Quebec Youth Protection

• Quebec’s new youth protection boss pledges to be watchdog for minors in the system

  Lesley Hill, who worked in various roles in the health system for years, came out of retirement to take the position after a series of scandals cost the previous director her job.

  Canada

  Oct 31
  
• Quebec set to name new head of youth protection system after sex scandal at facility

  Quebec's youth protection department is set to have a new director as fallout continues over a media report into sexual misconduct allegations at a Montreal youth detention centre.

  Canada

  Oct 30
  
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• Quebec’s head of youth protection steps down after sex scandal at detention facility

  Quebec's national director of youth protection has resigned, days after a media report claimed that educators at a youth detention centre had sexual relations with detainees.

  Canada

  Oct 28
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• ‘Intolerable’: Quebec puts youth protection office branch under trusteeship after shocking report

  Social Services Minister Lionel Carmant says the situation is 'intolerable' and that parents must be supported instead of separated from their children.

  Canada

  Oct 9
• 1 in 3 adults who grew up in Quebec’s youth protection out of work, school at 21: study

  A new study paints a bleak picture of Quebec's youth protection system. Many children who age out of care have trouble getting an education and maintaining a job.

  Canada

  Apr 19
• West Island organization helping children and families needs more funding

  A West Island community organization says it needs more funding or else it will have to cut down on the amount of children it helps through its programs.

  Canada

  Jun 20, 2023
• Quebec youth protection dealing with increased reports, staffing shortages

  Although cases are on the rise at Quebec Youth Protection departments as it continues to deal with staffing shortages, there has been an improvement since last year.

  Canada

  Jun 13, 2023
• Genital mutilation allegation in Quebec City unfounded, youth protection says

  A medical evaluation of the two-year-old girl found normal physical development without any abnormalities and that her psychomotor development exceeded expectations for her age.

  Health

  May 12, 2023
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• Alleged toddler genital mutilation case investigation opened by Quebec rights commission

  La Tribune reported Wednesday that a daycare worker in the Quebec City region discovered while changing a girl's diaper that her clitoris had been removed.

  Crime

  May 4, 2023
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• Quebec man guilty of murdering young sons handed life sentence

  Michael Chicoine, 32, was sentenced to life in prison with no possibility of parole for 16 years and six months, minus time he spent in preventive detention since October 2020.

  Crime

  Dec 14, 2022