh-Carnella, Nicolette; Lefebvre, Rachael; Blackstock, Cindy; Fallon, Barbara
 2020
Children in Out-of-Home Care in Canada in 2019
Saint-Girons, Marie; Trocmé, Nico; Esposito,;Tonino; Fallon, Barbara;
 2020
Group Home and Residential Treatment Placements in Child Welfare: Analyzing the 2008 Canadian Incidence Study of Reported Child Abuse and Neglect
Doucet, Mélanie; Marion,;Élodie; Trocmé, Nico
 2018
False Allegations of Abuse and Neglect, 2018
Simpson, Megan; Fletcher, Kara; De La Sablonniere-Grifin, Mireille; Trocmé, Nico
 2018