Exploring Theme: "Govt. and Institution Issues"

Journalists can spur needed change but must take care not to add to trauma, say experts. Tracy Sherlock is a freelance journalist and journalism instructor, based in Vancouver. She is the editorial lead for the Spotlight: Child Welfare project. The Tyee: Reporting on the so-called child “welfare” system means working with vulnerable people who carry...

Too many Manitoba kids aging out of care into homelessness every year, says director CBC News: Every year, hundreds of children in Manitoba age out of the child welfare system, and advocates say too little is being done to offer early transitional support. Now, some want the age cutoff for kids in care scrapped entirely....