Judicial Workbook on Bill C-92 — An Act Respecting First Nations, Inuit and Métis Children, Youth and Families

Authors

Hadley Friedland, Associate Professor, University of Alberta Faculty of Law, Co-Lead, Wahkohtowin Law and Governance Lodge
Naiomi Metallic, Assistant Professor and Chancellor’s Chair in Aboriginal Law and Policy at the Schulich School of Law at Dalhousie UniversityFollow
Koren Lightning-Earle, Lawyer, Wahkohtowin Law and Governance Lodge, Instructor, University of Alberta Faculty of Law

Document Type

Book

Publication Date

2022

Keywords

First Nations, Inuit, Métis, Children and Youth, Foster Care, Child and Family Services, UNDRIP, Self-Governance

Abstract

Objective: Based on the purpose, history, textual wording and relevant interpretative principles, these are the approaches to the provisions of the Act that we believe will best achieve its purpose, which Canada has identified as “to protect and ensure the well-being of Indigenous children, families and communities by promoting culturally sensitive child welfare services, with the goal of putting an end to the overrepresentation of Indigenous children in child and family services systems."

Recommended Citation

Hadley Friedland, Naiomi Metallic & Koren Lightning-Earle, "Judicial Workbook on Bill C-92 — An Act Respecting First Nations, Inuit and Métis Children, Youth and Families" (2022), online (pdf): Wahkohtowin Law and Governance Lodge < www.ualberta.ca/wahkohtowin/research.html?1=JudicialResources > [perma.cc/Y4L6-AZZC].