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Assembly of First Nations

7/15/2024

First Nations in Canada Achieve Historic Settlement to Reform Child Welfare

Nancy Marie Spears

Under a historic agreement between Canada and First Nations leaders, the government will pay $47.8 billion to reform child welfare services.

Supreme Court ICWA

1/5/2022

Historic $31.5 Billion Settlement to End First Nations Suits Against the Child Welfare System in Canada

The Imprint staff reports

Canada has reached a historic tentative agreement with Indigenous people to compensate them for mistreatment by the child welfare system.

Photo courtesy of First Nations Child and Family Caring Society of Canada

8/2/2016

A ‘Revolution’ in Canada’s Aboriginal Child Welfare System

Devon Ziminski

Recent legislative action addressing the severely adverse outcomes that First Nations children face in Canada’s child welfare system has led to a national discussion. Earlier this year, the Canadian Human Rights Commission issued a decision against the government in a 2007 lawsuit filed by the First Nations and Family Caring Society and the Assembly of First Nations.

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