This chapter explores the factors that are hidden behind the disproportionate numbers and considers the mental health impact of child removal on Black children, youth, and families in Ontario.

This study uses data from the provincially representative Ontario Incidence Study of Reported Child Abuse and Neglect (OIS-2013) to identify the characteristics of the alleged maltreatment, functioning concerns, caregiver risk factors, and socioeconomic conditions associated with the decision to provide ongoing child welfare services to adolescents and their families.

The aim of this paper is to describe findings from a survey which identified barriers and facilitators to collaboration between child welfare and adult mental health service providers.

The aim of the current study was to examine whether contact with CPS is associated with improved mental health outcomes among adult respondents who reported experiencing child abuse, after adjusting for sociodemographic factors and abuse severity. 

This report explores the over-representation of Indigenous and Black children in the child welfare system in Ontario.

Utilizing data from the Ontario Incidence study 2013, this paper examines what child, family and environmental characteristics workers paid attention to when making the determination that a child had experienced maltreatment.

A new resource has been developed to help Canadian educators meet the needs of immigrant and refugee youth in Canadian schools - including those who are unaccompanied or have been separated from their families - according to this article posted by Canadian non-profit, CERIC.

Bridging Two Worlds provides teachers, school administrators and counsellors in Canada with the knowledge and practical resources to deliver more informed and culturally responsive career development and guidance to newcomer and refugee youth from Kindergarten to Grade 12. 

An indigenous woman in Ottawa, Canada is preparing a home birthing kit in the fear that her newborn will be taken into the Child and Family Services system if she goes into the hospital to deliver, according to this article from CTV News. 

In this video, Reporter Kyle Edwards explains how the government has helped to contribute to the overrepresentation of Indigenous children in Canada's foster care system.