Sheshatshiu Innu Mother (Daughter)

Quick summary

Quick summary

An Innu mother was told to find someone to take her newborn daughter and go to a 90-day treatment program; she asked for the family program where she could keep her baby.

Full story

Full story

She told the Innu inquiry she grew up with addictions, was sexually assaulted young and has been in and out of treatment for 10 years. When she had a newborn girl at the Labrador Health Centre, Children, Seniors and Social Development wanted to take the baby right away and told her to find someone to care for her and go to a 90-day treatment program. She wanted the 28-day family treatment program at the Charles J. Andrew Youth Treatment Centre in Sheshatshiu so she could be with her newborn, but because she did not go to the 90-day program the department took her daughter.

Where

Hospital

Labrador Health Centre

Agency

Children, Seniors and Social Development (NL)

City

Happy Valley-Goose Bay

State

NL

Country

Canada

First Nations

Yes

The removal

When the baby was taken

In Hospital (First 7 Days)

Where the baby was taken from

Maternity Ward

Stated reasons

Drug Or Alcohol Test

Support before

Support before

Drug And Alcohol Program

Support before detail

Offered a 90-day program apart from her baby; her request for a 28-day family program with her newborn was refused.

Support after

Grief counselling offered

Not Stated

Getting baby back

Did she get her baby back

Unknown

Where the baby is now

Unknown

People, hospitals and agencies

Official response

Official response

Shared at the Inquiry Respecting the Treatment, Experiences and Outcomes of Innu in the Child Protection System.

Legal action

Inquiry Or Review

Sources

• Sheshatshiu Innu mothers recall having their newborns removed from Labrador hospital · CBC News · Official Report

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