Many track record of serving the Aboriginal children and children who fell victim to the infamous ‘60’s families who are vastly overrepresented in the child scoop’ tell stories of lost identities that have led welfare system. [...] to a lifetime of pain, suffering, addictions and It comes as no surprise that leaked excerpts for many, poverty, despair and a host of related from the recent report of the Children’s Advocate problems. [...] at the same time that the Truth and Reconciliation Much of the dysfunction can be traced back task force travels the country to hear generations to the placement of a generation of children into of Aboriginal people share their stories of how sterile and often abusive residential schools intent residential schools and misguided government on assimilation. [...] In Manitoba the number of adequate resources to put the right mix of policies Aboriginal children in care is 16.9 times that of into action. [...] Aboriginal values, beliefs, and traditions, including culturally appropriate practices, and is more Shauna MacKinnon is the Director of CCPA-MB likely to lead to capacity-building initiative at the and co-editor of the Social Determinants of Health in Manitoba with Lynne Fernandez and Jim Silver.
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