A recent training session on “Trends in Youth Drug Use” held at the General Authority featured timely information on young people and marijuana use, in light of the fact that Canada’s cannabis legislation (Bill C-45)…
The Winnipeg Child and Family Services Newcomer Unit may be small, but it has helped many people who are new to Canada settle in to their new homes and keep their families together. The brightly…
For youth in care, achieving employment success can be difficult, because they often have barriers to job success that other young people do not. Now, young people who are currently in care or who have…
Working with survivors of domestic violence and their families requires specific strategies, and sometimes it can be challenging for workers to hold the perpetrator accountable while keeping the children safe and together with the survivor.…
Caring Dads co-founder conducts training at GA December 2017—Recent Caring Dads facilitator training at the General Authority brought one of its founders, Tim Kelly, to Winnipeg from London, Ont., to conduct a two-day course with about…
Cookies with Santa event grows larger each year December 2017—Hundreds of children, fresh baked cookies to decorate, crafts, games and activities and of course, the chance to visit Santa and take home a gift. This…
Lifebook work helping Rural and Northern children with permanence Attending a conference in Ottawa provided Ginger Richards with her first glimpse of the importance of lifebook work. The regional adoption worker from Rural and Northern…
14th AGM focuses on ‘Promising Practice’ “Promising Practice” was the theme for this year’s General Authority AGM, and speakers shared inspiring stories of key elements of practice that are changing families’ lives for the better.…
Meet 2017 KIK Picnic’s angel donor! A Facebook video about foster children having to transport all their possessions in black garbage bags when they move to a new home was all it took to spur…
Eastman conducts CFS information sessions with educators July 2017—Eastman CFS has spent the past several months taking presentations on child and family services on the road. The presentations are hoped to encourage positive and open…