foster care

Here’s what I’m doing to fix a major problem with Canada’s foster system

“Children have no choice or say in their situation when they enter the shelter system—they’re disempowered”

Life after foster care in Canada

Kids who grow up in the system are not expected to do well. That’s a big part of why they don’t.

Jane Philpott: On Canada’s own crisis of separating kids from parents

Trudeau’s Indigenous services minister talks about how to address the alarming rates of Indigenous children being taken by child welfare services

‘Terrible consequences:’ Jane Philpott on Indigenous children in foster care

Overrepresentation of First Nations kids in the system is ‘not that different’ from the legacy of residential schools, says the Indigenous services minister

How First Nations are fighting back against the foster care system

The stunning number of First Nations kids in foster care is a new touchstone for Indigenous activists—and for rebel parents