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Keeping Families Together: Reimagining Indigenous Child Welfare

The colonial practice of removing Indigenous children from their families and fostering them into non-Indigenous families continues at an alarming rate.       Statistics from the Ministry of Children and Family Development show that Indigenous children accounted for 67.5% of all children in foster care in British Columbia, despite only representing around 5.9% of the child population (as of Census 2016).   On June 15, 2022, YWCA Metro Vancouver hosted a panel event to discuss how the overrepresentation of Indigenous people in the child welfare systems is not a parenting issue, but a colonization issue that continues to result in systemic racism and poverty. Four experts shared their perspectives and lived experiences. Moderator: Viola Thomas, Indigenous Relations Manager, YWCA Metro Vancouver Prayer and territorial acknowledgement: Elder Glida Morgan Panelists: Cheyenne Stonechild, Founder, 4 the Generation Project Frances Rosner, Lawyer, Practicing primarily in family and child protection Grace Tait, Associate Director of YWCA Crabtree Corner Community Resource Centre, YWCA Metro Vancouver Mary Teegee, Executive Director of Child and Family Services, Carrier Sekani Family Services (CSFS) Join us in calling on our government officials to honour key legislation that addresses systemic racism and the ongoing discrimination of Indigenous peoples: https://ywcavan.org/keep-families-tog...