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Tag Archives: Birth Alerts

Baby lying on a blanket
Family, Indigenous Nations

Indigenous lawsuit seeks damages from B.C. for disproportionate birth alerts

November 12, 2021 Guest Post

By Jake Cardinal, Alberta Native News, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter

(ANNews) – A class-action lawsuit has been filed in B.C. seeking reparations for the province’s birth alert practice that disproportionally affected hundreds of Indigenous and other racialized peoples.

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IndigiNews reporter Anna McKenzie with her baby.
Family, Health, Indigenous Nations

Birth Alerts: more First Nations demanding control of their children

January 28, 2021 David P Ball

“the Pulse” @ Vancouver Co-Op Radio, CRFO 100.5 FM, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter 

A growing number of First Nations in British Columbia and beyond are ramping up their urgent demands for control over the welfare of their own children, particularly after numerous reports of “birth alerts” surfaced in the media this year.

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