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YCJA Record Access in Child Protection Proceedings
Jonathan (Yoni) Glasenberg, Counsel, Office of the Ontario Ombudsman | June 06, 2025
On May 6th, the Ontario Bar Association’s Child and Youth Law and Young Lawyers Division hosted a professional development webinar featuring updates on pressing issues in child protection law. As part of a panel on “Privacy Records in Child Welfare”, Sam Wisnicki of the Office of the Children’s Lawyer presented an overview of the rules governing access to youth criminal justice records and information and their application to child protection proceedings.
Learn moreBalancing Child Protection Considerations Against Parents’ Religious Freedoms under the Charter
When assessing the emotional harm to children caused by parents sharing the details of their conflict with children, particularly when parents claim their religious beliefs mandate full transparency, Children’s Aid Societies (CAS) must balance child protection considerations against parents’ Charter rights.
Learn moreComparative Children’s Rights: Developments in Quebec since the Laurent Commission
Jean-Frédéric Hübsch, Ph.D. Candidate, Faculty of Law, University of Ottawa | April 25, 2025
A very brief history of children’s rights law in Quebec since the May 2021 final report of the province’s Special Commission on the Rights of the Child and Youth Protection ("Laurent Commission").
Learn moreChildren, Youth, and Climate Change: The Latest Decision in Mathur v. Ontario
Laura Pettigrew, member-at-large, OBA Child & Youth Law Section | November 04, 2024
In October 2024, the Ontario Court of Appeal allowed an appeal in Mathur v Ontario, an ongoing youth-led climate case. The Court found that the Province voluntarily assumed a positive statutory obligation to combat climate change, meaning its target and plan need to be Charter compliant. Although the Court allowed the appeal, it declined to decide the application and instead remitted the matter for a new hearing before the same or another justice of the Superior Court.
Learn moreWhat Are You Doing for National Child Day?
Jean-Frédéric Hübsch, newsletter editor, Child & Youth Law Section | October 25, 2024
A quick tour of ways to celebrate National Child Day and World Children's Day on November 20. Child Day is an opportunity to learn more about children's rights and, in 2024, to commemorate the 35th anniversary of the ratification of the Convention on the Rights of the Child.
Learn moreCase Commentary: ASP v. Health Professions Appeal and Review Board 2024 ONSC 438
October 25, 2024
On August 7th, 2024, the Divisional Court of the Ontario Superior Court of Justice released an important decision affirming the rights of children with capacity to make decisions about their own health care under Ontario’s Health Care Consent Act, 1996. This decision marks a pivotal moment in the province’s recognition of capable children’s indisputable right to consent to medical treatments.
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