N.W.T. advocates offer remedies for an ailing child welfare system

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N.W.T. advocates offer remedies for an ailing child welfare system – CBC

by ahnationtalk on September 19, 2019416 Views

Sep 19, 2019

Cultural programs, financial support for families, changes in management could help fix system, say critics

Since the last federal election, critics have sounded off about the abysmal state of child protection in Canada.

Their charges pertain specifically to harms caused to Indigenous children and families. Commissioners of both the Truth and Reconciliation Commission and the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls roundly criticized governments and child protection agencies for perpetuating the atrocities of residential schools by separating children from their families and cultures, and for exposing them to abuse.