UM TodayAssembly of First Nations – UM Today https://umtoday-wordpress.ad.umanitoba.ca Your Source for University of Manitoba News Tue, 27 Jan 2026 15:13:58 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 CBC Manitoba: ‘Staggering’ rate of First Nations newborns involved in Manitoba child welfare system: study https://umtoday-wordpress.ad.umanitoba.ca/cbc-manitoba-staggering-rate-of-first-nations-newborns-involved-in-manitoba-child-welfare-system-study/ https://umtoday-wordpress.ad.umanitoba.ca/cbc-manitoba-staggering-rate-of-first-nations-newborns-involved-in-manitoba-child-welfare-system-study/#respond Wed, 12 Jun 2024 15:53:00 +0000 https://news.umanitoba.ca/?p=198979 'Staggering' rate of First Nations newborns involved in Manitoba child welfare system: study]]> A new study says child welfare has had “an increasingly widespread presence” in the lives of First Nations newborns in Manitoba over the last couple decades, and its lead author says urgent change is needed.

Published Wednesday, the study looking into the rate First Nations infants involved in Manitoba’s child welfare system was jointly led by researchers from the Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs, the First Nations Family Advocate Office and the Manitoba Centre for Health Policy at the University of Manitoba.

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]]> https://umtoday-wordpress.ad.umanitoba.ca/cbc-manitoba-staggering-rate-of-first-nations-newborns-involved-in-manitoba-child-welfare-system-study/feed/ 0 CBC Manitoba: The Assembly of First Nations is set to elect a new leader this week. The move comes after months of controversy and upheaval at the organization https://umtoday-wordpress.ad.umanitoba.ca/cbc-manitoba-the-assembly-of-first-nations-is-set-to-elect-a-new-leader-this-week-the-move-comes-after-months-of-controversy-and-upheaval-at-the-organization/ https://umtoday-wordpress.ad.umanitoba.ca/cbc-manitoba-the-assembly-of-first-nations-is-set-to-elect-a-new-leader-this-week-the-move-comes-after-months-of-controversy-and-upheaval-at-the-organization/#respond Tue, 05 Dec 2023 19:07:22 +0000 https://news.umanitoba.ca/?p=187979 The Assembly of First Nations is set to elect a new leader this week. The move comes after months of controversy and upheaval at the organization]]> The Assembly of First Nations is set to elect a new leader this week. Niigaan Sinclair, Anishinaabe professor at the University of Manitoba joins us to talk about how we got here, who’s running to be national chief, and what’s at stake

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