Join us in a conversation about Ontario’s Child Welfare Redesign Strategy released in July 2020. This conversation will feature a presentation by David Remington, Assistant Deputy Minister, Ministry of Children, Community & Social Services.
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Transforming Ontario’s Child Welfare System to Improve Outcomes for Youth and Their Families: Challenges and Opportunities Events

A focus on systemic problems of Customary Care for Indigenous Peoples in Child Welfare: The Death Report Forum topic
In the early 1980's here in Ontario child welfare legislation was developed to address the genocidal systemic racist activities of Children's Aid Societies, "the sixties scoop," and earlier legacy of Residential Schools on First Nations People. Customary Care was the core component of the Child and Family Services Act to address this and has been amended over the decades since. These efforts to address the system level perpetuation of our everyday racism and destruction of Indigenous Peoples have not ultimately addressed the core structures
The Child Welfare System, the COVID-19 Pandemic, and Supporting Pregnant/Parenting People Events
You're invited to the virtual forum on supporting pregnant/parenting people who use drugs when child welfare involvement and the COVID-19 pandemic collide on Friday, August 14, 2020, from 10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.