WARNING: This story contains distressing details. Maria Linklater is a residential school survivor and has been a lifelong advocate for children in foster care. She turned 80 in April and continues to fight for Indigenous children and families.
She knew there were other people hurting, with nobody to stand up for them, she said.Maria Linklater has spent a lifetime advocating for Indigenous children in care
Parenting wasn't always easy. The intergenerational trauma of residential school and colonization left its mark, and not only on Linklater. Shannon Kay, pictured, and Maria Linklater work together to help Indigenous women and children. 'It's something that we do from our hearts,' said Kay.One of them is Shannon Kay.
Now Kay is following in Linklater's footsteps and providing support to mothers, helping to keep children at home with their families.