Manitoba First Nations family advocate hopeful as TRC final report released – CBC

‘This is just optimism that I never had,’ Cora Morgan says

Dec 15, 2015

Manitoba’s First Nations family advocate is excited about the prospect of changes in Canada’s child-welfare system after the Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s final report was released Tuesday.

“This is just optimism that I never had because working in the system, it’s been really hard, and we’ve only been around for not even seven months now,” said Cora Morgan, who was appointed the Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs First Nations advocate for children in care earlier this year.

“So we see those challenges, but with this broader understanding and national understanding, I’m hoping it effects change in Manitoba.”

The TRC report details the impacts of Canada’s residential schools and calls for action in a number of areas, including child welfare.

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