Previous Engagements 


The Representative for Children and Youth believes strongly in the benefits of collaboration in child-serving systems. She attends many meetings and speaking events with service providers, stakeholders, policy makers and children and youth. Some of the Representative’s meetings and speaking engagements since opening her Office April 1, 2007 include:


Meetings
   Child and Youth Serving Organizations
   Advisors to the Representative 
   Aboriginal Leadership/Organizations
   Government Bodies
   Other Public Sector Organizations
   Academia


Speaking Engagements

   Child and Youth Serving Organizations
   Aboriginal Leadership/Organizations
   Other Public Sector Organizations
   Academia


Meetings
 
Child and Youth Serving Organizations
  • Aboriginal Mothers Centre
  • Artemis Place
  • Association of Family Serving Agencies
  • BC Alliance on Mental Health and Addiction Services
  • BC Children’s Hospital
  • BC Centre for Ability
  • BC Child and Youth Mental Heath Network Committee
  • BC Council for Families
  • Big Brothers and Big Sisters - Victoria
  • Canadian Council of Provincial Child and Youth Advocates
  • Canadian Red Cross
  • Community Living British Columbia
  • Federation of BC Youth in Care Networks
  • Federation of Child & Family Services of BC
  • First Call Coalition
  • Human Early Learning Partnership
  • Infant Mental Health and Family Law Initiative
  • International Institute on Child Rights and Development
  • Justice for Girls
  • Mary Manning Centre
  • Pacific Centre Family Services Association
  • Queen Alexandra Foundation for Children
  • Vancouver Island Health Authority
  • Victoria Family Court and Youth Justice Committee
  • Youth Advocacy Coalition
  • YWCA
  • 2010 Legacies Now/LEAP BC - Aboriginal Learners Engagement Project
Advisors to the Representative
  • Advisory Committee on Children and Youth with Special Needs
  • Multi-Disciplinary Team
Aboriginal Leadership/Organizations
  • Aboriginal Delegated Agencies Directors’ Forum
  • BC Association of Aboriginal Friendship Centres
  • Caring for First Nations Children Society
  • Carrier Sekani Family Services
  • First Nations and Aboriginal Child and Family Services Agencies
  • First Nations Education Steering Committee
  • First Nations Summit
  • Joint Aboriginal Management Committee
  • Lheidli T’enneh First Nation
  • Métis Nation of BC
  • Prince George Native Friendship Centre
  • Sto:lo Tribal Council
  • Surrounded by Cedar Child and Family Services
  • The Native Youth Centre
  • Union of British Columbia Indian Chiefs
  • Vancouver Aboriginal Friendship Centre
  • Vancouver Coastal Aboriginal Planning Committee
  • Vancouver Island Aboriginal Transition Team

Government Bodies

  • BC’s Children’s Forum
  • Children’s Commissioner, New Zealand
  • Ministry of Children and Family Development (including the Prince George Youth Custody Centre and various programs, offices and locations across the province)
  • Select Standing Committee on Children and Youth
  • The City of Prince George
Other Public Sector Organizations
  • BC Association of Social Workers
  • BC Business Council
  • BC Centre for Excellence for Women’s Health
  • BC Government and Service Employees Union
  • BC Teacher’s Federation
  • Canadian Institute for the Administration of Justice
  • Joint Vancouver and Surrey FASD Roundtable
  • National Centre for Child Death Review (USA)
Academia
  • Simon Fraser University, Children’s Health Policy Centre
  • The University of Victoria, Centre for Youth and Society
  • The University of Victoria, Office of Indigenous Affairs
  • The University of Victoria, School of Child and Youth Care
Speaking Engagements
 
Child and Youth Serving Organizations
  • Child Welfare League of Canada
  • Community Living British Columbia
  • Community Living Society
  • First Call Coalition
  • Greater Victoria Child and Family Counselling Association (AGM)
  • McCreary Centre Society (AGM)
  • National Symposium on Child and Youth Mental Health
  • Queen Alexandra Foundation for Children (AGM)
  • Queen Alexandra Foundation for Children Learning Symposium
  • The Minerva Foundation
  • Vancouver Inner City Education Society – Inner City Schools Conference
  • YMCA-YWCA Young Women’s Leadership Development Conference
  • YWCA Annual Membership Meeting
Aboriginal Leadership/Organizations
  • BC Aboriginal Education Partners Meeting
  • BC Aboriginal Justice Forum
  • BC First Nations Chiefs Forum
  • Caring for First Nations Children Society (Partnership Meeting)
  • First Nations Education Steering Committee
  • Métis Nation of BC (AGM)
  • Provincial Conference on Aboriginal Education
  • Vancouver Island Aboriginal Transition Team
Other Public Sector Organizations
  • BC Association of Social Workers
  • BC Government and Service Employees Union
  • BC Institute for Safe Schools and Communities
  • BC School Counsellors Conference
  • BC School Superintendents Association (Fall Conference)
  • International Bar Association’s fall conference: “Indigenous Laws: Practice, Conflict & Harmonization”
  • Law Society of BC, Access to Justice Committee
  • Legal Services Society, Provincial Training
  • Conference for Legal Advocates
  • National Roundtable on the Development of a Canadian Model for Calculating the Economic Impact of FASD: Youth Justice Component
  • Oak Bay Restorative Justice (AGM)
  • Public Sector Lawyers Section of the Canadian Bar Association, BC Branch
  • Reforming the Family Relations Act: A Dialogue for Change
  • Youth Justice Forum
Academia
  • Douglas College – Professional Development Day
  • The University of BC - BC Healthy Child Development Alliance Forum
  • The University of Northern BC – Guest Lecturer
  • The University of Victoria – President’s Distinguished Lecture Series
  • The University Women’s Club of Vancouver – Hycroft Lecture