Tate Chong has created three fact sheets for the CCRC & Plenty Canada on TRC Calls to Action and Children’s rights. Please check them out and let us know what you think. Thank you Tate for your work, and thank you to Plenty Canada for your leadership.
During this federal election, we have not seen enough attention to the rights violations faced by First Nations, Metis and Inuit children and youth. Furthermore, not all parties have committed to implementing the Truth and Reconciliation Calls to Action. This is long over-due, and we stand with Indigenous and non-Indigenous allies in demanding that whichever …
Read more “Federal Election 2021: Implementing the Truth and Reconciliation Calls to Action”
On September 6, 2019 the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal ordered the Canadian government to pay compensation to First Nations children who had suffered from discrimination and violation of their rights in Canada’s child welfare systems. The amount of the award for each child is to be determined through an independent process. The total cost is …
Read more “Children’s Rights Need to be Central in Child Welfare”