Cindy Blackstock

Where this writer stands

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Recent work

• One of Joe Biden’s top officials is taking inspiration from Canada on a crucial file I know from the inside. This is what she can’t afford to get wrongOpinion · Toronto Star · Jun 4, 2024
• The U.S. is finally facing a residential school reckoning — inspired by Canada. Here’s my plea to the Native American leader at the helmOpinion · Toronto Star · Jun 3, 2024
• A Post-Apology ‘To Do’ List | The TyeeOpinion · The Tyee · Jul 25, 2022
• Blackstock, Farha, Mazigh, Neve: Five questions about human rights and the Ottawa trucker protestOpinion · Ottawa Citizen · Feb 8, 2022
• Opinion | Ottawa is delaying justice on First Nations child welfare, causing further harmOpinion · Toronto Star · Oct 14, 2021
• Opinion: History will repeat itself if First Nations remain underfunded in the fight against COVID-19Opinion · The Globe and Mail · Apr 7, 2020
• Black face and about face: How Canada’s promise of reconciliation went wrong | The StarOpinion · Toronto Star · Oct 6, 2019
• Opinion: Ottawa willfully discriminated against First Nations children. Silence is no longer an optionOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Sep 10, 2019
• For Indigenous kids' welfare, our government knows better; it just needs to do betterOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Jan 15, 2019
• Reforming child welfare first step toward reconciliation: Opinion | Toronto StarOpinion · Toronto Star · Jul 31, 2017
• Reforming child welfare first step toward reconciliation: OpinionOpinion · Toronto Star · Jul 31, 2017
• Is the federal government a champion of reconciliation or of discrimination?Opinion · Toronto Star · Jun 27, 2017
• Is the federal government a champion of reconciliation or of discrimination? | Toronto StarOpinion · Toronto Star · Jun 26, 2017
• Why does the government continue to discriminate against kids?Opinion · Ottawa Citizen · Jun 1, 2017
• Blackstock: Why does the government continue to discriminate against little kids?Opinion · Ottawa Citizen · Jun 1, 2017
• Why does the government continue to discriminate against kids?Opinion · Montreal Gazette · May 31, 2017
• The promise of reconciliation: indigenous knowledge waiting in the wingsOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Sep 26, 2016
• A MMIW inquiry must examine the child-welfare systemOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Dec 1, 2015
• First Nations health crisis is a Canadian problemOpinion · Toronto Star · Oct 8, 2015
• Stacking the odds against First Nations familiesOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Oct 19, 2014
• The government spied on me without a warrantOpinion · Toronto Star · Jun 20, 2014
• Opinion: Shortage of funds, surplus of sufferingOpinion · Toronto Star · Nov 22, 2009