Cree Mother At Hsc Women's Hospital
Reference: CQQR-AFFD-R75W-68K2
- Outcome
- Foster Care
- Jurisdiction
- Winnipeg, MB, Canada
- Year
- 2025
- Account type
- Family's Account
Quick summary
- Quick summary
- Hospital social workers seized a Cree mother's newborn at Winnipeg's HSC Women's Hospital within three days, though her aunt and First Nation were arranging housing and kinship care.
Full story
- Full story
- The Cree mother says she did not know she was pregnant when she gave birth in an inner-city house. Her son was born on a Friday and in foster care by Monday. Because of her circumstances and lack of housing, social workers at the HSC Women's Hospital and ANCR decided to seize the baby. Her aunt and her First Nation's chief say they were at her side in hospital arranging housing and kinship care, and call the practice 'inhumane, racist and uncivil'. They want the baby returned.
Where
- Hospital
- Health Sciences Centre Women's Hospital
- Agency
- All Nations Coordinated Response Network (ANCR)
- City
- Winnipeg
- State
- MB
- Country
- Canada
- First Nations
- Yes
The removal
- When the baby was taken
- In Hospital (First 7 Days)
- Baby's age when taken
- 3 days
- Where the baby was taken from
- Maternity Ward
- Stated reasons
- Homelessness Or HousingDrug Or Alcohol Test
Support before
- Support before
- Kin Or Family Carer Assessed
- Support before detail
- Family and First Nation were arranging housing and kinship care.
Support after
- Grief counselling offered
- Not Stated
Getting baby back
- Steps taken
- Went To Media
- Did she get her baby back
- Not Yet
- Where the baby is now
- Foster Care
Sources
- Inside a newborn apprehension at a Winnipeg hospital · APTN News · News