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A submission from the Canadian Council of Child and Youth Advocates to national leaders, titled Aboriginal Children – Canada Must do Better.
Reports on an in-depth audit carried out by the Representative, examining B.C.’s Child in the Home of a Relative (CIHR) program.
In this report, Representative Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond and Ombudsperson Kim Carter identify seven ways for the Ministry of Children and Family Development to make its complaint process more accessible and responsive to the vulnerable young people it serves.
Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iPMjwXyhkUw…
The Representative argues for the importance of respecting children’s rights and shares the results of the Office’s province-wide child rights contest, in honour of the 20th anniversary of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child.
The plan reflecting the Office of the Representative for Children and Youth’s goals and objectives from 2010/11 to 2012/13.
In honour of Adoption Awareness month, I wish to thank our province’s adoptive families for the commitment they have made to some of our most vulnerable children. The stability you provide for your children paves the way for them to …
This report provides an overview of the Office’s work on behalf of the vulnerable children and youth of B.C. over the past year.