Exploring Theme: "Child and Youth Advocate Reports"

According to the child advocate, 72 per cent of child who died in care were First Nation, Inuit or Métis. APTN News: Alberta child advocate, Terri Pelton’s latest annual report on youth in the Alberta child welfare system shows the perennial continuation of too many Indigenous youth being severely injured or dying while in the system, or shortly...

Almost 90 per cent of those deaths this summer were Indigenous young people. Audra Foggin, associate professor of social work at Mount Royal University, says no one should be surprised at the high number of deaths among Indigenous youth. Photo via MRU. The Tyee: Data from Alberta’s Ministry of Children and Family Services shows that 89...

Among the 47 young people who passed away, 35 were Indigenous. Terri Pelton, provincial Child and Youth Advocate, has provided an update to the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly on her office’s investigative reviews spanning from April 1, 2023 to March 31, 2024. Reviews were completed and publicly released for 47 young people who were...

“This represents a massive 29.4 per cent increase in deaths of children in care over last year. This is an outrage” Published Nov 28, 2023  •  Last updated 9 hours ago  •  3 minute read The Tyee: Edmonton Journal – Published Nov 28, 2023  •  Last updated 9 hours ago Alberta’s child and youth advocacy agency released its annual report Tuesday revealing a...

WARNING: This article contains details of self-harm. 14 of the 18 youths were Indigenous CBC News: Four months after child intervention workers withdrew services, 13-year-old Wren died from a drug overdose. The Alberta girl, who loved to hike, camp and swim, had a traumatic upbringing marked by family violence and addiction. She began harming herself...

NationTalk: Edmonton…Terri Pelton, Alberta’s Child and Youth Advocate, has released a summary report of investigation statistics and trends over a 10-year period, beginning with the Office of the Child and Youth Advocate’s (OCYA) independence from government. This summary report focuses on 634 serious injuries or deaths of young people between April 1, 2012 and March...