Calling all Kin

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October 14, 2026Podcast Feed

Episode #3: Prevention over Punishment with Katharina Stocker

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.
October 7, 2026Podcast Feed

Episode #2: Breathing Life into Indigenous Law with Tara Williamson

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.
September 30, 2026Podcast Feed

Episode #1: Hopping on the Caravan with Kukpi7 Wayne M Christian

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.
September 29, 2026Media

Recent Media about Calling All Kin

The Times Colonist and CFUV's Crescendo radio program share the news about Calling all Kin.
September 27, 2026Media

Virtual Launch Event (Sept. 30th at 9AM PT)

Join us at our virtual podcast launch event on Zoom, this Wednesday, September 30th, at 9 AM PT. Find more details in this post.
September 24, 2026Podcast Feed

Calling all Kin Series Trailer

Calling All Kin launches Wednesday, September 30th, 2026, on the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation. Listen to our trailer and subscribe today.
September 10, 2026Episode Previews

(Coming Oct. 21st) Episode #4: Bringing Indigenous Children Home with Kirsten Barnes

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 […]
September 9, 2026Episode Previews

(Coming Oct. 28th) Episode #5: Pathways Towards Justice for Indigenous Children with Justice Ardith Walkem

As the youngest of seven, Ardith Walkem of the Nlaka’pamux Nation witnessed her siblings navigate residential schools and foster care. Now, she is the first First Nations woman appointed to […]
September 8, 2026Episode Previews

(Coming Nov. 4th) Episode #6 Children for the Land, Land for the Children with Kanahus Freedom Manuel

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 […]
September 7, 2026Episode Previews

(Coming Nov. 11th) Episode #7: Loving Justice for First Nations Children with Dr. Cindy Blackstock

Dr. Cindy Blackstock lodged a landmark Canadian Human Rights Tribunal (CHRT) complaint that demonstrated the federal government underfunds First Nations child welfare. She won the case but hasn’t stopped there. […]

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.

You can subscribe to us on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or you can input our RSS feed into your feed reader of choice. Our first episode comes Wednesday, September 30th, 2026, on the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation. Then, we will release the remainder of the episodes weekly for the following six Wednesdays.