Manitoba Advocate For Children And Youth

• Manitoba child advocate sees ‘significant’ increase in calls for youth addictions

  Manitoba's Advocate for Children and Youth is calling on the province to develop a youth-focused addictions strategy.

  Health

  Apr 16, 2024
  
• Manitoba child advocate urges ‘immediate action’ after recent child deaths

  'We are, unfortunately, seeing an increase in almost all manners of child deaths in Manitoba. Last fiscal year, our office reported 265 formal child death notifications.'

  Canada

  Feb 21, 2024
  
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• Trauma supports lacking for Manitoba children who witness intimate partner violence: report

  A Manitoba report into how family violence affects children who witness it suggests that every two hours, a child is exposed to a police-reported case of intimate partner violence.

  Canada

  Jun 22, 2022
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• Manitoba advocate releases systemic review of services for children with disabilities

  A new report by the office of the Manitoba Adovcate for Children and Youth looks at improving the lives of children with disabilities and their families.

  Health

  Mar 25, 2021
• Manitoba drags feet on recommendations from Phoenix Sinclair inquiry, report finds

  The report 'Still Waiting' by the Manitoba Advocate for Children and Youth found 16 more recommendations had been achieved since the previous update in 2016.

  Health

  Mar 11, 2021
• More details needed in Manitoba response to Tina Fontaine report: youth advocate

  Manitoba's advocate for children and youth says more needs to be done in response to the Tina Fontaine report if the government is to keep children in care safe.

  Canada

  Oct 8, 2019
• Child welfare newborn ‘birth alerts’ under review in Manitoba: province

  Birth alerts sometimes result in infants being taken into child welfare almost immediately after birth due to safety concerns.

  Canada

  Sep 19, 2019
• Slain Indigenous teen Tina Fontaine’s family hopes report ensures others don’t ‘fall through the cracks’

  A new report from the Manitoba Advocate for Children and Youth Daphne Penrose will be released on Tuesday and is expected to detail Tina's interactions with the child-welfare system, police and others before she went missing.

  Crime

  Mar 11, 2019