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Published on: 10/13/2008
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M'Wikwedong Native Cultural Resource Centre executive director Peter Dimoff looks on as Grey County CAS executive director Sydney Misener signs an inter-agency agreement at the centre Thursday.
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Both CAS and M'Wikwedong staff do that through both their own services and with increasingly collaborative programming, Sydney Misener, CAS of Grey County's executive director, said in a brief interview before Thursday's signing ceremony at M'Wikwedong in Owen Sound.
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It led to a much more intrusive approach and a predictable backlash," Misener said.
The CAS transformation process is expected to reduce the number of children coming into CAS care while more children are cared for through their extended families, she said.
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Misener said the protocol signed Thursday shares responsibilities for protecting children.
"I think what we would hope for is a greater level of trust in the services that the children's aid societies have to offer First Nations families.I think there's a lot of fear and mistrust that's based on a negative history," she said.