Finding the Way Back - An aggregate investigation of 45 boys who died by suicide or homicide in Manitoba

We reviewed our previous investigations into the 45 deaths and reached out to each of the families, The purposes of this special report are threefold: to which led to in-depth interviews with a number advance understanding of boys who were involved in of them, where we learned more about the boys the child welfare system and who died by suicide or and the experiences of their families. [...] Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC), the United I continue to call on the Manitoba government to Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child, and the expand the availability of youth mental health and United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous substance use treatment services immediately, in order Peoples, I am issuing the following recommendations: to prevent future harms to c. [...] With this special report, Manitobans across the province, and the Government of Manitoba specifically, have the opportunity to listen to the voices and centre the experiences of these boys and their families. [...] Prior to the release of this special report, and in response to input and guidance from the community, a feast was hosted to honour the lives of the 45 boys, their families, and the concluding of this process. [...] 8 The lens of intergenerational trauma and the ongoing impacts of colonization are important to understand the findings in this special report and the stories of the 45 boys and their families.