Thousands of African Canadian children are being apprehended by child welfare agencies

Thousands of African Canadian children are being apprehended by child welfare agencies

In Canada we are often reminded of the legacy of First Nations Residential Schools and the apprehension of thousands of children who were placed in non-aboriginal foster care and adoptive homes in the 1960s and 1970s. Today, with the Truth and Reconciliation Commission winding down, no one disputes that this cultural genocide was based on a racist understanding of the capacities of First Nations’ families to properly care for their children.