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Alberta’s child and youth advocate leaves office with biting reviewAlberta's child and youth advocate spent his last day on the job advocating for government to do more to protect children in care in the province.CanadaMar 31, 2022
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Alberta child and youth advocate calls for more provincial accountabilityThe Alberta child and youth advocate is asking for more accountability when it comes to the province taking action on recommendations his office has made.CanadaJan 12, 2022
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Canada Election: Advocates hope voters think about Indigenous kids in care on election dayCindy Blackstock says if the federal government is serious about reconciliation with Indigenous peoples, this issue of Indigenous kids in care has to be addressed.CanadaSep 19, 2021
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Deaths of 6 young adults who had been in government care highlight ‘critical period’: Alberta advocateAlberta's Child and Youth Advocate released a report after six young people who were transitioning away from Children's Services' care died over a nine-month period in 2018.PoliticsNov 25, 2019
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Opportunities missed with Alberta youth who died in care: child advocateThe Alberta government should do more to understand the causes and prevent youth suicide, the province's child advocate said as he released his latest report Tuesday.CanadaSep 24, 2019
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Advocates call for national youth suicide strategy: ‘Our children will continue to die’Between 2013 and 2017, at least 1,174 youth between eight and 19 years old died by suicide.CanadaSep 17, 2019
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Child advocate calls for changes to use of pepper spray, segregation in Alberta young offender centresAlberta's child advocate wants the province to decrease the use of segregation and pepper spray in young offender centres.CanadaSep 9, 2019
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Alberta child advocate releases reviews focused on mental health support for youthAlberta's Office of the Child and Youth Advocate has released the results of reviews focused on the deaths of two First Nations young people and the serious injury of another.CanadaOct 30, 2018
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Alberta child advocate releases info about 12 youth opioid-linked deathsThe province has released its latest investigative review on the opioid-related deaths of 12 young people.HealthJun 26, 2018
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Alberta report shows Indigenous youth at greater risk of death and injuryA new report looking into the serious injuries and deaths of young people while in Alberta's child intervention system has found a disproportionate percentage were Indigenous.NewsJan 15, 2018
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