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Our reports focus on a wide range of issues impacting young people. They, include information about investigations and reviews we conduct, systemic gaps we identify, and recommendations which illuminate where services and supports for young people need to be strengthened. Read the full list of reports
Don’t Look Away Two Years Later: A Monitoring Progress Report Two years ago, Don’t Look Away – How One Boy’s Story Has the Power to Shift a System of Care for Children and Youth asked the government and legislative assembly of British Columbia to do something difficult. It asked us to sit with discomfort. To […]
This report urges 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 2024–25 year was one of the most active and demanding in the history of the Office of the Representative for Children and Youth. Across advocacy, investigations, monitoring, engagement and reporting, RCY supported thousands of children, youth and young adults while also tracking serious harms and systemic failures across the child-serving system. This Annual Report and Service Plan shows both the scale of that work and what it revealed about how well – and how poorly – systems are responding to young people in British Columbia.
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