Her family is suing Tikinagan Child & Family Services, operator of the group foster home she was in. “We continue to express our deepest sympathies to Kanina’s family as we have many times in person,” said Tikinagan’s communications co-ordinator, Irene Dube. Before her death, Kanina began a relationship with another youth in care, who also killed herself. Another friend of Kanina’s from the home killed herself in the weeks before Kanina died by suicide, her family said. The lawsuit alleges Tikinagan knew she was exploring her sexuality and “failed to acknowledge this in any meaningful way and failed to provide” supports.

Source: thestar September 30, 2018 23:03 UTC