Exploring Theme: "Coroner Reports"

“SAFE WITH INTERVENTION” – REPORT OF THE EXPERT PANEL ON THE DEATHS OF CHILDREN AND YOUTH IN RESIDENTIAL PLACEMENTS SEPTEMBER 2018. OFFICE OF THE CHIEF CORONER In the first six months of 2017, five young people died in residential placements. All of the young people were in the care of a Children’s Aid Society or...

VERDICT OF CORONER’S JURY: KATELYNN ANGEL SAMPSON An Act to enshrine Katelynn’s Principle as the guiding principle for decisions affecting children would recognize every child in the child welfare, youth justice and education systems as an individual with rights who must be at the centre of all decision-making affecting them. The private member’s bill was...