Province of British Columbia
40th Parliament – 2013
Select Standing Committee on Children and Youth
INDEX

Thomas-Wightman, Dawn

As subject
work in government and services to children and families (Sieben, M.) 5:0920
Children
child protection workers
directors of practice 5:1300
programs and services for children and families
service delivery areas and local services 5:1300
Children and Family Development Ministry
briefing to committee on ministry overview 5:0925, 5:1120, 5:1235-1240, 5:1300
director of aboriginal services, role 5:1240
issues and priorities 5:1120
staff training 5:1120
First Nations
child protection system
government policies and framework 5:0925, 5:1120
children in government care
children in government care 3:1120
delegated aboriginal agencies
government support and partnership forum 5:1120
practice standards and supports 5:1235, 5:1300
staff qualifications 5:1235-1240
programs and services for children and families
cultural training for service providers 5:1120
nation-to-nation process 5:1120
Thornthwaite, Jane (North Vancouver–Seymour)

As subject
election as Chair of Children and Youth Committee (Bernier) 1:1205 (Ryan-Lloyd, K.) 1:1205
Australia
mental health services for children and youth 3:1255
Children
advocacy services
performance measurement of services in other jurisdictions 3:1050
child protection system
risk management 5:1225
child protection workers
government oversight and policy requirements 5:1225-1230
hiring and qualifications 5:1235
children in government care
care plans, requirements and compliance 3:1350
frequent moves 2:1410
Children and Family Development Ministry
relationship with Children and Youth Committee 5:1255
relationship with Children and Youth Committee, presentations to committee 3:1355
relationship with Children and Youth Committee, proposal for regular meeting schedule 5:1225, 5:1330-1335
work and deadlines, impact of 2013 general election 3:1350
Children and Youth Committee
election of Chair and Deputy Chair 1:1205
meeting agenda for Sept. 23 meeting 2:1210
meeting locations 2:1420
meeting schedule 1:1220-1225, 2:1215, 2:1420, 5:1335
meeting schedule and agenda items 3:1355-1405, 4:1410
members 2:1205-1210
members, attendance and introduction 3:0905
relationship with other ministries 5:1330
review of reports 1:1220-1225
review of reports and work of committee 3:1355
role and responsibilities 5:1315
special project on youth mental health and addiction, proposal 4:1345, 4:1405-1410
subcommittee on agenda and procedure, appointment 1:1205
subcommittee on child poverty, work of subcommittee 4:1345
work of committee, special projects 1:1220, 4:1345
First Nations
child protection system
system in other jurisdictions 4:1330
delegated aboriginal agencies, staff qualifications 5:1235
programs and services for children and families 2:1335
Foster care
system, requirements and support for foster parents 2:1410
Foster, Leslie T., and Brian Wharf
People, Politics and Child Welfare in British Columbia 1:1225
Hansard
removal of name from report 4:1320
Hogg, Gordon
mention in book on child protection system 1:1225
James, Carole
election as Deputy Chair of Children and Youth Committee 1:1205
Mental health
mental health of children and youth
services in other jurisdictions 3:1205
Representative for Children and Youth
performance measurement and reporting 3:1050
recommendations, follow-up 5:1310-1315, 5:1330-1335
relationship with Children and Family Development Ministry 5:1225
relationship with Children and Family Development Ministry, ministry process for response to reports 5:1255
reports
report on care plans for children in government care, timelines for recommendations 3:1350
report on case of First Nations child transferred to Saskatchewan 4:1030-1035
report on programs and services for First Nations children and families 4:1330
report on youth mental health services 3:1205
Saskatchewan
transfer of child in government care to family caregiver, role of social workers 4:1035
