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.