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Updated Reformed Approach to First Nations Child and Family Services

 September 30, 2024

The Caring Society's positions on the long-term reform of the First Nations Child & Family Services Program to stop the discrimination against First Nations children, youth, and families, and prevent it from happening again

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Loving Our Children: Finding What Works for First Nations Families (FNCFS)

 August 1, 2024

Canada Research Chair in First Nations Child and Family Services Implementation 2023-2030

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Book - Walking Together The Future of Indigenous Child Welfare on the Prairies

 June 11, 2024

Walking Together is the seventh title in the Voices of the Prairies series. Developed by the Prairie Child Welfare Consortium, this edited collection brings together accomplished Indigenous and non-Indigenous scholars from the prairie provinces

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How to Get Started with Prevention Services for Child Welfare (FNCS)

 June 6, 2024

An informative and helpful infographic on how to get started with prevention services for child welfare from First Nations Child & Family Caring Society

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Bent Arrow’s Experiences with an Act Respecting First Nations, Inuit and Métis Children, Youth and Families

 June 5, 2024

Bent Arrow partnered with PolicyWise on a wisdom-seeking journey. The purpose was to learn, document, and share Bent Arrow’s experiences with the implementation of An Act Respecting First Nations, Inuit, and Métis Children, Youth and Families.

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Building Stronger Child Welfare Systems Together (“Reconciliation Talks” Blog)

 June 1, 2024

As non-Indigenous agencies, our role is to support and collaborate with Indigenous communities, acknowledging their expertise and authority in child welfare matters.

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RECLAIMING OUR CHILDREN Exercising Métis Child and Family Services Jurisdiction Under Act C-92

 May 23, 2024

. Act C-92 opens the door for Indigenous communities to build their own child intervention systems and related laws so that they can better care for their children, youth, and families.

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WoW Guide Nlaka’pamus Wrapping Our Ways Around Them Indigenous Communities & Child Welfare Guide (C-92)

 May 23, 2024

The intention of the guide is to have child welfare agencies and societies understand, respect and honour the experience of indigenous peoples from an intergenerational trauma lens to better support the act.

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VIDEO: Decolonizing Pathways Towards Integrative Healing in Social Work

 May 22, 2024

Factor-Inwentash Faculty of Social Work University of Toronto held a two-hour workshop on Decolonizing Pathways Towards Integrative Healing in Social Work, inspired by Michael Yellow Bird and Kris Clarke’s book of the same name

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