Blanketing Our Children

First Nations across Canada are involved in a process of transformation of child and family services, including through resumption of jurisdiction. Assuming jurisdiction will require new digital infrastructure solutions for case management, information-sharing between Nations and potentially other governments and organizations, and to enable reporting on indicators of relevance. 

SIIA is collaborating closely with the BC RIGC team and other Indigenous Governing Bodies, Delegated Agencies, and First Nations organizations to synthesize perspectives on core data requirements for child and family jurisdiction and for the information-sharing requirements across those bodies exercising jurisdiction. More specifically, our project will seek to: identify the data needed for operating and delivering services, for reporting and accountability, and for outcome evaluation; build shared perspectives about what data should be shared with other First Nations, Indigenous service agencies, and federal and provincial governments; and, describe the technical requirements of digital infrastructure systems to enable this data collection and sharing, including options for the role of the BC RIGC. 

By developing the foundations for systems enablement of child and family service delivery and reporting, this project hopes to fill a significant anticipated gap that all First Nations pursuing jurisdiction will face and equip the BC RIGC to support development of digital infrastructure solutions for First Nations governance in BC