Report calls for child welfare reforms
We spoke with the two Quw’utsun women who led the needs assessment project.
Child Welfare
Many describe the child-welfare system as broken and stuck. Indigenous families are hugely over-represented due to the ongoing impacts of colonization. Media is seen as a barrier to positive change. That’s why, for three years, The Discourse worked with youth, parents and others connected to the system to deepen and improve reporting.
‘Justine’ to get her girls back from foster care
After a three-year battle, this Siksika mom says she’s reached an agreement with B.C. social workers to bring her daughters home.
‘You’re constantly drowning’ in cases and paperwork, says B.C. social worker
An illustrated look at a day in the life of a child-protection worker.
The verdict is in: We’re failing to invest in Indigenous families
MMIWG report and our latest investigation show that the state prioritizes funding foster homes over supporting struggling families.
B.C. paying foster parents instead of supporting struggling families, experts say
‘We’re willing to give strangers just about anything to look after kids, but we have this blockage when it comes to supporting families,’ says professor.
This Indigenous mom’s two-front fight might be gaining ground
‘Justine’s’ human rights complaint and trial could change B.C.’s child-welfare system.
B.C. Human Rights Tribunal will hear Indigenous mother’s case against child-welfare agency
This is a ‘groundbreaking’ decision, lawyer says.
B.C. journalists are working together to improve child-welfare reporting
This week we published the first of many collaborative, in-depth stories to come examining this complex system.
The child-welfare system’s full of fed-up women — and it’s no wonder
Ministry audits show foster kids and vulnerable families are getting short shrift.
B.C. government is failing vulnerable kids and families, according to its own audits
Investigation reveals ministry isn’t meeting critical standards. ‘This should be a four-alarm fire,’ social work professor says.
