FNCIS-2019 - Denouncing the Continued Overrepresentation of First Nations Children in Canadian Child

The FN/CIS-2019 provides some of the data called for by the Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s (TRC) Calls to Action for child welfare cited at the beginning of this report: monitoring (1) the number of First Nations children investigated because of child neglect and (2) the number of First Nations children placed in out-of-home care compared to non-Indigenous children as well as the reasons fo. [...] This brief overview is intended to food resources, homes, transportation, and languages.5 remind the reader that the context for the disparities All First Nations cared for their children in ways that reported is integral to the interpretation of the data and honored their communities and the Creator and were the proposed solutions. [...] They bring forth the need to recognize the intergenerational impacts of the residential schools on Indigenous families in the child welfare system, as well as the critical importance of monitoring the number of - and the reasons why - Indigenous families come into contact with child welfare. [...] First Nations Child and Family Caring Society and structural inequities, racism, and trauma resulting from the The Assembly of First Nations and Canadian Human Rights Commission and Attorney General of Canada (Representing the Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development of Canada) forced removal of generations of children, lie at the root of and Chiefs of Ontario and Amnesty International.. [...] Responsibility for the provision of child welfare programs and services fall to the Department of Children, Seniors and Newfoundland and Social Development under the Department of Health and Children and Youth Care and Labrador Under 18Community Services.