Disbarred lawyer Seanna McKinley is managing Indigenous youth housing in Kamloops
February 22, 2021
By Chehala Leonard, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Seanna Proulx was known as Seanna McKinley when she was disbarred by the Law Society of BC.
An Indigenous youth who spent years in government care is sounding an alarm about Seanna McKinley, a former lawyer who is managing a housing facility for Indigenous youth and Elders despite being disbarred in Feb. 2020 for “intentionally misappropriating clients’ funds” and attempting to “mislead or obstruct the Law Society of British Columbia .”
Kikekyelc: A Place of Belonging is a staffed condo-style building in Kamloops, which opened in Nov. 2020 as a home for Indigenous youth who have been through the child welfare system. The housing project was developed by Lii Michif Otipemisiwak Family and Community Services (LMO) and includes 31 units for Indigenous youth who are between 16 and 27.
Chehala Leonard, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, IndigiNews
âIt is such a violation of trust,â says former Indigenous youth in care jaye simpson.
Image Credit: SUBMITTED/ jaye simpson February 21, 2021 - 12:20 PM An Indigenous youth who spent years in government care is sounding an alarm about Seanna McKinley a former lawyer who is managing a housing facility for Indigenous youth and Elders despite being disbarred in Feb. 2020 for “intentionally misappropriating clients’ funds” and attempting to “mislead or obstruct the Law Society [of British Columbia].”
Kikekyelc: A Place of Belonging is a staffed condo-style building in Kamloops, which opened in Nov. 2020 as a home for Indigenous youth who have been through the child welfare system. The housing project was developed by Lii Michif Otipemisiwak Family and Community Services (LMO) and includes 31 units for Indigenous youth who are between 16 and 27.
Youth allegedly cheated by former social worker wants restorative justice process
January 22, 2021 Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
An Indigenous youth who was in care of Robert Riley Saunders when he was working as a social worker in Kelowna, B.C., says they would like youth to have a chance to tell Saunders how his alleged actions have affected them.
Saunders is alleged to have stolen basic living allowances from more than 100, mostly Indigenous, youth who were in his care between 1996 and 2018. He’s facing 13 criminal charges, including ten counts of fraud over $5,000, one count of theft over $5,000, one count of breach of trust, and one count of uttering a forged document.
Chehala Leonard, Local Journalism Initiative
An Indigenous youth who was in care of Robert Riley Saunders when he was working as a social worker in Kelowna says they would like youth to have a chance to tell Saunders how his alleged actions have affected them.
Image Credit: The Discourse/Lauren Kaljur January 22, 2021 - 6:00 PM An Indigenous youth who was in care of Robert Riley Saunders when he was working as a social worker in Kelowna says they would like youth to have a chance to tell Saunders how his alleged actions have affected them. Saunders is alleged to have stolen basic living allowances from more than 100 mostly Indigenous youth who were in his care between 1996 and 2018. He’s facing 13 criminal charges, including ten counts of fraud over $5,000, one count of theft over $5,000, one count of breach of trust, and one count of uttering a forged document.