Author: Brittany Valcourt

MANITOBA ADVOCATE RELEASES SPECIAL REPORT: INNAGAKAEYAA BIMADIZEWIN (TOWARDS THE GOOD LIFE): UNIFYING VOICES FOR YOUTH ADDICTION SYSTEM CHANGE

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Today, Manitoba Advocate for Children and Youth Sherry Gott released the special report Innagakaeyaa Bimadizewin (Towards the Good Life): Unifying Voices for Youth Addiction System Change, an urgent call for action to reform Manitoba’s youth addiction services. The report amplifies the concerns and suggestions of those most affected by the addiction system: young people who …

MANITOBA ADVOCATE RELEASES 2023-24 ANNUAL REPORT, NOTES CONCERNING TRENDS

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Today, Manitoba Advocate for Children and Youth Sherry Gott released an annual report summarizing the office’s work during the 2023-24 fiscal year including trends in advocacy, research, quality assurance, public education, youth engagement, serious injury reviews and investigations, and child death reviews and investigations. The Manitoba Advocate is available for media calls, upon request. Read …

MANITOBA ADVOCATE RELEASES SPECIAL REPORT: SHIFTING THE LENS: UNDERSTANDING AND CONFRONTING INEQUITIES IN SLEEP-RELATED INFANT DEATHS IN MANITOBA

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Today, Manitoba Advocate for Children and Youth Sherry Gott released Shifting the Lens: Understanding and Confronting Inequities in Sleep-Related Infant Deaths in Manitoba, a special report which re-examines the issue of sleep-related infant deaths. This report is a re-framed follow-up to the 2020 Special Report Safe and Sound: A Special Report on the Unexpected Sleep-Related …

MANITOBA ADVOCATE RELEASES GOVERNMENT COMPLIANCE REPORT

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Manitoba Advocate for Children and Youth (MACY) Sherry Gott has released her office’s compliance report. This year’s report, Moving the Dial on Children’s Rights in Manitoba, is the Manitoba Advocate for Children and Youth (MACY)’s fourth compliance report. It summarizes the assessment of progress made by public bodies in the last fiscal year to implement …