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Thank you to everyone who participated in our no bullying/how to be a good friend child rights contest.

Congratulations to our winners!

MEDIA RELEASE
November 23, 2021

Representative for Children and Youth releases 2020-2021 annual report

Iqaluit, NU – Similar to last year’s annual report, the Representative for Children and Youth (Representative) again aimed to provide an overview of what it is like to be a young person in connection to Government of Nunavut (GN) services.

Nov. 20 is National Child Day — the day we celebrate Canada’s signed commitment to two child-rights documents: the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of the Child (1959) and the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (1989).

Canada’s signing of these documents means that the government will acknowledge, respect and support the rights of children regardless of their circumstances, race, gender, sexual orientation, ability or any other factor.

Thank you to everyone who entered our
child rights t-shirt logo contest.

Congratulations to our winners!

Standing Committee on Oversight of Government Operations and Public Accounts Hearings
on the 2019-2020 Annual Report of the Representative for Children and Youth

Iqaluit, Nunavut
June 21, 2021

Mr. Lightstone: Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Thank you, Ms. Bates, for providing that explanation and you provided a lot of information. I was taking some notes and I will be following up on those items later.

Opening Comments by the Representative for Children and Youth
June 21-22, 2021  

Canadian Council of Child and Youth Advocates Acknowledges the 215 Children Discovered at Former Residential School in B.C.

November 16, 2020

Dear Nunavummiut:

MEDIA RELEASE
September 22, 2020

Iqaluit, NU – As part of the Representative for Children and Youth’s (Representative) 2019-2020 annual report, efforts were made by the Representative for Children and Youth’s Office (RCYO) to provide an overview of what it means to be a young Nunavummiut, in connection to Government of Nunavut (GN) services.

MEDIA RELEASE
July 7, 2020

Iqaluit, NU – Responses received from the Government of Nunavut and Nunavut Arctic College (departments) detailing their proposed actions to give effect to the youth-informed recommendations made in Our Minds Matter: A Youth-Informed Review of Mental Health Services for Young Nunavummiut (Our Minds Matter), as a result of the Representative for Children and Youth’s Office systemic review of mental health services for young people, are “entirely unacceptable”.