From the CMHA newsletter: W. Brett Wilson, Dragons’ Den denizen becomes the honorary 300,000th Canadian trained in MHFA More than 300,000 people in Canada are now trained in Mental Health First Aid (MHFA). To commemorate…
An excerpt from Policy Options on Canada’s crossover youth: …Unfortunately, many Canadian youth involved in the child protection system tend to end up in the criminal justice system at one point or another. Findings from a…
From Youth Today: Research has shown that adolescent parenthood is far more common among young people in foster care than among their peers in the general population. Potential explanations for the high rate of parenthood…
The Manitoba government is raising awareness of the serious issue of sexual violence in recognition of Sexual Assault Awareness Month, Sustainable Development Minister Rochelle Squires, minister responsible for status of women, announced today. “As sexual…
MANITOBA GOVERNMENT RELEASE Province proposes Child and Family Services Amendment Act (Taking Care of Our Children) Changes will lead to development of culturally-cpecific models of customary care: Fielding The Manitoba government has introduced initial amendments…
MANITOBA GOVERNMENT NEWS RELEASE Expands role of the Children’s Advocate to enhance health, well-being of children: Fielding The Manitoba government will proclaim The Advocate for Children and Youth Act to come into force March 15,…
A report in the B.C. publication The Tyee discusses the issue of the difficulties faced by children when one or more of their parents is in prison. The study says that about 350,000 children across the country…
In advance of the upcoming meeting with Jane Philpott, federal Minister of Indigenous Services, on January 25-26, 2018, provincial and territorial ministers responsible for child and family services convened to discuss emerging opportunities. The ministers…
A recent story from Rise magazine’s Building a Bridge workbook tells the story of how an American birth mother, whose son was taken into foster care for a time, began to trust, and eventually develop a relationship…
A group called Treehouse in Seattle is helping to ensure young people in foster care graduate from high school. Starting in 2012, they set an ambitious goal: Raise the high school graduation rate for foster…