Amanda, Savannah, Rowen and Serena: From loss to Learning
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 …
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Representative Honours Social Workers
“Child protection is not every social worker’s first choice. Beyond the formal skills, the job requires toughness, warmth, intelligence, compassion, decisiveness and determination. It has been called the hardest job in government.” Honourable Ted Hughes, BC Children and Youth Review…
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Representative’s Report #2 – Reviews and investigations: October 1, 2007 – January 31, 2008
System of Services for Children and Youth with Special Needs
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.
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Overview of the child critical injury and death investigation and review process in B.C.
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 …
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2007 Progress Report on the Implementation of the Recommendations of the “Hughes Review”
The first in a series of reports covering the actual, on-the-ground implementation of the 62 recommendations of the April 2006 B.C. Children and Youth Review (the “Hughes Review“).
Two further progress were produced in Dec. 2008 and Nov. …
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Service Plan 2007/08 to 2009/10
A plan reflecting the Office of the Representative for Children and Youth’s goals and objectives for 2007/08 to 2009/10.
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Representative’s Report #1- Reviews and investigations: June 1 – September 30, 2007
Editorial in the Vancouver Sun on standardized testing
The Representative comments on the benefits of standardized testing for tracking outcomes and planning interventions for vulnerable students.
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