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

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 use substances and have first-hand experience with the youth addiction system, and the service providers working tirelessly within it to support them.

“Manitoba’s current youth addiction system is plagued by systemic issues that greatly impact the availability, accessibility, and quality of services – making it ill-equipped to meet the complex and co-occurring needs of the children and youth it is intended for,” said Manitoba Advocate Sherry Gott. “Manitoba’s young people not only deserve better, they have a right to it under international human rights law – the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child.”

Read the media release in English (PDF) or French (PDF).

Read Innagakaeyaa Bimadizewin (Towards the Good Life): Unifying Voices for Youth Addiction System Change in English here (PDF).

Requests or other media inquiries can be directed to Lindsay Ridgley, Public Education Manager at lridgley@ManitobaAdvocate.ca