I am a Witness: Tribunal Timeline & Documents
The timeline below chronicles the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal case on inequitable funding for First Nations child welfare, which the Tribunal ruled amounts to discrimination.
View the pre-Tribunal timeline for a history of First Nations child and family services funding leading up the case.
2016
Here, we present immediate action reforms to existing federal funding approaches for First Nations child welfare.
Here, we present immediate action reforms to existing federal funding approaches for First Nations child welfare.
Here, we present immediate action reforms to existing federal funding approaches for First Nations child welfare.
Here, we present immediate action reforms to existing federal funding approaches for First Nations child welfare.
2015
The Truth and Reconciliation Commission issues its final report. Volume 5, which deals with the legacy of Indian residential schools, includes a chapter which describes a child welfare system in crisis.
The Caring Society provides a letter giving an update on the Tribunal and the timing of the decision.
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Caring Society executive director Cindy Blackstock calls on newly elected Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to put an end to inequalities for First Nations children, in a letter dated October 20, 2015. For more about the First Nations child welfare human rights case, and Cindy's hopes for the new government, read this story on APTN National News.
The Aboriginal Children in Care Working Group, made up of departmental ministers across the provinces and territories, releases its report to Canada's premiers.
The Canadian Human Rights Tribunal finds the federal government did retaliate against Cindy Blackstock.