First Nations groups want fixes to Canadian gov’s draft child welfare law
A draft of the federal Liberal government’s proposed Indigenous child welfare bill recently received negative reviews from First Nations representatives
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Fewer than 50,000 births in Finland last year
According to preliminary data from Statistics Finland, 47,307 births were recorded in the country last year, a good 3,000 fewer
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Climate change, birth rate should be Finnish gov’s top priorities: report
Finland should pursue a more ambitious climate policy and take steps to counteract the unfavorable decline in population, both developments
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With utilities fixed, focus shifts to childcare needs in wake of Alaska earthquake
Most city services are getting back to normal in Anchorage, southcentral Alaska after Friday’s major earthquake. Utilities like electricity, water,
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Health and Infrastructure ministers in Northwest Territories, northern Canada, survive non-confidence vote
Two N.W.T. cabinet ministers have survived votes to remove them from cabinet, after an emotional and often heated debate of
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Inequality a problem in Swedish schools: UNICEF report
A UNICEF report on equality in schools holds that Sweden is doing worse than its Nordic neighbours. The survey of
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Problems with child services in northern territory getting worse, says Canada’s auditor general
Problems with how the Northwest Territories, in Northern Canada, protects children in its care have only gotten worse since the
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Student in Arctic Canada sits during national anthem to ‘make a statement’ about residential school curriculum
A 12-year-old student in Iqaluit, in Canada’s east-Arctic, says he ended up in the principal’s office after he sat during
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Quebec Inuit leaders plead for mental health support in wake of youth suicides
In Nunavik, Quebec’s expansive northern region dotted by remote fly-in Inuit villages, most residents are connected to at least one,
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Children in northern Canadian territory waiting over a year to see hearing specialist
The average wait time for children to see an audiologist in the Northwest Territories is 70 weeks, a number Frame
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Mother in northern Canadian village calls for change after baby waits days for medical care
A mother from Canada’s Northwest Territories (N.W.T.) wants the health-care system in Wrigley to change after it took days to
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Canada: no help available for children in northern Quebec scarred by mother’s murder, court hears
Nellie Angutiguluk’s three children are in dire need of counselling in the wake of their mother’s murder — something which
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New, Inuit-specific child care initiative will ‘right a wrong,’ says leader of Canada’s Inuit
The federal government will create a new, Inuit-specific service to ensure Indigenous children have full access to health and social
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Support in early-life key to well-being, Canada’s inquiry into violence against Indigenous women hears
The importance of health and well-being in early life for Indigenous people — and their ties to colonial violence —
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One in 10 Finnish families with young children dealing with food insecurity: survey
More than a tenth of new parents responding to a pilot survey by Finland’s National Institute for Health and Welfare
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