The applicant, a long-term foster mother, applied to the Child and Family Services Review Board to review the Children's Aid Society's decision refusing her application to adopt two children in her care.
The Society intended to place the children for adoption with a kin family who shared the children's Métis heritage.
The Board considered the best interests of the children under section 179(2) of the Child, Youth and Family Services Act, 2017.
While acknowledging the strong attachment between the children and the applicant, the Board confirmed the Society's decision, emphasizing the importance of preserving the children's cultural identity and placing them with kin.