The Canadian Human Rights Tribunal on First Nations Child Welfare: Why if Canada wins, equality and justice lose

Children and Youth Services Review

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 187-194

  Blackstock, Cindy ^a  

^a First Nations Child and Family Caring Society of Canada   (Canada)

Author keywords

Child welfare; First Nations; Funding; Human rights; Indigenous

Indexed keywords

EID: 78649938444     PISSN: 01907409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2010.09.002     Document Type: Article

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