By Brielle Morgan, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, IndigiNews Justine sits in her kitchen, cradling her new baby girl, while her 14-year-old camps out in a room down the hall. Another daughter bounces up the stairs after coming home from school and scoops up Denaro, their yappy chihuahua. Nine years ago, this family was torn apart after workers from the Vancouver Aboriginal Child and Family Services Society (VACFSS) decided it wasn’t in the girls’ best interests to live with their mom. Justine didn’t think so. The single mother — whom IndigiNews is identifying by a pseudonym to protect her children’s privacy — alleged she was discriminated against, filing a complaint with the B.C. Human Rights Tribunal against VACFSS. “In my heart, I knew I did nothing wrong,” Justine, an intergenerational survivor…
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