According to recent estimates from Statistics Canada, nearly half of the children in foster care in Canada are aboriginal, and in Saskatchewan, the percentage of aboriginal children in the child welfare system is a staggering 85 percent, says this article from Global News. Derald Dubois, an aboriginal man working in the child welfare system, attributes this to the higher vulnerability and poverty of First Nations communities and a lack of understanding and cultural competency on the part of social workers in the system.
