This report addresses the experiences of Métis people who self-identify as women and/or as 2SLGBTQQIA+ living today within Canada, with a focus on early learning and childcare (children ages 0-6). One of the most detrimental legacies of ongoing colonization has been the destruction of Métis family relationships and its consequences on/for the raising of Métis children. While Métis children were traditionally raised within Métis culturally grounded, maternally led family units, wherein linguistic and cultural transmission was ever-present, Canadian state policies geared towards the assimilation of all Indigenous peoples has had profound impacts in disrupting such cultural flows. In addition, the changes brought by transformations to Métis family and community life has meant a shift in the nature of child-raising with significant negative impacts for Métis children’s access to culturally relevant and response care in the most formative, early years of their lives.
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