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Gathering looks to create equity for First Nations children
Cindy Blackstock and Andrea Auger: Reconciliation can't be empty promise to First Nations children
The Georgia Straight, September 1, 2009Online
On June 11, 2008, the prime minister apologized for the wrongful removal of aboriginal children during the residential school period. But what good is saying sorry if ill-advised federal government policies continue to contribute to the removal of First Nations children at record levels?
The kids won - what now?
Published by Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives
March 1, 2016
January 26, 2016 was a heartfelt, emotional day as First Nations children won a much anticipated human rights tribunal ruling on culturally based equity in child welfare.
URL: https://www.policyalternatives.ca/publications/monitor/kids-won-–-what-now
Biography
Raised in Thunder Bay, Ontario, Andrea Auger is a proud Ojibwe member of the Pays Plat First Nation. After completing a Master of Arts in 2008, she joined the First Nations Child & Family Caring Society of Canada team to work on the Touchstones of Hope. Auger was the Reconciliation and Research Manager and Coordinating Editor of the First Peoples Child and Family Review for almost 13 years. She is currently a Professor of Indigenous Studies at Lambton College. With her background in Education, Auger teaches and mentors children, youth, and Elders. Her main areas of interest include engagement in reconciliation, reconciliation approaches, child and youth engagement, and human rights.