Sieben, Mark
comments on Children and Family Development Ministry relationship with Children and Youth Committee 5:1330
Social workers
professionalism 4:1035, 5:1225
Training and education savings grant program See Registered education savings plans
Trauma, Turmoil and Tragedy: Understanding the Needs of Children and Youth at Risk of Suicide and Self-Harm report See Reports, report on children and youth at risk of suicide and self-harm under Representative for Children and Youth
Turpel-Lafond, Mary Ellen

Adoption
program review 4:1135
system, ministerial responsibility 4:1110
Alberta
child advocacy services 3:1050
mental health services for children and youth, tour by Representative for Children and Youth staff 4:0920
Assembly of First Nations
meeting, attendance by Representative for Children and Youth 4:0915
Australia
mental health services for children and youth 3:1145, 3:1205
Brown, Stephen
work with Representative for Children and Youth as Children and Family Development Deputy Minister 2:1215
Canadian Council of Child and Youth Advocates
training conference in 2013 3:0915
training conference in 2013, hosting 2:1230
Child, Family and Community Service Act
amendments 3:1325-1330
Children
advocacy services
performance measurement of services in other jurisdictions 3:1050-1055
child abuse and neglect 2:1315
child deaths and critical injuries
undetermined cause of death 3:1035
child protection system
direct services and service coordination 3:1315
duty of care 3:1325
information management and collaboration 2:1315
intervention measures 2:1315
mediation funding 4:1255
ministry responsible 4:1105
oversight 3:1330
residential services for complex needs 2:1340-1400
residential services, oversight 2:1405
child protection workers
guardianship social worker role 3:1305-1310
supervisory positions 3:1340
work hours and scheduling 3:1315
children at risk and child vulnerability 2:1220
children at risk and child vulnerability, preventive role of government investment 2:1400
children in government care 2:1220-1225
care plans, quality of files 3:1335-1340
care plans, requirements and compliance 3:1305-1315, 3:1325-1335, 3:1350
care plans, templates 3:1315
face-to-face visits with social workers 3:1310
frequent moves and tracking 2:1305-1310, 2:1320
incidence of sexual assault and sexual exploitation 2:1250
interprovincial child transfers and cooperation among jurisdictions 4:0955-1030, 4:1055
medical assessment 2:1325
need for stability 3:1345
placement of high-needs children 2:1415
placements and cultural policies 4:1045, 4:1155
recording of life events 3:1300-1305, 3:1345, 4:1310
support for youth and transition to adult status 3:1320, 3:1345
life events, recording 3:1300
programs and services for children and families 2:1220
ministerial responsibility 4:1105-1110
programs and services 4:0925
training for service providers 2:1405
trauma-informed and trauma support services 2:1310, 2:1320-1335
rights 4:1155
special needs children
funding for services 2:1350
special needs children and youth
ministerial responsibility 4:1105-1110
Children and Family Development Ministry
deputy ministers and operations 2:1215-1220
documentation of First Nations service delivery 4:1110-1115, 4:1320
ministry culture and actions during audit process 3:1305
performance measurement and reporting 4:1250
provincial office of domestic violence 2:1240, 3:0940
reporting from north region 3:1335
responsibilities, service lines 4:1105-1110, 4:1130, 4:1150, 4:1310, 4:1320, 4:1330
staff, First Nations representation 4:1200
work and deadlines, impact of 2013 general election 3:1350
Children and Youth Committee
review of reports 3:1300
work of committee, examination of services for First Nations children 4:1335
Children, early childhood development
early childhood education and child care, ministry responsible 4:1105
Chow, Janice
work for Representative for Children and Youth 3:1300
Community Living B.C.
