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TitelThe State and Aboriginal children in the child welfare system in Canada : the untouchable guardian  
AuteursC. Blackstock, J.A. Alderman
Jaar2005
TijdschriftEarly Childhood Matters
Serienummer105
Pagina's19-22
ISSN1387-9553
OrganisatieBernard van Leer Foundation
OnderwerpSocial and Political Change
Trefwoordenchildren, infrastructure, policy, indigenous peoples
RegioNorth America
LandCanada
SamenvattingChild welfare work has two key purposes: 1) to enforce legislative standards for the safety of children; and 2) to provide for children removed from their caregivers by the State. In Canada, the State is guardian to over 85,000 children in care. The State therefore touches the lives of many families, yet it remains largely untouched by enforceable policing of its own responsibilities. This is particularly true for Aboriginal children who are vastly over-represented in the Canadian child welfare system. This article argues that the failure of the state to redress disproportionate structural risks to Aboriginal children, to provide equitable family support and proper support for Aboriginal children in care places the child welfare system in a situation where it may well be neglecting the very children it removed from families for reasons of neglect. Recommendations for policy change are discussed.  
TaalEngels
CategoriePolicy
Soort documentArtikel
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