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Canada: Study finds ‘devastatingly high child poverty’ rates among Canada’s indigenous communities

May 26, 2016 by Greg Cywnar

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ:

Canada: Study finds ‘devastatingly high child poverty’ rates among Canada’s indigenous communities
Humanosphere – May 20, 2016
The report comes amid renewed attention on a suicide epidemic plaguing indigenous communities, as well as a January ruling by the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal that said the federal government discriminates against First Nation children on reserves by failing to provide adequate child welfare services. Report: Shameful Neglect: https://www.policyalternatives.ca/publications/reports/shameful-neglect
http://www.humanosphere.org/basics/2016/05/study-finds-devastatingly-high-child-poverty-rates-among-canadas-indigenous-communities/

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