As we celebrate Child and Youth in Care Week impacted for the second year in a row by COVID-19 and the need to be apart, I have hope — hope that with the mass vaccination program underway, we will soon …
As we mark the International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia, we are entering a time of hopefulness that the global pandemic – a period of hardship and sometimes despair – of more than a year is nearing an end. …
COVID-19 is having major mental health consequences for children and youth across Canada and will have a lasting – and potentially devastating impact – if governments do not act now, say members of the Canadian Council of Child and Youth …
This year, we celebrate Social Work Week under the continued cloud of the COVID-19 pandemic – a circumstance that, over the past year, has profoundly affected the demands on social workers, and has markedly changed the nature of the job. …
This International Women’s Day, we raise our hands to women everywhere — especially here in British Columbia — who have so much to do with leading, raising, nurturing, advising, counselling and role modelling for the children and youth of our …
The recent report issued by the British Columbia Expert Panel on Basic Income contains several recommendations regarding youth from care transitioning to adulthood that I strongly support.
Covering all the Basics: Reforms for a More Just Society reinforces the report …
The Representative for Children and Youth’s Office has on multiple occasions in the past spoken out against the practice of issuing of birth alerts, and we were pleased when the Ministry of Children and Family Development (MCFD) announced it was …
I want to express my profound sorrow and grief – and that of RCY staff – over the loss this weekend of a shining star of an advocate for young people, Katherine McParland. We learned yesterday of Katherine’s untimely death; …
National Child Day serves as an important reminder that we must continually and creatively work together to ensure that all children and youth have their rights appropriately met – especially during difficult times such as we are all in right …
October 2020 marks the 30th anniversary of Foster Family Month in B.C. This year, due to COVID-19 restrictions, it is particularly important to recognize caregivers around the province as they maintain these important roles during these ever-shifting times.
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