International FASD Awareness Day is an important time for us to recognize the strengths of children with fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD) and their families and the challenges they face in our society. FASD is a life-long disability that is …
B.C.’s Representative for Children and Youth Jennifer Charlesworth is pleased to announce the selection of Pippa Rowcliffe as RCY’s new Deputy Representative, Investigations, Monitoring and Corporate Services, following a competition.
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Commemorating National Indigenous Peoples Day on these lands is an opportunity to celebrate the diverse cultures and outstanding contributions of First Nations, Inuit and Métis peoples from sea to sea to sea.
The life and death of Skye, a bright, young First Nations girl who “bubbled with energy” as a child, illustrates just how critical it is for children in government care to feel connected to family, culture and community, says an …
In advance of the Representative’s report on child participation in family law and child welfare court proceedings, to be released later this year, the FREDA Centre at Simon Fraser University has composed this literature review on the topic. The Representative …
The Canadian Council of Child and Youth Advocates is deeply saddened to learn of the 215 children found at the former residential school in B.C. in unmarked graves. “We acknowledge the heartbreak that families and communities must be experiencing. Let …
News late last week about the discovery of the remains of children on the site of the former Kamloops Indian Residential School has brought profound sadness to British Columbians – in particular, to those who were connected to these lost …
As we celebrate Child and Youth in Care Week impacted for the second year in a row by COVID-19 and the need to be apart, I have hope — hope that with the mass vaccination program underway, we will soon …
As we mark the International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia, we are entering a time of hopefulness that the global pandemic – a period of hardship and sometimes despair – of more than a year is nearing an end. …
COVID-19 is having major mental health consequences for children and youth across Canada and will have a lasting – and potentially devastating impact – if governments do not act now, say members of the Canadian Council of Child and Youth …