Introducing our Interwoven Keynote Speaker CINDY BLACKSTOCK:

Cindy Blackstock is Gitxsan and is honoured to serve as the Executive Director of the First Nations Child and Family Caring Society and as a professor at McGill University’s School of Social Work. She has over 40 years of experience working in child and family services and Indigenous children’s rights. A recipient of the 2023 World Children’s Prize voted on by millions of children around the world, Cindy is honoured to work with First Nations colleagues on a successful human rights challenge to Canada’s inequitable provision of child and family services and failure to implement Jordan’s Principle. This hard-fought litigation has resulted in hundreds of thousands of services being provided to First Nations children, youth, and families.

CMHO is honoured to welcome Cindy as our keynote speaker, who will open the conference and set the stage for a deeply interwoven experience centered on collective learning, shared insight, and meaningful collaboration.