Our Reports


2010

January 19, 2010

Hearing the Voices of Children and Youth: A Child-Centered Approach to Complaint Resolution

In this report, Representative Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond and Ombudsperson Kim Carter identify seven ways for the Ministry of Children and Family Development to make its complaint process more accessible and responsive to the vulnerable young people it serves.

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2009 

November 12, 2009
RCY reviews and investigations of critical injuries or child deaths from June 1, 2009 to September 30, 2009.

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November 5, 2009

Service Plan 2010/11 - 2012/13

A plan reflecting the Office of the Representative for Children and Youth's goals and objectives from 2010/11 to 2012/13.

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September 29, 2009

The Representative for Children and Youth's 2008/09 Annual Report

The report highlights the activities and accomplishments of the Office on behalf of vulnerable children, and contains descriptions of specific advocacy cases and their outcomes/

 

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September 24, 2009

Honouring Christian Lee- No Private Matter: Protecting Children Living With Domestic Violence

In the weeks and days leading up to the murders of Christian Lee  and his mother, a coordinated system linking criminal law, child welfare and family justice information could have made a difference in the tragic outcome, says B.C.’s Representative for Children and Youth.

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July 28, 2009

Housing, Help and Hope: A Better Path for Struggling Families

A struggling young family needed short-term housing assistance so their baby could be safe, but instead the child was taken into government care. A Representative for Children and Youth investigation into a First Nations baby’s critical injury finds that many of the systemic factors that played a major role in the infant’s removal from his parents still exist today.

 

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July 9, 2009

Representative's Report #6 - Critical Injuries and Deaths: Reviews and Investigations

RCY reviews and investigations of critical injuries or child deaths from February 1, 2009 to May 31, 2009.

 

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March 18, 2009

Representative's Report #5 - Critical Injuries and Deaths: Reviews and Investigations

RCY reviews and investigations of critical injuries or child deaths from October 1, 2008 to January 31, 2009.

 

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February 23, 2009

Kids, Crime and Care: Youth Justice Experiences and Outcomes

A major B.C. study released today shows that although children and youth in care are at higher risk of becoming involved with the youth justice system, early interventions targeted at risk factors can change the paths of these vulnerable adolescents. The study is a joint project of the Representative for Children and Youth, and the Provincial Health Officer.

 

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Other Joint Special Reports of the Representative for Children and Youth and the Provincial Health Officer include:



2008
December 11, 2008

2008 Progress Report on the Implementation of the Recommendations of the BC Children and Youth Review ("Hughes Review")

The need for intensified government commitment to completing all of the Hughes recommendations is even more essential in challenging economic times, B.C.’s Representative for Children and Youth said today.

 

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 November 26, 2008

All children deserve equal access to the same programs, supports, opportunities and hopeful futures, especially children and youth with special needs, and their families. This is an update on the RCY report released in February 2008, which looked at the support system for children and youth with special needs. These reports examine how the Ministry of Children and Family Development and Community Living BC deliver these services.

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November 26, 2008

Service Plan 2009/10 - 2011/12

A plan reflecting the Office of the Representative for Children and Youth's goals and objectives from 2009/10 to 2011/12.

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November 4, 2008

Representative's Report #4, Critical injuries and deaths: Reviews and investigations

An overview of the reviews and investigations conducted by the Representative's office into critical injuries and deaths of BC children and youth who were in care or receiving reviewable services from June 1 - September 30, 2008 (78 Kb).

 


September 22, 2008

Issue Report: Medical Assessments in B.C.'s Youth Justice System

This report outlines the findings and recommendations of the Representative for Children and Youth following a review of court ordered physical assessments of youth under the federal Youth Criminal Justice Act.

Supplemental documents:


September 12, 2008 

B.C.'s Representative for Children and Youth, Annual Report: April 1, 2007 to March 31, 2008

The first-ever annual report from B.C.’s Representative for Children and Youth. This report provides a summary of the office's first year of work on behalf of the vulnerable children and youth of B.C.

 


 

July 9, 2008

Representative's Report #3, Critical Injuries and Deaths: Reviews and Investigations

An overview of the reviews and investigations conducted by the Representative's office into critical injuries and deaths of BC children and youth who were in care or receiving reviewable services from February 1 - May 31, 2008 (78 Kb).



 April 16, 2008

In April 2007, the Select Standing Committee on Children and Youth asked the Representative to investigate the deaths of four Northern B.C. children who died between 1999 and 2005. The detailed analysis that follows in this report focuses on identifying those enduring lessons that can be used to inform improvements to the child serving system and child protection (2.3 Mb).


For faster download, this report can also be viewed in three sections:

 

From Loss to Learning:  Executive Summary and Introduction

From Loss to Learning: Children's Stories 

From Loss to Learning: Findings and Recommendations

 


 

February 26, 2008

This Brief focuses on the accountabilities of the Ministry of Children and Family Development and Community Living BC with respect to the delivery of services to children and youth with special needs (1 Mb). 

 


February 26, 2008
An overview of the reviews and investigations conducted by the Representative's office into critical injuries and deaths of BC children and youth who were in care or receiving reviewable services from October 1 - January 31, 2008 (92 Kb).

  


February 2008

A summary of the roles and responsibilities of the Coroners Service, the Ministry of Children and Family Development, the Ombudsman, the Provincial Health Officer, the Public Guardian and Trustee and the Representative for Children and Youth in the review of critical injuries and deaths of children in British Columbia. This report describes how these public agencies collaborate to strengthen the system of supports for vulnerable children and youth (103 kb).

 


 

November 26, 2007
A plan reflecting the Office of the Representative for Children and Youth's goals and objectives from 2007/08 to 2009/10.
November 26, 2007
The first in a series of annual reports covering the actual, on-the-ground implementation of the 62 recommendations of the April 2006 BC Children and Youth Review (the "Hughes Review").

November 7, 2007

An overview of the reviews and investigations conducted by the Representative's office into critical injuries and deaths of BC children and youth who were in care or receiving reviewable services from June 1 - September 30, 2007 (92 Kb).

 


May 29, 2007

A Joint Special Report prepared by the Representative for Children and Youth and the Provincial Health Officer (2MB).

Other Joint Special Reports of the Representative for Children and Youth and the Provincial Health Officer include: