One of the jobs of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada is to gather statements from former students of the Indian Residential Schools and anyone else who feels they have been impacted by the schools and their legacy.
Dr. Cindy Blackstock, one of Canada's staunchest advocates for indigenous children, being toppled. In her 30 years as a social worker and activist, she's been spied on by the federal government, even as it spent millions fighting her in front of the Canadian Human Rights Commission.
‘If you don’t have water… programs aren’t going to do you a lot of good’ Cindy Blackstock testifies at MMIWG hearings
CANADIAN HUMAN RIGHTS TRIBUNAL- B E T W E E N - FIRST NATIONS CHILD AND FAMILY CARING SOCIETY OF CANADA AND ASSEMBLY OF FIRST NATIONS
In October, 2005, Indigenous and non-Indigenous leaders in child welfare gathered in Niagara Falls at an historic event called Reconciliation: Looking Back, Reaching Forward – Indigenous Peoples and Child Welfare. The result of this gathering was the creation of the Touchstones of Hope, which was presented for the first time in a document entitled Reconciliation in Child Welfare: Touchstones of Hope for Indigenous Children, Youth and Families.
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