Media Release For immediate release July 6, 2018 Opinion Survey Finds Most British Columbians Unaware That Children Allowed to Work at 12 Years of Age Vancouver – A June public opinion survey commissioned by First Call: BC Child and Youth Advocacy Coalition found that only 6% of British Columbians could MORE
Join Elizabeth Fry in calling on the Government of Canada to ensure the rights of homeless and other vulnerable children are protected. The government’s current rules and delivery of financial programs do not often reach Canada’s poorest children due to lack of access. EFry calls on the federal government to MORE
Canada will submit its 5th/6th report on children rights in Canada to the United Nations in September 2018. In advance of the release, the Canadian Coalition for the Rights of Children is focusing on five basic rights for children aged 0-18. Each right is associated with a summary, previous recommendations, MORE
Canada’s first federal Poverty Reduction Strategy is expected to be released within the next few weeks. Campaign 2000’s newly released child poverty data reveals a disturbing picture of the magnitude of child poverty in every federal riding. The ridings with the worst child poverty rates are home to the highest MORE
Over the past week, we have watched news stories about children forcibly separated from their parents at the United States-Mexico border. A few months into the U.S. President’s new ‘zero tolerance policy’ there is photo, video, and audio evidence showing children in distress, confined in cages, and housed in detention MORE
On June 15th, Senator Art Eggleton tabled a motion calling on the federal government to launch a national nutrition program for children and youth. The Coalition for Healthy School Food has been advocating for a national school food program since 2013. Coalition Coordinator Carolyn Webb explains that only one-third of MORE
The youth treatment guidelines developed by the BC Centre on Substance Use (BCCSU) and partners were released last week after an announcement by Judy Darcy, Minister of Mental Health and Addictions. In a news release, BCCSU outlines that the guidelines are a supplement to the provincial guidelines for treating opioid MORE
StarMetro Vancouver: B.C. begins paying back millions taken from welfare recipients on methadone StarMetro Vancouver: Canada detains migrant kids, too, and it needs to stop, experts say The Globe and Mail: Trump’s zero-tolerance policy inflicts anguish on kids – with toxic health impacts Maclean’s: Trudeau won’t condemn Trump’s migrant policy. MORE
The BC Coroners Service convened a death review panel in December 2017 to review the circumstances of young people who died while transitioning to independence from government child services between January 1, 2011 and December 31, 2016. The report found high rates of suicide, mental health issues, drug overdose deaths and a MORE
The Child Death Review Panel on Young Driver Deaths (Feb 2015) found that 106 young drivers died in crashes from 2004-2013. Since the introduction of British Columbia’s Graduated Licensing Program (GLP) in 1998, there has been a reduction in the number of young driver deaths. However, motor vehicle crashes remain the leading MORE
CBC News: Expand supports to youth leaving care, says B.C. coroner’s review of 200 deaths CBC News: B.C. government to fund 1,500 homes for women fleeing violence Tyee: Lessons from Care: ‘The Only Flaw in This System Is that Some of Us Survived’ StarMetro Vancouver: Mortality rate for youth in care exponentially higher than MORE
Active & Safe Central is a resource for children, youth and adults who engage in or facilitate sport and recreational activities, providing information on common injuries, risk factors, and injury prevention for their activity of choice. With approximately 90 per cent of injuries predictable and preventable, this new online resource helps MORE
Inclusion BC released their report, Stop Hurting Kids II: Restraint & Seclusion in BC Schools, containing the results of their provincial survey of parents and guardians of students with special needs. The report reveals that restraint and seclusion are still being routinely used instead of positive behaviour support programs in MORE
On April 24th Minister of Children and Family Development Katrine Conroy introduced the Child, Family and Community Service Amendment Act, 2018 (Bill 26). According to the government news release, the proposed changes are intended to facilitate greater involvement in child-welfare decisions by Indigenous communities to help keep their children out MORE
BC Coroners Service (BCCS) partnered with the First Nations Health Authority (FNHA) to convene a First Nations death review panel in December 2016 to review the circumstances of unexpected deaths of 95 First Nations youth and young adults (age 15 to 24 years), who died between January 1, 2010, and MORE