Exploring Theme: "Govt. and Institution Issues"

Bill C-92 provides rights for Indigenous people to exercise jurisdiction over their own child and family services. Last fall, Quebec introduced its own child welfare legislation – but critics say it falls far short of the federal law....

NationTalk: Wendake — In response to the recommendActions of the report of the Special Commission on the Rights of the Child and Youth Protection, unveiled in 2021, the Quebec government is announcing today a bill aimed at creating the Commissioner for Children’s Welfare and Rights, supported by a d eputy c ommissioner dedicated to the...

Maggie Kimattuuti Padlayat, surrendered at birth, lived with 18 different foster families by the age of 7  CBC News: Before ending her life at 18, Maggie Kimattuuti Padlayat was moved 78 times by Quebec’s youth protection services. The constant moving — living with 18 different foster families by the age of seven — contributed to...

NationTalk: Exactly six months after it asked the Quebec Human Rights and Youth Rights Commission to launch an inquiry on its own initiative into systemic racism in employment and service delivery at Batshaw Youth and Family Centers, the Native Women’s Shelter of Montreal (NWSM) still has not received any response. The silence is treated as...

The Special Commission on the Rights of the Child and Youth Protection (Laurent Commission), released their Final Report. The Assembly of First Nations Quebec-Labrador (AFNQL) and the First Nations of Quebec and Labrador Health and Social Services Commission (FNQLHSSC) would like to thank the commissioners, …for their openness to including a chapter dedicated to First...

The Assembly of First Nations Quebec-Labrador (AFNQL) and the First Nations of Quebec and Labrador Health and Social Services Commission (FNQLHSSC) – presented a joint brief to the Laurent Commission (Special Commission on the Rights of Children and Youth Protection) aimed in particular at reaffirming the rights of First Nations to decide on the future...

APTN: Release of “One Step Forward, Two Steps Back: Child Welfare Services for indigenous clientele living in Montreal” presents a scathing analysis of Indigenous youth care in the Montreal area. Assembled over three years by stakeholders from the Native Women’s Shelter of Montreal, Concordia University, Rising Sun Daycare, and the Youth Department of the public...