Indigenous Australians and Canadians 'destroyed by same colonialism'

Communities in the two countries are grappling with the same problems of child welfare and high rates of imprisonment, says Canadian expertAboriginal disadvantage in Canada mirrors that of Indigenous people in Australia because both are survivors of colonialism, a leading Canadian advocate has said.Aboriginal peoples in Canada were grappling with record numbers of their children being placed in the child welfare system and a huge over-representation in the criminal justice system – the sam