establishment and role 4:1125
Corrections system
system, report 4:0930
Cowichan Tribes
child and family services, adoption component 4:1145
Crime and criminals
child abuse convictions 2:1315
children of incarcerated or released parents 4:0930
Disabled and handicapped persons
community living services for persons 19 and older, transition from children's services 3:0910
Education
education of First Nations people 2:1255
English-as-a-second-language programs, credits toward graduation 3:0920
personalized learning model, support for children of low-income families 4:0925
students in government care 3:1320
students in government care, government reporting 3:0935
students in government care, status and support 2:1230, 2:1305, 3:0930-0935
Energy and Mines Ministry
meeting with Representative for Children and Youth 4:1250
Family Law Act
provisions on protection orders 3:0925
Finance and Government Services Committee
review of Representative for Children and Youth budget 4:0920
First Nations
child deaths and critical injuries 4:1135
child protection system
federal funding for prevention work 4:1155
First Nations leadership in system 4:1200
government funding, policies and framework 4:1110-1200, 4:1155-1200, 4:1235-1300, 4:1310-1335
history 4:1120
system 4:1010, 4:1020, 4:1055, 4:1110
system and self-government 4:1155-1200
system in other jurisdictions 4:1330-1335
children
adoption of children 4:1135, 4:1145
government policies and framework 2:1255, 2:1335
issues and root causes 2:1255
safe sleeping arrangements and access to cribs 4:1135
children in government care 2:1225
care plans and cultural plans 3:1310-1320
cultural support 4:1310
interprovincial child transfers 4:1000-1010
delegated aboriginal agencies 2:1330-1335, 3:1335-1340, 3:1350, 4:1135-1155, 4:1330
capacity and staff qualifications 4:1145
practice standards 4:1245-1250
quality assurance 4:1325-1330
reporting 4:1150, 4:1200
friendship centres, role 4:1150
programs and services for children and families
2009 federal-provincial report 4:1115
nation-to-nation process 4:1110-1115, 4:1125-1130, 4:1150-1155, 4:1235, 4:1255, 4:1325-1330
programs and services 2:1255, 2:1335
regional aboriginal authorities 4:1110-1115, 4:1125, 4:1150, 4:1325
unmet service needs 4:1135-1140
youth 2:1255
First Nations, treaties
negotiations 4:1120
Foster care
criminal-record checks and home assessments 4:1000
system, requirements and support for foster parents 2:1410-1415
training for foster parents 2:1405, 2:1415
Government
core review, impact on services to children with special needs 2:1350
integrated case management system 2:1235, 2:1300, 3:0920
integrated case management system, impact on plans for children in care 3:1340-1345
Group homes
government initiative 4:0930
group homes for children and youth, behaviour management strategies and use of restraint 2:1405-1410
therapeutic group homes, closings 2:1415
Hansard
removal of name from report 4:1305
Heavener, Cory
work for Representative for Children and Youth and position as provincial director of child welfare 2:1215-1220
Immigration
immigrant and refugee children and youth 3:0920
Income
income disparity 4:0925
low-income families and households
government support 4:0925, 4:0935
Indian Act (federal)
amendments 4:1120
Justice system
Crown counsel, priorities 3:0945
handling of domestic violence cases, protection orders 3:0925, 3:0940-0950
handling of domestic violence cases, role of prosecution service 3:0945
meeting of federal, provincial and territorial ministers of justice on violence against aboriginal women 4:0930-0935
review, report and recommendations 3:0945
youth justice system, ministry responsible 4:1105
Kw'umut Lelum Child and Family Services Society
work of organization 4:1135
Legislature
Officers of the Legislature
performance measures and reporting 3:0955
Lower Mainland
mental health care for children and youth, acute care services 4:0920
The Maples Adolescent Treatment Centre
facility 3:1125, 3:1155, 4:0920
MLAs
constituency offices, public information materials on Representative for Children and Youth 2:1240
Mental health
mental health and addiction in children and youth
treatment services 4:0920-0925
mental health of children and youth
acute care services 3:1125, 3:1140, 4:0920, 4:0930
early intervention 2:1320
ministerial responsibility 4:1110
service system diagram 3:1105
services 2:1320, 2:1335, 2:1355, 4:0920
services and experiences of youth 3:1105-1145, 3:1155-1205
services in other jurisdictions 3:1140-1145, 3:1205, 4:0920
transition to adult services 3:1125
mental illness
awareness 3:1115
costs and economic impact of untreated illness 3:1140
incidence 3:1110
mental illness and addiction
need for clinical expert panel 4:0925
treatment services 4:0920-0925
Missing Women Commission of Inquiry (Oppal Commission)
recommendations 4:0935
New York Times
article on post-secondary education support for children coming out of care 3:0910
Ontario
child advocacy services 3:1050
Post-secondary education
