Which Comes First: Child or Politics? Accessibility and Care for First Nations Children
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Author/Creator
Stephanie O'Brien
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.