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Mamow Sha-way-gi-kay-win/ The North-South Partnership for Children is building a network of caring relationships to improve life for children, youth and families in remote First Nation communities.


Resources and Publications

Listen to "Our Home and Native Land," a series on the lives of aboriginal people across the country heard on Sounds Like Canada, CBC radio show. Shows include First Nations Education Panel Discussion (22:40), Dropping Out (25:28), Residential Schools Panel (23:21) and The Future (26:02).

Partnership Progress Reports
First Nations' Solutions — Community Assessment Results
Community assessments of Mishkeegogamang Ojibway Nation and Webequie First Nation in remote northwestern Ontario have identified a number of solutions to the urgent problems faced by the communities.


Executive Summary of Community Assessments - English (.12 MB)
Executive Summary of Community Assessments - Ojibway (.07 MB)
Mishkeegogamang Ojibway Nation Assessment - Full Report (9.9 MB)
Webequie First Nation Assessment - Full Report (10.3 MB)


Immediate Action Needed to Aid First Nation Communities - Media Release June 26, 2007

Publications of Interest
Journalist's Report
Learn more about why First Nations children, families, communities, and agencies in northwestern Ontario welcome outside partners.

Read "A slap in the face of Canadians," a Globe and Mail article in which reporter Margaret Philp describes the haunting conditions in remote First Nations communities in northwestern Ontario.

Human Rights Complaint
"The Assembly of First Nations is preparing a human rights complaint against the federal government alleging that the systematic underfunding of child welfare on reserves has fuelled a crisis that sees 27,000 aboriginal children in foster homes. Natives to hit Ottawa with rights complaint by Globe and Mail reporter Campbell Clark.



Native Child Welfare Success

For more on the factors that undermined family life in the remote northern Ontario and to learn about the native service model Tikinagan Child and Family Services uses to providing child welfare services, read Coming Home: The Story of Tikinagan Child and Family Services by Maurice Brubacher together with the People of Tikinagan.


 

Aboriginal News Outlets
Wawatay News Online
K-Net A portal site of Keewaytinook Okimakanak, a non-political Chiefs Council serving communities in northern Ontario.

Culture and Social Issues

Centre of Excellence for Child Welfare
First Nations Child & Family Caring Society of Canada
Ojibway and Cree Cultural Centre
Ontario Coalition Against Poverty
Ontario Federation of Indian Friendship Centres
Aboriginal & Indigenous Social Work
Aboriginal Healing Foundation
Association of Native Child and Family Service Agencies of Ontario
Canadian Coalition for the Rights of Children
Caring for First Nations Children Society
Centre of Excellence for Child Welfare
Chapin Hall Centre for Children
Child Rights Information Network
Child Welfare League of America
Child Welfare League of Canada
First Nations Education Steering Committee
First Peoples on SchoolNet
Many Hands One Dream: Redefining Aboriginal Children's Health
National Clearinghouse on Child Abuse and Neglect
National Indian Child Welfare Association
National Youth in Care Network
Native Child and Family Services of Toronto
Public Health Agency of Canada, Child Maltreatment
Reconciliation in Child Welfare
Secretariat of National Aboriginal and Islander Child Care
Sub-Group on Indigenous Children and Young People
Unicef
United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child


Northern Partners Sites

See list on More about Communities page

Southern Partners Sites

Centre of Excellence for Child & Youth Mental Health
Christian Horizons
Family and Children's Services of Guelph & Wellington County
Feed the Children (FTC) Canada
Kinark Child & Family Services
Laidlaw Foundation
Office of Child and Family Service Advocacy
Ontario Association of Children's Aid Societies
Ontario Libraries Association
Rotary District 7040
Ryerson University
Save the Children Canada
UNICEF Canada

First Nations Sites

Assembly of First Nations
Canada, Aboriginal Canada Portal
Chiefs of Ontario
Ontario First Nations
Nishnawbe Aski Nation

The NAN Tribal councils are:
   Muskegowuk Council
   Keewaytinook Okimakanak
   Shibogama First Nations Council
   Wabun Tribal Council
   Windigo First Nations Council
   Independent First Nations Alliance

Government Sites

Indian and Northern Affairs Canada
Ontario Ministry of Community and Social Services
Healthy Babies Healthy Children
Ontario, Ministry of Children and Youth Services


Indian Residential Schools

Indian Residential Schools Resolution Canada
Indian Residential Schools Survivor Society
Legacy of Indian Schools
Nishnawbe Aski Nation Residential Schools Project
Shingwauk Project
A Lost Heritage: Canada's Residential Schools
CBC Archives


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The North-South Partnership for Children gratefully acknowledges financial support
from the Ontario Ministry of Children and Youth Services and
the Ontario Centre of Excellence for Children's Mental Health
at CHEO (Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario).

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