First Nations Child Welfare and Bill C-92

First Nations Child Welfare and Bill C-92 Services

kîwêtinohk maskwa offers comprehensive consulting services to First Nations who are interested in developing or improving their child welfare systems. Our services include:
  • Community specific needs assessment and analysis
  • Policy and program development with a trauma-informed lens
  • Capacity building and training on trauma-informed care
  • C92 Implementation support and evaluation
  • Collaboration with government agencies and stakeholders
  • Integration of trauma-informed approaches for healing and resilience
  • Community engagement strategies
  • Quality assurance
  • Human resource expertise

Noela Crowe-Salazar BA, BSW, MSW, RSW – Founder

Highlights:
• 2021 SSHRC Doctoral Award Recipient
• Owner Pimatisiwin Consulting and Counselling (2014-2022)
• CEO Chief Red Bear Children’s Lodge (2022 – June 2023)
• CTRI and ACHIEVE national trainer in trauma, mental health, counselling skills, and violence prevention (2018 to present)
• University of Regina Faculty of Social Work Sessional Lecturer (2014 to 2021)
• Dalhousie University School of Social Work Sessional Lecturer (2019-2021)
• First Nations Child and Family Services policy and quality assurance development (2014-2018)
• Saskatchewan CFS Legislative renewal work, including review and analysis (2012-2014)
Tanisi. nêhiyaw ôma niya. I am the mother of two young adults, birth mother of one adult and proud Kokum to one grandson. I am a citizen of Cowessess First Nation with lineage across Treaty Four Territory, including Piapot First Nation, Peepeekisis First Nation and Pasqua First Nation. I am a registered social worker, and I am currently working on a PhD exploring traditional life cycle teachings for beginning of life and end of life. Over the past 30 years, I have had the privilege to work extensively with First Nations, Metis and Inuit peoples across Canada in wellness (mental health), and in the delivery of child welfare services. This work included direct services, program design, operational policy, strategic policy and management. I was adopted in the Sixties Scoop, and I bring lived experience to the work. I am passionate about First Nations child welfare reform. I have extensive experience in the former (current) child welfare system and knowledge on ways communities can create new paths to walking with our families in their healing and wellness.

Carla Bing-Wo – Policy and Planning Lead​

Highlights:
• Acting director, First Nations and Métis Relations, Government of Saskatchewan
• Senior Policy Analyst, Government of Saskatchewan
• Planning and Legislative Consultant, Government of Saskatchewan
• Appearance before the Standing Committee on Intergovernmental Affairs and Justice, second reading of The Northern Municipalities Act, 2010 
• Board member (former), Eden Care Communities
• Associate board member (former), STOPS to Violence
• Board member (former), Association of Professional Community Planners of Saskatchewan (now Saskatchewan Professional Planners Institute)
• Jury Panelist (former), Plan Canada Awards, Canadian Institute of Planners

Carla Bing-Wo, a second/third-generation Canadian from Saskatchewan, comes from a family of hardworking Chinese immigrants who settled in Regina in the 1930s. Their values emphasized education, respect, generosity, and kindness.

Carla is a licensed, registered planner with the Saskatchewan Professional Planner’s Institute. She enjoyed a 21-year career in the provincial government, starting as a Planning Consultant with Municipal Affairs and eventually retiring in 2021 as the acting Director of First Nations and Métis Relations.

Throughout her career, Carla collaborated with various ministries on important topics, including First Nation laws, community planning, Indigenous engagement, MMIWG, and Truth and Reconciliation Calls to Action. As a skilled policy analyst, she conducted research and analysis, developing legislative, regulatory, and policy changes for Cabinet approval.

Noteworthy highlights from her career include participating in consultations across northern Saskatchewan to modernize The Northern Municipalities Act and working with Whitecap Dakota First Nation to develop administrative arrangements supporting their self-government.

Carla’s dedication to understanding issues, valuing diverse perspectives, and finding practical solutions made her career fulfilling and impactful.

Jasmine Beriault – Human Resources Specialist

Highlights:
• Coming soon…

Jasmine is a senior Human Resources professional with over seventeen years of progressive experience having worked for both the federal and provincial governments, as well as the private and not-for-profit sector. The primary focus of her career has been providing strategic hr services and supports to executive teams. 

Jasmine is Cree and a member of Cowessess First Nation in Treaty 4 territory in the province of Saskatchewan. 

She holds a Master’s in Human Resources Management and is a strong proponent of lifelong learning and continues to grow her knowledge and skills.  Outside of her professional career, she volunteers with organizations to support healthy communities and is committed to engaging pathways within the community and workplace that support individual wellbeing.