Cindy Blackstock Awarded SSHRC’s highest honour

Published: 1 December 2022

Today, the Honourable François-Philippe Champagne, Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry, announced the five winners of the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council’s (SSHRC) 2022...

Leading McGill scholars celebrated for sharing their work with the media

Published: 20 April 2022

Principal and Vice-Chancellor Suzanne Fortier has announced the 2022 winners of the Principal’s Prize for Public Engagement through Media. The prize was created to recognize exceptional scholars...

Dealing with Microaggressions in the Classroom (Additional Zoom Registration Required)

Wednesday, October 6, 2021 16:00to17:30

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Experts: Remains of 215 children found buried at a former residential school

Published: 31 May 2021

Preliminary findings from a survey of the grounds at the former Kamloops Indian Residential School have uncovered the remains of 215 children buried at the site in British Columbia. In a statement,...

Experts: Laurent Commission on Children's Rights and Youth Protection

Published: 4 May 2021

Quebec is being called on to turn "anger into action" in a landmark report into the province's youth protection services, two years after the death of a seven-year-old girl in Granby shocked the...

Expert: Proposed extension of RAMQ to undocumented children criticized

Published: 14 April 2021

Bill 83, which aims to extend Quebec health insurance coverage (RAMQ) to children born here to migrant parents who have a precarious status, does not pass the test, according to several...

Experts: World Elder Abuse Awareness Day | June 15

Published: 12 June 2020

The World Elder Abuse Awareness Day is an official United Nations International Day acknowledging the significance of elder abuse as a public health and human rights issue. Since 2006, communities...

Canadian researchers and international collaborators seek to improve the care of people living with dementia and their families

Published: 14 March 2019

Receiving a diagnosis of dementia can be a disorienting experience for the person diagnosed and their families. A diagnosis often leaves the person and their families searching for information and...

Opinion: Reforming child welfare first step toward reconciliation

Published: 2 August 2017

Cindy Blackstock is professor of social work, McGill University, and executive director, First Nations Child and Family Caring Society of Canada.

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