The political situation in the U.S. drives unaccompanied minors across the border to Canada where their futures are uncertain.

This blog article from the Economic Policy Institute notes that policy makers ignore legislation that could make it easier for women to balance work and home obligations.

This review of the international research examines what is known about the placement of siblings in foster care.

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In examining to what extent poverty reduction policies and family support services mitigate the risk factors associated with out-of-home placement, this study found that absolute poverty influences a child’s risk factors for out of home placement.

Nova Scotia will be the only province that does not allow birth mothers and adult adopted children to obtain information about one another. 

New Canadian child welfare law allows children to have a say in their care.

This study underscores the fact that visible minority families receiving child protective services are a far from homogeneous group and that there are a number of effective methods that can be used with them.

This study used the 2008 Canadian Incidence Study of Reported Child Abuse and Neglect data to determine the representation of child maltreatment investigations for Asian-Canadian versus White-Canadian children involved in the child welfare system.

Black youth in Canada speak up against systematic racism in the care system.