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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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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
(In)Equity in the Context of COVID-19

Saint-Girons, Marie
Lefebvre, Rachael
Fallon, Barbara
Blackstock, Cindy

2020
Children in Out-of-Home Care in Canada in 2019

Saint-Girons, Marie
Trocmé, Nico
Esposito, Tonino
Fallon, Barbara 

2020
False Allegations of Abuse and Neglect, 2018

Simpson, Megan
Fletcher, Kara
De La Sablonniere-Grifin, Mireille
Trocmé, Nico

2018
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
Physical and mental health of sexually abused youth: Gender comparisons from a matched-control cohort study

Daigneault, Isabelle
Vézina-Gagnon, Pascale
Bourgeois, Catherine 
Esposito, Tonino
Hébert, Martine

2017
Childhood sexual abuse and substance abuse: A gender paradox?
Tonmyr, Lil
Shields, Margot
2017
Difficult but close relationships: Children’s perspectives on relationships with their mothers in the context of domestic violence

Lapierre, Simon
Côté, Isabelle
Lambert, Amélie
Buetti, David
Lavergne, Chantal
Damant, Dominique
Couturier, Vanessa

2017
Childhood sexual abuse, sexual motives, and adolescent sexual risk-taking among males and females receiving child welfare services
Wekerle, Christine
Goldstein, Abby L.
Tanaka, Masako
Tonmyr, Lil
2017
Role specialization and service integration in child welfare: Does organizure influence the decision to refer to supportive services?

Smith, Carrie
Fluke, John D
Fallon, Barbara
Mishna, Faye
Pierce, Barbara Decker

2017