Child welfare in Canada -Overview

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Child welfare in Canada
Canada is one of the best countries in the education sector for the world, and it has
been engaged in making the efforts for the development and wellbeing of the indigenous
since they came in touch. However, the question arises about the efforts made for the
education, welfare and development of the aboriginals and success of these efforts in present
time. Before getting in touch with the Europe and its tradition, aboriginals used to educate
their child and young by the method of their ancient beliefs. This method was traditional
teaching including the group teaching, rituals, traditional stories, demonstration, and religious
teaching. These concepts were used to deliver the information at home or at any open place
by singing or dancing and by representing the act of history. This research paper aims to
discuss the very serious contemporary issues related to the failure of the efforts made by the
Canadian government to develop the education and welfare of the aboriginals (Alohonso,
2020).
With the development of civilisation and introduction of the classroom method of
structured education reflected change in the aboriginal traditional teaching, these reforms
made the positive and negative impact over the community, and welfare activities introduced
the concept of residential schools and taking a kid far from their resident for the development.
Hence, this research paper will aim to make detailed discussion about the child development
and welfare system for the aboriginals in Canada. Thesis statement for the research paper will
be:
“Contemporary Issues – Many Indigenous and non-Indigenous Canadians say the
current child welfare program in Canada is just a continuation of the residential school
system, and more recently the Sixties Scoop. “
According to Raven Sinclair concept of child removal is being practices in Canada
since 1050, approximately five generations are facing the overrepresentation of children

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welfare and education with the aim to fulfil the development of the indigenous children.
Author in this article focuses to examine the development of the welfare concept in the
country and to evaluate the outcomes since its implementation in the country. This article
states the child removal from home and sending the children to the adoption centres, in the
sixties scoop since 1950 affected the children from the indigenous community as they
become overrepresented in the country (Asfaw, McGee, & Christianson, 2019).
This article criticise the case of Racine v Woods (1983) based on the interest and
development perception of the child who is being transferred falls on the important grounds
as well. Author in his research includes legal and ethical aspects relating to the personal
interest of the child. Many challenges form the cultures and belief of the indigenous affected
the decision-making of the government to implement the concept and challenges faced in the
duration of the implementation of the aim of making the children of indigenous very well
established and maintained (CBC Radio, 2018).
Chapter 14 “Child Welfare” from the “Report of Aboriginal Justice inquiry of
Manitoba” detailed discussion of the steps taken by the government of Canada to provide
required special treatment for the children belonging from indigenous community in the
country. Re-examination of the welfare concept for the indigenous children deal that many
people compare the present programs of the development found as the child welfare and
justice systems as being inter-connected and interlinked. According to their views, the child
welfare system is not more than “outside” institute that disturbs their lives and civilizations.
Indigenous children departed from their families, communities, and societies, initially by the
residential school system and later by the child welfare system. Refection of the both systems
on the society was negative, both systems left the society of the indigenous community
challenged and damaged. This research reflect that indigenous face challenges to decide their
lives and way of their living according to their facilities and thinking, these two systems

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affect their decision-making for the development of the children. Sending children to the
residential school or far from the families without their consent was step that damaged the
personal beliefs of the community over the government because these acts were ignoring
their personal beliefs and attributes with their children (McKenzie, Varcoe, Browne, &
Day, 2016). Regular transmission of the children to the residential school raised the threat
of losing the original identity of the children. Indigenous are very rich in their culture,
traditions, beliefs and kinds of the languages they speak, changes in the atmosphere affects an
individual very deeply. This change was harmful for the ancient cultural identity and
language of the indigenous group and young people may break their contact with the
language in new development and welfare system (Green & Kesselman, 2011).
Many issues were found during the research of the child welfare system as;
The criminal justice system has deep relation with the past aspects of government-
Aboriginals. Analysis of the justice system for the indigenous communities is incomplete
without understanding the overwhelming result of the government-Aboriginals relations over
the, government policies, on Aboriginal families and implementation of any policy (Banting
& Myles, 2016). Many Aboriginal societies rank the existing child welfare practices as a
major unhelpful weakness communities, and cultures. The concept of the residential schools
at the initial stage was aimed to convert the aboriginals from their original belief to the new
beliefs, this resulted threat of disappearing of their original identity and welfare system was
risky to the indigenous.
According to Sinha and Kozlowski, Indigenous children are presently overrepresented
in out-of-home care in Canada; this spreads an ancient arrangement of child elimination that
originated with the housing school structure. The population of the indigenous contains three
separate groups: First Nations, Métis, and Inuit peoples as described in the Constitution Act