Inequities in child protective services contact among First Nations and non-First Nations parents in one Canadian province: a retrospective population-based study
This new report spans a 20 year period in Manitoba where child welfare open a case file for 1 in 27 non-First Nations parents - but open case files found their way to 1 in 2 First Nations parents in the same time period. Not surprisingly, this has had detrimental health impacts on those parents and their ability to bring the children home. Kathleen Kenny’s research once again shines a light…
Infant rates of child protective services contact and termination of parental rights by first nations status from 1998 to 2019: An example of intergenerational transmission of colonial harm
Fearless R2W got to be part of this important study that came to the following conclusions: CPS contact was exceptionally high among First Nations infants compared to other infants, with early-stage contact accelerating most dramatically over time. Findings support calls to greatly reduce the disruption of system contact in the lives of First Nations families.