Indigenous Child Welfare | Not My Scoop | Downtown Whitehorse

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About

Not My Scoop is a social justice campaign. Its intention is to encourage more understanding of the Indigenous experience in Canada, particularly the impact of the child welfare system.

In Canada, 52.2% of children in foster care are Indigenous, but account for only 7.7% of the child population according to Census 2016. This means 14,970 out of 28,665 foster children in private homes under the age of 15 are Indigenous.

The first five Calls to Action by the Truth and Reconciliation Commission relate to child welfare.

The 'Not My Scoop' campaign is answering the call and setting out to create better understanding of Canada's Indigenous child welfare system.

How did we get here?

What does it look like?

Where do we go from next?

gone means gone

This film asks you to imagine how would you feel if your child was taken from you? Or if you were taken as a child? How different would your life be?

Contact

This project is led by Traolach Ó Murchú and Mark Rutledge.

For more information or to get involved, please email

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