Representative for Children and Youth Act


Our mandate includes the following specific duties as outlined in the Representative for Children and Youth Act (RCYA):

  • Ensure the rights and interests of children and youth, individually and collectively, are protected and advanced;
  • Ensure departments hear and consider the opinions of children and youth on matters that affect them;
  • Ensure children and youth can access departments' services and that the departments considers their concerns and opinion about those services;
  • Help children, youth, and their families communicate with departments' service providers to improve understanding between them;
  • Inform the public about the rights and interests of children and youth, and the roles and responsibilities of the RCYO; and
  • Provide advice and recommendations to departments on how to make laws, policies, programs, and services better for children and youth in Nunavut.