Youth Protection Services

• Proposed class-action suit alleges abuse at hands of Quebec youth protection services

  Lawyers representing Inuit children in Quebec are trying to launch a class-action lawsuit against the government, alleging abuse and discrimination by youth protection services

  Canada

  Sep 26, 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
  
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• 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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• Quebec police suspect domestic violence, femicide after 2 dead, 1 seriously hurt in Sainte-Marthe-sur-le-Lac

  The SQ said police found the body of a woman in her 30s, an injured man in his 70s, two uninjured children, and an injured 42-year-old man who later died in hospital.

  Crime

  Aug 18, 2022
• Cases are on the rise at youth protection centres across Quebec

  In the West Island alone, there was a 16 per cent increase in cases reported to the Batshaw Youth and Family Centres in 2021-22 compared to the year prior.

  Canada

  Jun 14, 2022
• Work resumes on future Batshaw youth centre in Beaconsfield, Que.

  Crews are back on the job to finish phase one of the Batshaw youth readaptation centre in Beaconsfield and open the facility by June.

  Canada

  Jan 14, 2021
• Quebec premier promises action on child abuse following report of abused teenager

  It's the second time that youth protection authorities in the region have been accused of ignoring repeated reports of child abuse. In March, the local authority was placed under provincial trusteeship.

  Crime

  Nov 26, 2020
• Quebec commission on youth protection system to begin this fall

  A commission looking into the problems of youth protection services across the province starts next month.

  Canada

  Sep 12, 2019
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• This week on ‘Focus Montreal’: May 18, 2019

  This week on Focus Montreal, learn about problems with the youth protection system, seminars for parents at the Montreal Centre for Learning Disabilities and more.

  Canada

  May 19, 2019
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• Quebec City police investigate after toddlers found locked alone in apartment

  Quebec City police are investigating after two toddlers were left alone and locked in the room of an apartment.

  Crime

  Jun 12, 2018