Reports

Reflecting Back, Propelling Forward

A Report on the Child & Youth Family Justice Conference Access to Justice BC co-hosted the Child & Youth Family Justice Conference on September 23, 2023, along with the Representative for Children & Youth, Youth Voices (Family Justice Innovation Lab) and the Society for Children and Youth BC. More than 200 attendees participated at the […]

Missed Opportunities: A review of the use of youth justice resources

An in-depth look at how underused youth justice resources could better serve vulnerable young people in BC. This report finds that a dramatic drop in the number of youth committing crimes and being sentenced to custody over the last 20 years has resulted in a gross under-utilization of scarce resources at the Ministry of Children […]

Still Left Out: Children and youth with disabilities in B.C.

A system that promises support, but leaves too many behind Still Left Out calls on the provincial government to immediately provide much-needed supports for the children and youth with disabilities and their families across British Columbia who are currently under-served. We are in need of help right now. It’s incredible that this dialogue is taking […]