US EditionStudy finds half of First Nations birthing parents experience interventions by child and family services
- In 2023, an inquiry into Innu children in care resumed in Newfoundland and Labrador.
- Government social services programs have undermined and harmed Innu families, according to testimony.
- Lyla Andrew, working with Innu First Nations, shared her initial incorrect belief about serving the Innu.
- Andrew stated, "The learning process was that my assumption was very wrong," at a hearing.
- A 1992 report, authored by Andrew, called for Innu-led services, yet recommendations went unheeded.
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Study finds half of First Nations birthing parents experience interventions by child and family services
A joint study by the Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs' (AMC) and researchers from the University of Manitoba reveals that First Nations birthing parents in Manitoba experience significantly higher rates of contact with Child and Family Services (CFS) compared to non-First Nations birthing parents.
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Government social services are 'significant agent' of colonialism, N.L. inquiry hear - The Turtle Island News
CP- A social worker with decades of experience working with the Innu in Newfoundland and Labrador has told a public inquiry that government social services that were supposed to help have in fact undermined and harmed Indigenous families. Lyla Andrew, who grew up in Toronto and attended university there, was fresh out of graduate school in the late 1970s when she began working in the Innu community of Sheshatshiu. She said she started her career…
Social Services Affected Newfoundland and Labrador Innu, According to Survey - Canada French
ST. JOHN的S — A social worker with decades of experience with the Innu in Newfoundland and Labrador revealed in a public survey that government social services, supposed to help them, actually harmed Aboriginal families. Lyla Andrew, who grew up and studied in Toronto, had just completed her graduate studies in the late 1970s when she began working in the Innu community of Sheshatshiu. She explained that she started her career with the widespread…
Inquiry into Treatment of Innu in Child Protection System Resumes
The inquiry into the child protection system in Newfoundland and Labrador as it relates to Innu resumed today. The formal hearings will be open to the public and the media, and will be livestreamed and shared on the inquiry’s Facebook page. Witnesses to appear this week include primarily government officials involved with the various divisions within the child protection system.
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