Exploring Theme: "Child and Youth Advocate Recommendations"

STRENGTHENING FOUNDATIONS: ASSESSMENT, INFORMATION-SHARING AND COLLABORATION: AN INVESTIGATIVE REVIEW The investigative review covers the deaths of nine young people who died over a 14-month period in 2018–2019, seven of whom were Indigenous, “highlighting the disproportionate number of Indigenous young people who come to the attention of child-serving systems… Over the past 25 years, there have...

Saskatchewan Advocate for Children and Youth: 2020 Annual Report Reconciliation is also a stated priority for my office as part of our commitment and support to Indigenous children, families, and communities . We developed an Elder Advisory Council to advance reconciliation through their knowledge, wisdom, and guidance and to influence systems to embrace the principles...

“are they listening? Summary of Government Compliance with Recommendations Issued under The Advocate for Children and Youth Act” The 23 recommendations summarized here were contained inside the first four special reports released to the public. These include: Documenting the Decline: The Dangerous Space Between Good Intentions and Meaningful Interventions (Manitoba Advocate, 2018b) In Need of...

Nation Talk – Representative for Children and Youth Jennifer Charlesworth today released a report examining critical injuries and deaths of Métis children and youth. “Invisible Children: A Descriptive Analysis of Injury and Death Reports for Métis Children and Youth in British Columbia, 2015 to 2017” recognizes that Métis children and youth and their data have...

Response to Yukon Child and Youth Advocate Office Systemic Review and Recommendations. This spring the Yukon Child and Youth Advocate’s Office completed a review of Yukon’s system for children and youth in care. The report, Empty Spaces – Caring Connections: The Experiences of Child and Youth in Yukon Group Care, included 30 recommendations for the...

SSH…Listen! We Have Something to Say! Youth Voices from the North. A SPECIAL REPORT ON THE YOUTH SUICIDE CRISIS IN NORTHERN SASKATCHEWAN Regrettably, the staggering rate of suicide amongst Indigenous children and youth in Saskatchewan is one indication that change is needed. This picture is appalling, showing that suicide rates in our province are: 6...

A Special Report by the Manitoba Advocate for Children and Youth, 2021 REPORT The Office of the Children’s Advocate (now the Manitoba Advocate for Children and Youth) released a status update report on the Phoenix Sinclair Inquiry recommendations titled So Much Left To Do: Status Report on the 62 Recommendations from the Phoenix Sinclair Inquiry....

SO MUCH LEFT TO DO: STATUS REPORT ON THE 62 RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE PHOENIX SINCLAIR INQUIRY Office of the Children’s Advocate: Nov. 24, 2016 (29% of recommendations are completed) On March 25, 2011, Manitoba’s Attorney General Andrew Swan announced that the Honourable Ted Hughes would conduct an Inquiry to examine the circumstances surrounding the death...