Argues that the Federal government has failed to provide adequate support to First Nations children (both on and off-reserve) in terms of programs for birth and adoptive parents, has not implemented Jordan's principle, and does not monitor international adoption placements.
Inquiry responds to the government's failure to adequately address recommendations in Bringing them home: Report of the National Inquiry into the Separation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children From the Families.
Looks at the effects of processes and institutions on two cases of transitional justice in democracies through the attempt to remove cultural influences on children and community by isolation from ethnic groups.
Multiplying and Dividing: Tuberculosis in Canada and Aotearoa New Zealand
RA&L-e ; no.3, 2008
Research in Anthropology & Linguistics-e ; no. 3, 2008
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Paul Hackett
Description
Highlights several factors including inability of government and church to protect children and the conflict between economics of running the schools and medical personnel.
Chapter 10 from: Multiplying and Dividing: Tuberculosis in Canada and Aotearoa New Zealand edited by Judith Littleton, Julie Park, Ann Herring and Tracy Farmer.
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AlterNative, vol. 13, no. 3, Fostering Cultural Safety Across Contexts, September 2017, pp. 142-151
Description
Looks at links between historic and contemporary rationales for interfering with Indigenous families and discusses how literary arts can foster cross-cultural and cross-generational understanding.
Author proposes a series of recommendations for law and policy changes with modifications or additions to present health initiatives to address the needs of children.
First Nations Child and Family Caring Society of Canada
Description
Summarizes some of the issues impacting the well-being of First Nations children living on reserve including jurisdictional disputes, inequitable funding, lack of respect for Indigenous laws and ways and using the Indian Act to clarify the rights of children and their families. Concludes with recommendations.
Describes issues such as missing and murdered women, education, health care, and over-representation in the criminal justice system and gives statement of action required by Canada to address each problem.
First Peoples Child & Family Review, vol. 4, no. 1, 2009, pp. 38-46
Description
Discusses use of the study by First Nations child welfare agencies to identify ways of making the agencies more useful to First Nations decision-makers.
Report divided into two parts: Part one: Voices of Front-line AECD (Aboriginal Early Childhood Development) Workers in BC; Part 2: Communities Working Together for a Common Goal: Integration and Coordination of AECD Programs .
Discusses a national action plan to address gaps in current policies, programs and services to stop violence against Indigenous women and girls and to fulfil Canada’s international human rights obligations.
Looks at data gathered from children, youth, caregivers, and other stakeholders regarding involvement with the child welfare system and identifies issues that are contributing to the over-representation of Aboriginal young people in the system. Presents 8 recommendation to improve outcomes.
Documentary about a landmark discrimination case filed by the Assembly of First Nations and the Child and Family Caring Society of Canada against Indian and Northern Affairs Development Canada in 2007 about the treatment of First Nations children.
Duration: 2:42:53.
Native Studies Review, vol. 19, no. 1, 2010, pp. 119-136
Description
Discussion, at the structural level, about the kind of education that is provided to Canada’s Indigenous peoples. The article also discusses a social activist, Shannen Koostachin, and her campaign to engage in social action in order to pressure the federal government to build a new school.
Index on Censorship , vol. 28, no. 4, 1999, pp. 54-64
Description
Discusses how the Canadian government inflicted damage on First Nations cultures by the suppression of language and learning, and the enforcement of schooling in "civilized" culture.
Our Schools / Our Selves, vol. 18, no. 3, Beyond Child's Play: Caring For and Educating Young Children in Canada, Spring, 2009, pp. 169-175
Description
Discusses the lack of supports and services for children with special needs living on reserves due to inequities in health funding resulting from interjurisdictional disputes between provincial/territorial and federal governments about which will supply the required resources, despite governments' stated commitment to Jordan's Principle.
Native Social Work Journal, vol. 4, no. 1, Aboriginal Children and Youth, Issues and Challenges, December 2003, pp. 51-83
Description
Study designed to provide a vehicle for communities to articulate the nature and structure of child care in their community; to provide recommendations for the development of First Nations quality child care programs; and to examine options for First Nations jurisdiction in child care.
Results divided into four sections: description of regional contexts, influences on, and aspects of quality services, and legislative frameworks. Includes literature review and recommendations.
United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues: Forum on Indigenous Child and Youth Rights, Vancouver, Canada, March 2-5, 2010
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Cindy Blackstock
Description
Submission presents evidence of failure to provide equitable and culturally based welfare and education on reserves, and outlines the complaint currently before the Tribunal and the government's response, which is aimed at preserving the status quo.
Analyzes policies and administrative processes in response to the principle, which states that the government of first contact with a First Nations child needing medical treatment is responsible for expenses, with division to be decided later.