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LANCET | Cindy Blackstock: Advocate for First Nations children

Published: 27 February 2018

She has been called 鈥淐anada's Martin Luther King鈥, the 鈥渃onscience of the nation鈥, and a 鈥渘ational hero鈥, but Cindy Blackstock bristles at the accolades. 鈥淭he only reason my job exists is because racism against First Nations children has been used as a cost-saving measure. I don't want that job to exist鈥攏ow or ever.鈥 Blackstock is the Executive Director of the First Nations Child and Family Caring Society of Canada, a charity that, for 20 years, has lobbied for First Nations children to have equitable access to health and social welfare services.

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