Jennifer Charlesworth: Improving social services for Indigenous youth key to moving forward

Last month, my office released a report about “Charlie”, an Indigenous boy whose traumatic experience with the child welfare system in B.C. resulted in significant harm to him and his family.
Every report of this sort is heartbreaking but, unfortunately, not unique. In fact, many of the investigative reports issued by the Representative for Children and Youth’s office during the past decade have told similarly sad and shocking stories. These reports have recommended changes to