Representative For Children And Youth

• B.C. child welfare system facing workload, staffing crisis: report

  The representative for children in British Columbia says the provincial child welfare system is either in a state of crisis or close to it with understaffing and unmanageable workloads.

  Jul 23, 2024
  
• University of Regina strips Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond of honorary degree

  In a Monday statement, the University of Regina said it had rescinded an honorary doctor of laws degree it bestowed on Turpel-Lafond in 2003. 

  Canada

  Feb 13, 2023
  
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• Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond no longer employed at UBC

  Turpel-Lafond came under scrutiny last fall after a series of CBC reports raised questions about both her claims of Indigenous ancestry and her claims of academic accomplishments.

  Canada

  Jan 3, 2023
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• ‘Heartbreaking’ overdose death of Indigenous teen in B.C. care highlights need for change: report

  'Skye and her mother deserved much, much better,' Jennifer Charlesworth, B.C.'s representative for children and youth, said.

  News

  Jun 10, 2021
• Involuntary mental health treatment for B.C. youth up 162% over 10 years: report

  According to the report, the number of young people admitted for involuntary mental health support rose from 973 to 2,545 between 2008/09 and 2017/18. 

  Health

  Jan 19, 2021
• Children’s rights watchdog questions B.C.’s plan to keep youth in hospitals after overdose

  The Representative for Children and Youth has written about a bill that would allow patients under 19 to be involuntarily admitted for up to 48 hours.

  Health

  Jun 24, 2020
• Report calls for B.C. plan to end youth homelessness, informed by youth themselves

  "The longer a young person is homeless, the more trauma and victimization they experience," said the report's author.

  Feb 21, 2020
• Supervised consumption site for youth among ideas in new report on youth addiction

  "Young people are not immune from the opioid crisis that we're hearing about every day," said B.C.'s children's watchdog.

  Nov 15, 2018
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• B.C. government, children’s rep release report to ensure children in care can still breastfeed

  British Columbia's Representative for Children and Youth, along with the provincial government, have introduced a new plan to keep children with their mothers, while ensuring the children are kept safe.

  Canada

  Aug 30, 2018
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• Kids watchdog warns of ‘disturbing’ number of youth injuries and deaths

  "The numbers are astonishing and disturbing," said Bernard Richard.

  Canada

  May 9, 2018