Victoria – In a new report, the Representative for Children and Youth is urging the provincial government to modernize the Mental Health Act and ensure that it addresses the unique needs and circumstances of children and youth living with mental health challenges. The report, Putting Children at the Centre: Reforming and Modernizing the Mental Health […]
SASKATOON – November 20th is National Child Day – a day tocelebrate children and youth, and a reminder of Canada’scommitment made to children’s rights. In 1991, Canada ratified theUnited Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC), alegally-binding international human rights instrument.The UNCRC outlines 54 articles that cover a range of special rightsand protections […]
Victoria – Nine years into B.C.’s toxic drug crisis, first declared a public health emergency by the Provincial Health Officer in 2016, children and youth remain among those most deeply impacted. OnInternational Overdose Awareness Day (August 31), B.C.’s Representative for Children and Youth (RCY) is raising awareness that young people are experiencing harms from increasingly […]
Victoria – One year after the high-profile report focusing on the preventable death of an 11-year-old boy in the Fraser Valley, B.C.’s independent oversight office for children and youth says more must be done to ensure young people are safe and supported to thrive in the province. July 16, 2025, marks the one-year anniversary of […]
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