Discretion and Discrimination - Hearsay Admission in Apprehension Hearings for Child Protection Matters
In 2022, Indigenous people accounted for 7.7% of children under 15 years old; however, they represented 53.8% of children in foster care.” Additionally, over 50% of Indigenous children in foster care lived with non-Indigenous parents. These statistics raise enormous concern, as even with the TRC Calls to Action and Bill C-92, Indigenous children continue to be taken away from their families and culture at an alarming rate.
Cree Law and the Duty to Assist in the Present Day
r. David Milward has written a compelling and controversial paper about Cree Law and social responsibility that we would like to highlight from the latest Manitoba Law Journal. He writes that the "article is the first attempt... to engage with [this] particular stream of scholarship." Needless to say the paper received tremendous interest in review and now in publication.
