Un-Silenced: A Mother’s Fight for Truth, Justice, and Reform in BC’s Child Welfare System
Un-Silenced is a documentation and advocacy platform created by Darian Thomas, a BC mother fighting to expose the systemic failures of the Ministry of Children and Family Development (MCFD). Through letters, legal evidence, and lived experience, this blog amplifies the voices of families harmed by policy breaches, misinformation, and lack of accountability — calling for truth, transparency, and change in British Columbia’s child welfare system.
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Every Child Still Matters: The Unfinished Story of Family Separation in Canada
On the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, we remember the children taken from their families and communities—but family separation in Canada is not just history. This piece connects the legacy of residential schools to ongoing child-welfare practices that continue to tear families apart today, reminding us that Every Child Still Matters.
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My Lawyer’s Letter to MCFD — and the Truth It Forced Into the Light
When my lawyer sent this letter to MCFD, it wasn’t just legal correspondence — it was evidence. Evidence that they lost critical safety files, ignored past findings of harm, and then tried to pretend none of it ever happened. Every word of this letter is proof that the system meant to protect my son has…
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Separated by the System: The Unsafe Conditions Tied to a Mother’s Reunion with Her Son
After a week of forced separation, I was told I could see my son again—but only if he “settled” into a placement I had already refused for safety reasons. This piece exposes how bureaucratic conditions are keeping medically fragile children apart from their families in British Columbia’s child-protection system.
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Original post: They Took My Son While I Was in the Hospital — and I’m Not Staying Silent
While recovering in the hospital, my vulnerable son was taken from my care by the Ministry of Children and Family Development. Families like mine shouldn’t be torn apart by the very system meant to protect us. This post began my public fight for transparency, accountability, and justice in BC’s child-protection system.
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BC Mother Pleads with Premier and MLA After Disabled Six Year Old Son Apprehended from Hospital
On September 2 2025, a Coquitlam mother sent an urgent letter to Premier David Eby, MLA Rick Glumac, and Minister Jodie Wickens. She pleaded for help after her six year old son with many complexities, Bennett, was taken from hospital care despite clear professional warnings.
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