accessibility, admission requirements and prerequisites 2:1305
accessibility for children coming out of government care 3:0930
student financial assistance, loans 3:0935
tuition fees, waivers for youth in government care system 2:1225-1230, 3:0910-0915, 3:0930-0935
Poverty
child poverty
government action 4:0925
report 4:0925
reduction, regional poverty strategies 4:0935
Prince George
tasering of child by police, prior experiences of child and conditions of care 2:1340-1350, 2:1415
Prostitution
survival sex work 2:1250
Provincial Health Services Authority
mental illness and addiction treatment services 4:0925
Public Guardian and Trustee
review of audit results from Representative for Children and Youth report 3:1325
Representative for Children and Youth
advocacy and outreach
activities 3:1040
caseload 2:1225
expansion of mandate and services 2:1225, 3:0905-0910, 3:1025, 4:0920
underrepresented regions 3:1045
auditing and monitoring activities 2:1230-1235, 2:1245
auditing and monitoring activities, audit process 3:1300-1305
awards program 2:1230, 3:0915-0920
budget and operations, supplementary funding 2:1225, 3:1025
investigation of child injuries and deaths
data collection and reporting 3:1035
office locations 2:1220
performance measurement and reporting 3:0955
performance measurement and reporting, indicators 3:1050-1055
recommendations, follow-up 2:1240-1245, 3:0920
relationship with Children and Family Development Ministry 2:1240-1245
relationship 3:1040
relationship with Children and Youth Committee 2:1215
relationship with Community Living B.C. 3:0910
reports
forthcoming reports 2:1230, 3:0920, 4:0915-0920
process and public response 3:1040
report and recommendations on children and youth at risk of suicide and self-harm 2:1305-1310
report on care plans for children in government care 3:1300-1310
report on care plans for children in government care, recommendations 3:1315-1325
report on care plans for children in government care, timelines for recommendations 3:1350
report on case of First Nations child transferred to Saskatchewan 2:1225, 4:0935-1055
report on child tasering incident and child protection system 2:1335-1350
report on programs and services for First Nations children and families 4:1105-1200, 4:1235-1335
report on programs and services for First Nations children and families, government response 4:1335
report on programs and services for First Nations children and families, ministry documentation 4:1115, 4:1320
report on programs and services for First Nations children and families, recommendations 4:1155-1200
report on Schoenborn children deaths and family violence prevention 2:1240, 4:0925-0930
report on unsafe sleeping deaths 4:1135
report on youth mental health services 3:1105-1135, 4:0920
role and responsibilities 4:1040-1045
service plan and annual report 3:0905
service plan and annual report, format 3:0955
service plan and annual report, inclusion of breakdown of population data 3:1040
staff 2:1210, 2:1220
work of office and update 2:1215-1230, 3:0905-0925, 4:0915-0935
Representative for Children and Youth Act
amendments 3:1055
Saskatchewan
advocate for children and youth, role 4:1000
First Nations child protection system 4:0950, 4:1005-1020
transfer of child in government care to family caregiver, prior experiences of child and conditions of care 4:0935-0955, 4:1005-1010, 4:1040
transfer of child in government care to family caregiver, role of social workers 4:1015-1030, 4:1040-1055
Social workers
caseload 3:1045
supply 3:1045-1050
training and professional development 4:1035-1040
U.S.
government collaboration to support education of former foster youth 3:0910-0915, 3:0930
University of British Columbia
tuition fee waiver program for youth in government care system 3:0915
University of the Fraser Valley
research on children of incarcerated or released parents 4:0930
Vancouver
mental illness and addiction, treatment services 4:0920-0925
Vancouver Island University
tuition fee waiver program for youth in government care system 2:1225-1230, 3:0910
Vancouver police department
report on mental health services 4:0920
Violence
bullying, relationship with mental health issues 3:1155-1200
violence against women
aboriginal women and girls 4:0930-0935
Violence, domestic violence
government strategy, implementation 2:1240, 4:0925-0935
government strategy, implementation and reporting 3:0920-0925, 3:0940-0950
integrated domestic violence units 3:0940
Wet'suwet'en First Nation
child protection services and child in care case 4:1305-1310, 4:1320
self-government 4:1315-1320
World Health Organization
mental health services model 3:1105
Yoachim, William
work with child and family services society 4:1135
Youth
sexual exploitation of youth 2:1250
suicide deaths and self-harm injuries
factors and experiences of those at risk 3:1130
suicide deaths and self-harm injuries, factors and experiences of those at risk 2:1305-1330

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