Resources

• First Nations Child and Family Caring Society of Canada. Touchstones of Hope Tool Kit. 2011.

• Auger, A; Lewis, B; Mould, D. (2011). Northern British Columbia Touchstones of Hope Report, 2008-2011. (Eds) Blackstock, C; King, J; Muscat, K. Ottawa: First Nations Child and Family Caring Society of Canada.

• Andrea Auger's presentation, Touchstones Tools and Resources

• Articles and Documents on Reconciliation
  by Kyla Brophy, June 2009

• Annotated Reconciliation Resources
  by Sara Caverley (April 2010, 4 pages, PDF)

• Canadian Supplement to THE STATE OF THE WORLD’S CHILDREN 2009
  Aboriginal children’s health: Leaving no child behind
  The Convention on the Rights of the Child: UNICEF

• Cindy Blackstock's presentation, Touchstones of Hope in Child Welfare

• General Comment on Indigenous Child Rights

• Human Rights Handbook for First Nations, Canadian Human Rights Commission

• Indigenous Child at the Centre Action Plan
  A publication of British Columbia Assembly of First Nations, First Nations Summit, Union of British Columbia Indian Chiefs

• Indigenous Child Welfare Research Network
  A BC Strategy for Strengthening the Voices of our Children

• Our Generation. A film by Sinem Saban & Damien Curtis. 2010. http://www.ourgeneration.org.au/

• Pivot: Hands Tied
  Child protection workers talk about working in, and leaving, B.C.’s child welfare system

• Program Directives 20-1

• Reconciliation in Child Welfare: Publications

• Report of the Auditor General of Canada to the House of Commons Chapter 4 First Nations Child and Family Services Program - Indian and Northern Affairs Canada
  May 2008

• Report of the Standing Committee on Public Accounts Chapter 4, First Nations Child and Family Services Program - Indian and Northern Affairs Canada of the May 2008 Report of the Auditor General
  March 2009, 40th Parliament, 2nd Session

• Shielded Minds. Canadian Roots. Abalak Productions, 2009.

  Shielded Minds is a film project by Canadian Roots which is an exchange initiative that invites Aboriginal and non Aboriginal youth to actively engage with First Nations communities for 8-10 days as well as to partake in their own journey of self discovery and to learn about all aspects of Aboriginal peoples and communities in a meaningful way.

• Standing Committee on Public Accounts Report

• State of the World's Indigenous People, United Nations, New York, 2009.

• Touchstones of Hope in Child Welfare, Cindy Blackstock, BC Provincial Information Forum in Victoria, BC., March 15-16, 2010.

• Touchstones Tools and Resources, Andrea Auger, BC Provincial Information Forum in Victoria, BC., March 15-16, 2010.

• UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples: Canadian Government Positions Incompatible with Genuine Reconciliation, Joffe, Paul.

• UNESCO Interactive Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger

For more resources, visit the First Nations Child and Family Caring Society of Canada