Jul
20
2008
There is a direct link between the limited funds for decent housing and the physical and mental health of our families.
Poverty is linked to housing and as you see this house here, if I were a Child and Family worker and was assessing the home, I would consider health, would consider safety and overcrowding. Obviously [...]
Jul
08
2008
Chief Wayne Christian and Marie Tonasket - Denommee, Director of Splatsin Child and Family Preservation Team including Jayne Taylor, Tresha Stevens and Vivian Bonneau
Lately in the province of BC their looking at doing an Aboriginal child welfare legislation, which I think is the direction that we want to go.
It makes a huge difference when you try [...]
Jun
29
2008
Honourable Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond
British Coumbia’s First Representative for Children and Youth
Head of the independent over site body for BC Ministry of Children and Families.
What follows is an overview of her on camera interview.
And most troubling to me is that the number of non-aboriginal children in government care goes down year after year wile the [...]
Jun
23
2008
The Bandwagon gives voice to the tens of thousands of children who, in the 1960’s through 80’s, were literally scooped from their homes without the consent and in many cases without the knowledge of their parents or communities. The film crew will travel from Band to Band across Canada interviewing the children affected by this [...]
May
22
2008
The Bandwagon gives voice to the tens of thousands of children who, in the 1960’s through 80’s, were literally scooped from their homes without the consent and in many cases without the knowledge of their parents or communities. The film crew will travel from Band to Band across Canada interviewing the children affected by this [...]