Canada’s foster care is a system in dire need of change. Families investigated on a whim, children too quickly apprehended only to end up in long-term government care that affects their entire lives.

A look at programs that arm families and social workers with the right tools that put children first.

Plus, our Indigenous communities have an inordinate number of kids caught in child welfare. What is being done about it?

This week on Context: improving foster care one child and foster family at a time.