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RCYBC – Annual Report and Service Plan 2025/26 to 2027/28
OCTOBER 9, 2025 The Representative has released the Annual Report 2024/25 and Service Plan 2025/26 to 2027/28. This report includes details on the activities of the Office in 2024/25 and planned projects and initiatives through to 2027/28. Read the report here. NT4
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BC Falls Short After a Child’s Horrific Death – The Tyee
July 17, 2025 An independent watchdog says the government hasn’t made the changes needed to keep kids safe. One year after a horrific report describing how an 11-year-old boy in government care was tortured and isolated before he died, some progress has been made. But not enough, says B.C.’s representative for children and youth. Jennifer […]
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Province advances systemic changes to integrate social services, prevent crises
July 15, 2025 VICTORIA – On the one-year anniversary of the release of the representative for children and youth’s (RCY) Don’t Look Away report, the Province is providing an update on its co-ordinated cross-government work across several ministries to better integrate social services and move to a more prevention-based model of support for children and […]
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B.C.’s Representative for Children and Youth renews call for tangible, on-the-ground changes to ensure child well-being
July 15 , 2 02 5 Victoria – One year after the high -profile report focusing on the preventable death of an 11 -year-old boy in the Fraser Valley, B .C .’s independent oversight office for children and youth says more must be done to ensure young people are safe and supported to thrive in […]
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RCYBC: Accessibility Plan 2025-28
MAY 27, 2025 RCY is actively working to create a more inclusive and accessible future. RCY’s Accessibility Plan has been drafted to act as a guide in catalyzing shifts in organizational culture, to enable full and effective participation for all staff and clients, and ensure inclusion and belonging so that we can do our best […]
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BCMF Feedback on Proposed Changes to Designated Representative for Métis Peoples
Vancouver, British Columbia, May 21, 2025 — The BC Métis Federation (BCMF) has submitted a formal letter to the Ministry of Children and Family Development (MCFD), expressing serious concerns about the proposed changes to the designated representative for Métis Peoples in British Columbia. The Ministry’s proposal would see Métis Nation British Columbia (MNBC) assume the […]
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Vancouver Island sees Indigenous push for child welfare control – APTN News
May 14, 2025 Vancouver Island Nations have been working to assume jurisdiction over their children. Fragments of broken pottery and glass lie scattered along the remote beaches of the Smith and Seymour Inlets on the B.C. coast, the only remains of the once-lively villages that belonged to the Gwa’sala and ‘Nakwaxda’xw Peoples. Already ravaged by […]
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Knucwentwecw Society Breaks Ground on New Child and Family Services Building
On Thursday, May 8, following a ceremonial blessing of the land, Knucwentwecw Society broke ground on its future home on Quigli Drive, within the Coyote Rock commercial subdivision on Williams Lake First Nation’s reserve lands. The new Child and Family Services building will provide vital space and services for Indigenous children, youth, and families, while […]
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