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Children and youth
Recommendation 383:
Training on Violence Against Immigrant, Refugee, and Non-Status Women: To address the complexity of domestic and sexual violence against immigrant, refugee, and non-status women, provincial ministries serving women victims of violence and their children should work closely with federal and provincial ministries serving immigrants and with community-based immigrant and women-serving agencies to develop and deliver training curricula and resources. (p.4)
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Recommendation 382:
Training on Violence Against Immigrant, Refugee, and Non-Status Women: Comprehensive, in-depth training on all forms of violence against women and its potential impact on immigrant, refugee, and nonstatus women and their children should be provided on a regular basis to those who may be in a position to provide advice, support, or other services to this client group. (p.4)
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Recommendation 96:
To utilize the experience and expertise of community-based organizations and professionals working in the area of violence against women, including violence against immigrant, refugee, and non-status women, a formal relationship should be established between the inter-ministry body charged with ongoing development and coordination of Government’s response to violence against women and the Community Coordination for Women’s Safety Program Provincial Working Group. (p.6)
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Recommendation 7:
To be successful, a National Action Plan must be accompanied by adequate sustained funding to meet its goals as well as means to ensure accountability to Parliament and to the Indigenous women and their families who the plan would serve. Critically, such a plan should be developed in collaboration with Indigenous women’s organizations to ensure their full and effective participation in defining needs and solutions.
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- Access to justice ,
- Decolonization and Indigenous rights ,
- Discrimination and hate ,
- Economic inequality ,
- Gender-based violence ,
- Health, wellness and services ,
- Human rights system ,
- Indigenous issues in policing and justice ,
- Indigenous rights and self-governance ,
- Missing and murdered Indigenous women, girls, Two-Spirit, and LGBTQ2SIA+ people ,
- Policing and the criminal justice system ,
- Poverty ,
- Poverty and economic inequality ,
- Racism ,
- Representation and leadership ,
- Sexism
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Recommendation 2:
That the Ministry of Health require health authorities to collect and report key information pertaining to children and youth admitted under the Mental Health Act in a way that is standardized across the province and reported regularly, including but not limited to: identity factors (ethnicity, gender identity); Indigeneity – First Nations, Métis and Inuit identity; standardized length of stay data across all hospital settings; admissions of children on a voluntary basis at the request of their parents; requests for, and outcomes of, second medical opinions; detailed seclusion and restraint data; data related to extended leave; outcomes related to quality of care, effectiveness and patient satisfaction. This work to be completed by June 1, 2022.
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Recommendation 4:
This could also be achieved by incorporating children’s rights into school curriculums … A holistic, rights-based education would not only preserve the best interests of the child through the expression of their views but could also enable children to further realise their rights in other areas
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Recommendation 4:
These examples indicate a need for there to be an explicit legal obligation on the Ministry to actively consider placing the child with extended family members or returning the child to the parent. The federal standard, as set out in Bill C-92, requires that a reassessment of available alternative placements is “conducted on an ongoing basis.”
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Recommendation 43:
There should be pro-active prevention work to help youth access detox or treatment before overdosing. Youth need increased support with safety planning and managing triggers such as connecting with negative people due to boredom or isolation.
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Recommendation 6:
There should also be a requirement that the Ministry respond to alternative proposals by parents, Nations, and community-based organizations that support the parent. The Yellowhead Institute recommends that the legislation include “affidavit evidence from the Indigenous group that there is no available placement.
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Recommendation 19:
There needs to be a coordinated effort between MCFD and Indigenous organizations to support youth aging out.
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