Calling All Kin

What it is about

Calling All Kin is a podcast about the changing landscape of Indigenous child welfare in British Columbia, and the people and approaches that help keep Indigenous families together in systems designed to pull them apart. This seven episode mini-series features Indigenous child welfare change-makers—advocates, activists, lawyers, service providers, leaders and Elders—who have ‘answered the call’ to protect children and uphold Indigenous determination. Interviews cover practices, policies, and perspectives that place kin and community at the centre of child welfare decision-making.

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Calling All Kin

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Episode #5 Children for the Land, Land for the Children with Kanahus Freedom Manuel

2026-11-04 · 1 hr 2 min

When Kanahus Manuel gave birth to her first child, she refused to register them with the state and its colonial institutions. Instead, she opted to raise them according to traditional practices, including Indigenous…
Episode #4: Bringing Indigenous Children Home with Kirsten Barnes

2026-10-21 · 1 hr 25 min

Kirsten Barnes successfully fought to bring a Gitxsan girl back to her family after she had been in care for six years in a non-Indigenous home. Barnes, a former elected Chief of Gitanmaax and the Indigenous Justice…
Episode #3: Prevention over Punishment with Katharina Stocker

2026-10-14 · 51 min

For 15 years, Haida auntie-advocate Katharina Stocker served as Executive Director of NIȽTU,O Child and Family Services Society, championing a simple philosophy: prevention, not punishment. The NIȽTU,O Child and Family…
Episode #2: Breathing Life into Indigenous Law with Tara Williamson

2026-10-07 · 53 min

Tara Williamson was nearly taken in the ‘sixties scoop,’ but now she navigates the child welfare system as an adoptee, a parent, and legal expert. A member of the Opaskwayak Cree Nation and the Co-Research Director at…
Episode #1: Hopping on the Caravan with Kukpi7 Wayne M Christian

2026-09-30 · 1 hr 10 min

In 1980, a 25-year-old Wayne Christian led the historic Indian Child Caravan to Vancouver, a thousand-person march that successfully clawed back jurisdictional control over Indigenous children. That march paved the way…
Calling all Kin Series Trailer

2026-09-24 · 3 min

Calling All Kin launches Wednesday, September 30th, 2026, on the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation. Listen to our trailer and subscribe today. This podcast is about the changing landscape of Indigenous child…

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Oldest episode in feed: 09/2026
Typical length: 36 min

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