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General Comment on Indigenous Child Rights
This important document provides guidance to States Parties on how to interpret the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child for Indigenous children. It was developed by the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child in consultation with the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues and the Working Group on Indigenous Child Rights, NGO Group.
The Canadian Human Rights Commission has officially called for an inquiry into whether federal government under funding of child welfare services on reserves amounts to discrimination under the Canadian Human Rights Act. Read more here
Wen:de: We are Coming to the Light of Day
Phase Two National Policy Review Research Report
Wen:de: The Journey Continues
The National Policy Review on First Nations Child and Family Services Research Project: Phase Three
Loxely, J., DeRiviere, L., Prakash, T., Blackstock, C., Wien, F., and Thomas Prokop, S.
A Literature Review and Annotated Bibliography on Aspects of Aboriginal Child Welfare in Canada
Marlyn Bennett, Cindy Blackstock and Richard De La Ronde
The First Nations Research Site of the Centre of Excellence for Child Welfare
and The First Nations Child & Family Caring Society of Canada (2005).
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Mesnmimk Wasatek - the First Nations Canadian Incident Study report.
Reconciliation in Child Welfare: Touchstones of Hope for Indigenous Children, Youth and Families.
For more information visit www.reconciliationmovement.org