Exploring Theme: "Govt. and Institution Issues"

Nehiyaw and Dene Nations of Treaty No. 8 Adoption and Private Guardianship Law NationTalk: Children and youth are a gift from the Creator and as Sovereign Nations, we maintain the true authority over our children, youth and families. I.   When children and youth are adopted or taken into private guardianship without the voluntary consent...

APTN News: Treaty 8 First Nations chiefs in Alberta are suing Canada and the province over the children’s special allowance benefit payments saying the money never made it to the children who needed it. Chiefs say the money from the benefit is transferred from the federal government to the province but never reaches or is...

Fatality inquiry examined the circumstances of 4-year-old Serenity’s death Warning: This story contains a graphic image. CBC News: The death of a four-year-old Cree girl in 2014 was the result of her being taken away from her mother by Children’s Services years earlier, an Alberta judge has found.  The young girl, Serenity, was living with...

Toronto Star (Windspeaker): After 12 years of successfully supporting at-risk Indigenous families in the Grande Prairie area who have interactions with Alberta’s child welfare system, Mamewpitaw has not received the provincial dollars to keep operating. Worse than that, says Grande Prairie Friendship Centre (GPFC) president Leonard Auger, the money to support Indigenous families has gone to...