This report provides an update to RCY’s 2016 inventory of youth substance use services in British Columbia. This new baseline of substance use services for youth will allow the Representative to measure and publicly report on progress made by the …
Youth homelessness Solutions From Those With Lived Expertise
A report on youth homelessness in B.C., informed by youth. RCY assisted the author, Katherine McParland, in creating the report.
Download Representative’s support report, Raising Young Peoples’ Voices
British Columbia and Canada lost a champion for fairness and justice and a powerful and wise voice on child welfare with the passing of the Hon. Ted Hughes on Friday, Jan. 17, 2020.
The Representative has issued a statement following sentencing for an Oak Bay father convicted of murdering his two daughters in December 2017.
Investigative report on circumstances leading up to overdose death of teenager who came into contact with Alberta and B.C. child-serving systems.
Download Report- Caught in the Middle
Thirty years ago today, the United Nations ratified the Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) and it has been 28 years since the treaty was ratified by Canada. The UNCRC includes 54 articles that spell out the rights …
Representative Jennifer Charlesworth issues a statement in support of Transgender Awareness Week and International Transgender Day of Remembrance.
The Select Standing Committee on Children and Youth’s report Children and Youth with Neuro-Diverse Special Needs is an important step toward improving services for B.C. children with special needs and their families.
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