| Fellow, Laidlaw Foundation of Ontario | Ontario Child Advocate 2008-2019 | Officer of the Order of Canada /Husband, Dad
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Very glad to have offered support to this work. Part of a clarion call for change.
Thank you Paul Bennett and Elizabeth Lance
macdonaldlaurier.ca/the-brok…
How does a teen with complex special needs end up constrained to his bed, emaciated, in dire health , after two calls to child protection.
My CBC interview this morning
Full interview cbc.ca/listen/live-radio/1-1…
Over 150 years ago the child protection system we call “child welfare” was created out of the animal protection system. A risk assessment system that has not changed in its bones for over a century and a half.
DCI-Canada intervening at Supreme Court of Canada in UR Pride v Saskatchewan.
When government invokes the notwithstanding clause to suspend Charter rights, can courts still determine whether those rights have been infringed? statement and backgrounder:
dci-canada.org/?p=2020
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CWTTC founding member Andy Koster sat down to reflect upon the Sixties Scoop in Ontario, Canada with Stacey Laforme, poet and former Gimma (Chief) of the Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation. See the full interview here: youtube.com/watch?v=etbpO8hr…
I encourage you to attend this series from my dear friends at the Janus Korczak Association of Canada.
childinthecentre.ca/?utm_sou…
This statement from the Sudbury CAS now former Board is why the Minister of Children, Community and Social Services @MichaelParsa who must resign. An independent transparent public inquiry centering on the voices of young people and@ parents must be called.
It is enough!
Completely alarming that the Ministry claims children in care were in harms way. There should be a public inquiry.
Now that a supervisor has been appointed @MichaelParsa should resign
ctvnews.ca/northern-ontario/…
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The Plight of Children in Care: Why is the Child Welfare System Broken and How Can it Be Repaired? My latest Educhatter Commentary looks at the situation in Nova Scotia #cdnpoli #NSpoli #NSchildwelfare #NSCSW
educhatter.wordpress.com/202…
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@MichaelParsa the meageer investment into the passport funding program is like whatever. However the disrespect you continue to show support workers that help our community isnt forgotten. Just @PaulCalandra you don't get it. This isn't about numbers this about people.
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Systems of child welfare preserve and perpetuate deeply colonial relations. This podcast introduces the work of The Child Welfare TRUTH-Telling Collective.
Take a listen at childwelfarecollective.org/p…
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People really do NOT understand the grave injustice that has been done to so many children with complex needs that have been denied supports. @irwinelman It is bigger than people can understand. Children are all of our responsibility & we are failing them every day.
Today is Child and Youth In Care Day in Ontario.
It is a day of recognition for children who are too often invisible — and too often silenced. A day to say: We see you. You matter.
Read how and why young people forced the Province to create the day.
theelman.com/index.php/2026/…
Oh for God’s sake Minister @MichaelParsa !
“Hearts go out. One death is too many” ?
thestar.com/news/gta/woman-a…
Join me for what I hope is a critical “warts and all” discussion on youth participation into policy and legislation making. Register here. torontomu.zoom.us/webinar/re…
Please take a moment to watch this memorial service for four year old Naveah.
“A child who was failed by the system meant to protect her deserves to be“
“We choose to remember. We choose to say her name. Naveah”
I invite @MichaelParsa to do the same
youtube.com/live/4PAIzbHCzYM…
A really profound article.
That the surviving young boy who was living in the foster home with his brother who was murdered is now back living with his birth mother is telling.
cbc.ca/news/canada/hamilton/…
On May 3 2022 4 yr old Naveah was found dead in a dumpster in Toronto.
I call upon @TPSOperations to publicly update the public on the investigation into her death.
We must remember Naveah
Read about my call
theelman.com/index.php/2026/…
This is a really good tool that helps understand what is at stake for children their rights and all of us in the series of referendums that will be held in Alberta this fall.
albertareferendumb2026.ca/
