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Canada Aboriginal Peoples (Statistics Canada) Provides links to statistical resources relevant to Aboriginal Peoples. Includes several reports about children and youth. "Looking for Something to Look Forward To...": A Five Year Retrospective Review of Child and Youth Suicide in B.C. (Child Death Review Unit, BC Coroners Service) 2008 [pdf] Aboriginal Family Trends: Extended Families, Nuclear Families, Families of the Heart (The Vanier Institute of the Family) BC Aboriginal Child Care Society Provincial organization that serves Aboriginal early childhood programs in BC Healing and Wellness (Turtle Island) News & Information about Children and Families Honoring The Voices: An Invitational Tri-Provincial Child and Family Services Symposium (University of Regina) November 2001 selected presentations Perspectives on the Changing Policy/Practice Environment in Child Welfare Presented by Brad McKenzie, Professor of Social Work, University of Manitoba to the Tri-Provincial Child and Family Services Symposium, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, November 16, 2001 [pdf] The UN Convention on the Rights of the Child: How Does Canada Measure Up? (Canadian Coalition for the Rights of Children)
United States American Indian and Alaska Native Children: Findings From the Base Year of the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study, Birth Cohort (ECLS-B) (U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics) Early childhood longitudinal study by Kristin Denton Flanagan and Jennifer Park released in August, 2005.
Federation of Aboriginal Foster Parents Purpose is to support the communities, and the caregivers, of Aboriginal children in care Southern Manitoba First Nations Repatriation Program Reunification of adoptees with their birth families and communities Surrounded by Cedar Child and Family Services Works with agencies and communities to provide cultural programming, intervention, prevention, support, and delegated child welfare services Vancouver Aboriginal Child and Family Service Society (VACFSS) Family support and advocacy
National Aboriginal Role Model Program Supported by National Aboriginal Health Organization, the role model program showcases First Nations, Metis and Inuit youth. Seventh Generation A club offering contests and activities for First Nations youth Aboriginal Youth (Congress of Aboriginal Peoples) Services focused on those living off-reserve Dreamcatcher (Grant MacEwan College, Alberta) Aboriginal Youth Conference Aboriginal Canada Portal: Youth (Government of Canada) Resources and Services for Aboriginal Youth and Teachers and Educators National Inuit Youth Council See also: Youth Organizations
Aboriginal Headstart in Urban and Northern Communities (Public Health Agency of Canada) Aboriginal Canada Portal: Project Resources for Kids (Government of Canada) Resources for Aboriginal Children and Teachers and Educators Family Violence Resource Centre (Native Education Centre) Centre provides First Nations family violence related information and services National Aboriginal Circle Against Family Violence Working to reduce family violence in Aboriginal communities Urban Aboriginal Child Poverty Background (Ontario Federation of Friendship Centres) Includes link to Aboriginal Child Poverty Report
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