Reports & Publications
Fragile Lives Fragmented System - Jan. 2011 (1.5 MB)
This review looks into the lives of 21 infants who died before the age of two years old between June 1, 2007 and May 1, 2009. All infants' families were involved with the Ministry of Children and Family Development (MCFD).
This is an aggregate review - a collective look at deaths that occurred under similar circumstances. This is the Representative's first aggregate review, and it is different from any of the reviews or reports published to date. An aggregate review allows us to learn from these tragedies and see if there are ways to imporove the systems that support vulnerable families in British Columbia.
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Response to CYR Report - Fragile Lives - Feb 2011 (2) (333.4 KB)
BC failing its aboriginal children by Gary Mason - Globe and Mail (86.6 KB)
Representative for Children and Youth Annual Report - Apr 2009 to Mar 2010 (6.6 MB)
This Representative for Children and Youth's 2009/10 annual report marks 36 months of work since the establishment of our Office in 2007.
At the very heart of or work is the individual advocacy we do to assist those young ones who are struggling against proverty, abuse, addictions, family violence, isloation or other challenges. Many face an uphill battle but many are kids who never got a chance.
Child in the Home of a Relative Report: BC Representative for Children & Youth (2 MB)
This report is on the audit completed by the Office of the Representative for Children and Youth, on government’s Child in the Home of a Relative program. Child in the Home of a Relative (CIHR) was a financial assistance program developed to help relatives care for children who could not be cared for by their parents. This program is being phased out by government after several decades of existence. No new applicants are being accepted; however, anyone previously in the CIHR program keeps existing benefits.
Statistics Canada: Risk factors & chronic conditions among Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal populations
In Canada, the prevalence of behavioural risk factors and chronic conditions differs for Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal populations, but little research has examined changes over time. This study compares several major risk factors and chronic conditions in Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal populations not living on reserves in the North (Yukon, Northwest Territories, Nunavut) and in southern Canada at two time points.
The Representative for Children and Youth: Honouring Christian Lee – No Private Matter: Protecting Children Living With Domestic Violence
Domestic violence is everyone's responsibility. The child welfare, criminal justice and family justice systems must all work together to provide effective support for victims and especially for children in these dangerous, and sometimes lethal situations. They are not working together now and the need for change is urgent.
INAC Discussion Paper - Changes to Indian Act affecting Indian Registration and Band Membership
Representative for Children & Youth: Housing, Help and Hope - A Better Path for Struggling Families, July 2009
The Representative's Investigation examines a case in which the system of support to vulnerable families failed, and the child protection system intervened in the most intrusive way – with shattering results. A young First Nations couple, willing and able to nurture their two-month-old boy, needed short-term assistance with housing. Despite discretion in the system to help them, they did not receive it.
MCFD Aboriginal Children in Care Report, October 2009
Indigenous Children's Health Report: Health Assessment in Action
This report documents what we know about the health of Indigenous children (from birth to age twelve) and evaluates the quality of Indigenous child health data collection in Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and the United States. Striking Indigenous/non-Indigenous health disparities were identified in all four countries. This report was funded by Health Canada. It was conducted by a team of international Indigenous child health researchers, led by Dr. Janet Smylie.
Joint Special Report: Kids, Crime and Care
Moving Upstream: Aboriginal Marginalized and Street-Involved Youth in B.C.
"Looking for Something to Look Forward to, …” A Five-Year Retrospective Review of Child and Youth Suicide in B.C.
Statistics Canada - Aboriginal Peoples Survey: Inuit health and social conditions.
Note to readers - This is the first of three reports presenting results from the 2006 Aboriginal Peoples Survey (APS), conducted between October 2006 and March 2007. The2006 APS provides extensive data on Inuit, Métis and off-reserve First Nations children aged 6 to 14 and adults aged 15 and over living in urban, rural and northern locations across Canada.
The Road to Aboriginal Authority over Child & Family Services
