For five years now, British Columbia has dedicated one week to reflect on the strengths, challenges and needs of each of you – the more than 8,000 children and youth in the care of our provincial government.

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For five years now, British Columbia has dedicated one week to reflect on the strengths, challenges and needs of each of you – the more than 8,000 children and youth in the care of our provincial government.
This report documents the downward spiral of a child who had great potential but never received the protection, nurturing and care she needed and deserved. Professional indifference to her life circumstances continually left her – and at times even actively …
The Representative for Children and Youth reviews and investigates child deaths and critical injuries to identify and thoughtfully analyze issues, particularly in service delivery. The intent is to help prevent similar deaths or injuries, and to inform improvements to services. …
On April 16 & 17 2015, the Representative together with the Delegated Aboriginal Agencies and MCFD hosted a Forum for Change Reconciliation for Today’s First Nations, Metis & Aboriginal Children Through Custom Adoption and Lifelong Family and Tribal Connections event …
A follow-up to the Representative’s report Finding Forever Families: A Review of the Provincial Adoption System, this update provides key statistics for this fiscal year end and the two previous fiscal years.
The following resources are intended to help children and youth learn about their rights and to connect with services or programs to support them.
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Criminal Law |
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Cyberbullying and Internet |
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Drugs and Alcohol |
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Family |
Legal Rights for Youth |
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The Representative for Children and Youth, an independent officer of the B.C. Legislature, works to influence positive change to the province’s child and youth serving …
The Office of the Representative for Children and Youth is seeking a talented and experienced IT professional to provide information technology and application expertise to our staff in three locations.