When The Government Comes Knocking On Your Door
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English - May 25, 2018 04:00 - 42 minutes - 62.5 MB - ★★★★ - 8 ratingsNews Society & Culture news canada ishmaeldaro politics vickymochama Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Across Canada, Indigenous and Black children are apprehended by provincial child welfare agencies at much higher rates than their white counterparts. Children can languish in the system, separated from their families for years, even as the parents try desperately to fight against the bureaucracy and bring them back home. In some cases, babies are even taken from mothers right after birth. Joining us to talk about this and more are Kike Ojo, project manager for One Vision One Voice, whose goal is to improve the child welfare system for African Canadians in Ontario, and Maclean's journalist Kyle Edwards, who has reported on how Indigenous children fare in the system. Follow Kike: https://twitter.com/mskikeojo Follow Kyle: https://twitter.com/kylejeddie