Calling All Kin

Calling All Kin
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Calling All Kin is a podcast about the changing landscape of Indigenous child welfare in British Columbia, and the people and approaches that help keep Indigenous families together in systems designed to pull them apart. This seven episode mini-series features Indigenous child welfare change-makers—advocates, activists, lawyers, service providers, leaders and Elders—who have ‘answered the call’ to protect children and uphold Indigenous determination. Interviews cover practices, policies, and perspectives that place kin and community at the centre of child welfare decision-making.

Episodes

  1. 17h ago

    Episode #2: Breathing Life into Indigenous Law with Tara Williamson

    Tara Williamson was nearly taken in the ‘sixties scoop,’ but now she navigates the child welfare system as an adoptee, a parent, and legal expert. A member of the Opaskwayak Cree Nation and the Co-Research Director at the Indigenous Law Research Unit, Tara partners with First Nations to revitalize and articulate their own family laws under Bill C-92. Williamson shares why it’s important to “breathe life” back into Indigenous laws around children and families, and what’s at stake when we talk about keeping children at the center of child welfare decision making. Music Credits: Little Star is Written and performed by Tara Williamson; produced by Jim Bryson; recorded at Fixed Hinge Studio in Stittsville, Ontario by Jim Bryson; mixed by Jim Bryson at Fixed Hinge Studio; and mastered by Philip Shaw Bova at Bova Lab Studio in Ottawa, Ontario.  Available on Bandcamp and other major streaming platforms. Album art is by Michael Dudeck. Additional Resources:  Landmark Reports, legislation and more:  To learn about the Kimelman Report (“No Quiet Place”), a 1985 landmark child welfare review, read the report via the First Nations Child & Family Caring Society To be informed about The Indian Act, find the full text via the Department of Justice Bill C-92 & Indigenous Jurisdiction:  An Act respecting First Nations, Inuit and Métis children, youth and families (Bill C-92) To  review the Yellowhead Institute Critique on Bill C-92, see this and this.  Indigenous Law Research Unit (ILRU) Reports include Nawendiwin: The Art of Being Related – Anishinaabeg Kinship-Centred Governance and Family Law and in the BC context, The Coast Salish Laws Relating to Child and Caregiver Nurturance & Safety Toolkit Sixties Scoop & Historical Context: Read Tara’s reflections on the Sixties Scoop in her 2017 article: Just What Was the Sixties Scoop? Raven Sinclair’s work on the Sixties Scoop (Identity lost and found: Lessons from the sixties scoop) CBC’s Report on FN Children in the Sixties Scoop: Indigenous children for sale: The money behind the Sixties Scoop On Indigenous family reunification in the wake of Sixties Scoop removals, see Reunification as Refusal: Kin-Making and Unmaking in the Aftermath of Indigenous Child Removal “Finding Cleo” (CBC Podcast) Read up on the MMIW Report: Reclaiming Power and Place: The Final Report of the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls Check out the National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation (NCTR) Archives for residential school documentation. Family Policing & Birth Alerts: To read about family policing read Dorothy Roberts’ Torn Apart,  and for legal and family support, reach out to West Coast LEAF For education regarding the practice of birth alerts and subsequent abolition efforts, read up on this lawsuit and this resource

  2. Sep 30

    Episode #1: Hopping on the Caravan with Kukpi7 Wayne M Christian

    In 1980, a 25-year-old Wayne Christian led the historic Indian Child Caravan to Vancouver, a thousand-person march that successfully clawed back jurisdictional control over Indigenous children. That march paved the way for the landmark Bill C-92, which recognizes the jurisdiction of Indigenous nations to enact their own child welfare laws, policies, and approaches to child and family service delivery. In this episode, Chief Wayne discusses the Caravan’s enduring legacy, and his lifelong commitment to those he set out to march for: children.  Additional Resources: To read about the Indian Child Caravan, the political movement to confront the state’s removal of Indigenous children and the subsequent victory for First Nations jurisdiction, explore the history here and here.  Find here the foundational political work of George Manuel through his seminal book, The Fourth World: An Indian Reality, and the Declaration of the Union of BC Indian Chiefs (often referred to as the “Red Paper”). For more information on the federal framework for Indigenous jurisdiction over child welfare: Bill C-92, view the Act respecting First Nations, Inuit and Métis children, youth and families (Bill C-92). Visit the UBC Indian Residential School History and Dialogue Centre (IRSHDC) for resources on the history and legacy of residential schools in Canada. To learn about Jordan’s Principle – the legal rule ensuring First Nations children have equitable access to government-funded services, regardless of jurisdictional disputes – you can find more information from the First Nations Child & Family Caring Society. Note on terminology: For help understanding the choice to use “Indigenous” versus “First Nations” in this series, see here For an (unfinished) history of Indigenous refusal to systematic child removal in BC see also Chapter 2 of Erika’s dissertation Making Kin / Unmaking the Colony: Indigenous Refusal in the Era of Colonial Child Removal

  3. Sep 24

    Calling all Kin Series Trailer

    Calling All Kin launches Wednesday, September 30th, 2026, on the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation. Listen to our trailer and subscribe today. This podcast is about the changing landscape of Indigenous child welfare in British Columbia, and the people and approaches that help keep Indigenous families together in systems designed to pull them apart. This seven episode mini-series features Indigenous child welfare change-makers—advocates, activists, lawyers, service providers, leaders and Elders—who have ‘answered the call’ to protect children and uphold Indigenous determination. Interviews cover practices, policies, and perspectives that place kin and community at the centre of child welfare decision-making.

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Calling All Kin is a podcast about the changing landscape of Indigenous child welfare in British Columbia, and the people and approaches that help keep Indigenous families together in systems designed to pull them apart. This seven episode mini-series features Indigenous child welfare change-makers—advocates, activists, lawyers, service providers, leaders and Elders—who have ‘answered the call’ to protect children and uphold Indigenous determination. Interviews cover practices, policies, and perspectives that place kin and community at the centre of child welfare decision-making.

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  • Creator
    Calling All Kin
  • Years Active
    2026
  • Episodes
    3
  • Rating
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