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Bill C-13 Protecting Canadians from Online Crime Act came into force on March 9, 2015.

On June 2, 2015, the Truth and Reconciliation Commission for Canada released its report summary. It contained several recommendations addressing the treatment of Aboriginal Children and Youth in the justice system.

May 22, 2015: Approximately 100 First Nations youth from Ontario added their voices in calling for changes to the province’s child welfare system. The youth gathered in Thunder Bay to attend the “Feathers of Hope: Child Welfare Youth Forum” – which is held on May 19-23 and hosted by the Office of the Provincial Advocate for Children and Youth.

A new report from Children’s Mental Health Ontario concludes children in Ontario may wait up to a year or more for mental health care

Whether you represent the school board or students and their families, you need the latest insights and practical strategies to chart a course through the student discipline landscape.

The Protecting Canadians From Online Crime Act went into effect on March 9, 2015. The new legislation makes it an offence punishable by indictment under the Criminal Code to share intimate images without the consent of the person in the image.

Irwin Elman, Provincial Advocate for Children and Youth, shares his position on the current debate on allowing young children to make decisions about their health treatment. This position was outlined in a Letter to the Editor, which ran in The Toronto Star on January 26th.

NEW YORK, 20 January 2015 – As the world enters into the 26th year of the Convention on the Rights of the Child, Somalia has become the 195th state party to ratify the Convention, setting a course to improve the lives of its youngest citizens.

This month Ontario’s Office of the Children’s Lawyer (OCL) released a new resource on its website which discusses the property rights of children in Ontario.

View this program to gain insights from our expert faculty on a range of common legal issues that specifically engage the unique rights and circumstances of young people in the immigration and refugee law context.