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Recognizing impacts of childhood trauma in the justice system

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Trauma is something that Michael knows all too well. He says he was about four years old when he and his siblings were first apprehended by child protection services. “There was lots of violence in my home,” he says. After being removed from his home multiple times, he and his sister were sent to live at separate […]

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Why ‘love is medicine’ for Indigenous youth

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This season The Current has been holding public forums across the country, exploring various issues related to missing and murdered Indigenous women in Canada. Their fourth town hall which aired on March 1st focused on how children and youth are affected.     I hope everyone that’s out in wherever this is going, indigenous or non-indigenous […]