Discusses issues and recommendations of an effective accountability framework for mandated agencies prior to the proclamation of The Child and Family Services Authorities Act.
Case involved a 20-month-old who died while in a foster home and under the care of the Saskatchewan Dept. of Social Services. Concluded that the death was preventable.
Review found that there is a need for affordable mental health services for children and youth and recommends an increase to prevention funding which specifically targets at risk youth and adolescents.
Aboriginal & Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 30, no. 5, September/October 2006, pp. 22-28
Description
Biographical article of Nancy De Vries, a registered nurse who was removed from her mother and raised in a white family environment.
Extracted from The Lost Children edited by Coral Edwards and Peter Read.
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 22, no. 2, March/April 1998, p. 31
Description
Describes the inaugural National Sorry Day held in a suburban Sydney, Australia community. This event was held one year after the Bringing Them Home inquiry chronicled the Stolen Generation of child removed from Aboriginal families.
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 22, no. 3, May/June 1998, pp. 11-14
Description
Executive Director of the Council for Aboriginal Alcohol Program Services (CAAPS) in Darwin, Australia relates the factors that led to the creation of the program.
[General Day of Discussion: Group 1: The Child’s Right to be Heard in Judicial and Administrative Proceedings]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Saskatchewan Children's Advocate Office]
p. 10
Description
Explores the limitations of participation under the Child and Family Services Act and makes recommendations for improvement.
Submission to the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child.
A collection of materials on the attitudes and practices associated with the removal of Aboriginal children from their homes. Includes representative testimonies from those who were separated from their families and communities.