Exploring Stakeholder: "Government of Canada"

Band rep program in Sandy Lake helps parents gain skills to support their children  CBC Indigenous: Sandy Lake First Nation is taking back ownership of its child and family services, helping pave the way for other First Nations in northwestern Ontario to do the same. The remote community with roughly 4,000 members recently celebrated the grand opening...

Quebec appeal of C-92 dismissed entirely. The Supreme Court of Canada says the federal law that gives control of child welfare services to First Nations, Inuit and Métis nations is constitutional. APTN News: In a unanimous decision released Friday, the court said the law “protects the well‑being of Indigenous children, youth and families by promoting...

NationTalk: ANISHINABEK NATION HEAD OFFICE (April 17, 2023) – First Nations across Canada are joining Koganaawsawin, the central coordinating body of the Anishinabek Child, Youth, and Family Well-Being System, for a National Indigenous Child Well-Being Summit: How We Govern and Maintain Jurisdiction Over Our Children and Youth. The three-day virtual event will take place from 11am-3pm...

“It does leave a gap there and it leaves the potential to have conflicts of laws and cases before courts, which in the meantime have children in very precarious positions, often not in their home communities.” – Crown-Indigenous Relations Minister Marc Miller Windpeaker.com: The second First Nations’ children’s act has been implemented in Alberta. On...

First Nation just 2nd in Ontario to receive federal funds to operate its own family welfare agency CBC News: Standing on a stage in a room filled with community members, band councillors and government ministers, Kitchenuhmaykoosib Inninuwug (KI) Chief Donny Morris called this an emotional day for his community. “We are taking back how we are raising our children,”...

Loon River First Nation, Lubicon First Nation and Peerless Trout First Nation celebrate new agreement CBC News: Canadian Press – Three northern Alberta First Nations have signed an agreement with the federal and provincial governments to be responsible for their own child welfare systems. The chiefs of Loon River First Nation, Lubicon First Nation and...

Indigenous Services Canada: First Nations children thrive when they can stay with their families and their communities, surrounded by their culture and language. As part of the Government of Canada’s commitment to implement the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, we will continue to work towards self-determination for First Nations, Inuit and...

CTV News: MASKWACIS –  An Alberta First Nation signed a two-year agreement with Ottawa Wednesday that gives it the autonomy to administer its own child welfare. Louis Bull Tribe in Maskwacis, Alta., south of Edmonton, is the first in the province to sign such an agreement. “This is an important day for Louis Bull Tribe,” Chief...

3 levels of government in Winnipeg Tuesday morning to sign first agreement involving Manitoba CBC News: Peguis First Nation celebrated a historic moment Tuesday as it became the first Indigenous community in Manitoba to take control of child welfare under federal legislation that came into effect three years ago. The First Nation was joined by...

First People’s Law: Penticton Herald – The Kanesatake Health Center (KHC) has received a major boost for child and family programming following a landmark settlement between the federal government and First Nations advocacy groups. According to executive director Teiawenhniseráhte Tomlinson, it is too early to offer specifics on how KHC will use the new funding...

NetNewsLedger – In an historic first in Ontario, Chief Waylon Scott, Wabaseemoong Independent Nations, the Honourable Patty Hajdu, Federal Minister of Indigenous Services, the Honourable Dr. Merrilee Fullerton, Ontario Minister of Children, Community and Social Services and the Honourable Greg Rickford, Ontario Minister of Indigenous Affairs signed a trilateral coordination agreement for child and family services. The signing was celebrated today at a ceremony in...

Today, the Honourable Marc Miller, Minister of Indigenous Services Canada, announced the launch of a call for proposals to support Indigenous Peoples, communities, and groups as they begin work to develop their own legislation and explore Indigenous-led models for child and family services. More specifically, this funding is intended to provide support to Indigenous Peoples,...

Indigenous groups who have developed their own legislation will have 2 options to exercise jurisdiction under the act.     Every service provider delivering child and family services to Indigenous children and families will need to follow the minimum standards found in the act. Existing agencies will continue to provide services to Indigenous children.  Agreements related to existing delegated...