Statements & Reports
The Canadian Council of Provincial Child and Youth Advocates has taken a common position regarding:
Media Statements
- June 14, 2022: Committee on the Rights of the Child Releases its 2022 Concluding Observations for Canada
- May 17, 2022: Canada Appears Before the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child. CCCYA Calls for Concrete Action on Improving Respect for Children's Rights
- December 13, 2021: Child and Youth Advocates Reflect on 30 Years of Children's Rights in Canada
- May 2021: Children's advocates call for significant mental health planning and investment for young people now and after pandemic on National Child and Youth Mental Health Day
Children's Rights
- April 2022: Additional Information submitted in advance of Canada's Plenary Session
- March 2020: The Canadian Council of Child and Youth Advocates' Alternative Report to Canada's Combined Fifth and Sixth Reports on the UN Convention of the Rights of the Child
- March 26, 2019: Statement on children's rights in Canada
National Commissioner for Children and Youth
- July 15, 2020: Ottawa must act now to protect Canada's children and youth
- June 16, 2020: Canadian Council of Child and Youth Advocates supports introduction of Senate bill creating a national commissioner for children and youth
National Child Day
- November 17, 2022: National Council for Children and Youth Seeks Progress on Health and Welfare in Recognition of National Child Day
- November 17, 2021: Canadian Council of Child and Youth Advocates urges Canadians to call on government to safeguard the rights of children and youth
- November 19, 2020: Canadian Council of Child and Youth Advocates stresses the need to make children's rights a priority on National Child Day and beyond
- November 18, 2019: Canadian Council of Child and Youth Advocates encourages Canadians to learn more about children's rights
- November 20, 2018: Canadian Council of Child and Youth Advocates urges increased awareness of children's rights this National Child Day
Youth Suicide
- September 17, 2019: A National Paper on Youth Suicide
- November 17, 2022: National Council for Children and Youth Seeks Progress on Health and Welfare in Recognition of National Child Day
- November 17, 2021: Canadian Council of Child and Youth Advocates urges Canadians to call on government to safeguard the rights of children and youth
- November 19, 2020: Canadian Council of Child and Youth Advocates stresses the need to make children's rights a priority on National Child Day and beyond
- November 18, 2019: Canadian Council of Child and Youth Advocates encourages Canadians to learn more about children's rights
- November 20, 2018: Canadian Council of Child and Youth Advocates urges increased awareness of children's rights this National Child Day
Youth Suicide
- September 17, 2019: A National Paper on Youth Suicide
Indigenous Children
- June 1, 2021: Canadian Council of Child and Youth Advocates Acknowledges the 215 Children Discovered at Former Residential School in B.C.
- January 31, 2018: Statement regarding Indigenous child welfare
- November 19, 2015: Media Statement about National Child Day
- June 1, 2015: Declaration of Reconciliation
- June 1, 2015: Statement of reconciliation at historic Truth and Reconciliation closing event
- November 2014: Federal government urged to reduce number of Aboriginal children in care
- August 2014: CCCYA letter to the Council of the Federation urging development of a comprehensive strategy to improve outcomes for Aboriginal children and youth across Canada
- November 2011: CCCYA Special Report to the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child: Aboriginal Children - Canada must do better: today and tomorrow
- June 23, 2010: Aboriginal Children and Youth in Canada - Canada Must do Better
Child Poverty
Optional Protocol - Complaint Mechanism
- January 23, 2012: Letter to the Honourable John Baird, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada
Youth Justice
- November 2017: Letter to The Honourable George J. Furey Re: Bill S-206 An Act to amend the Criminal Code
- March 2011: Submission to the House of Commons Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights respecting An Act to Amend the Youth Criminal Justice Act
- May 15, 2008: Resolution of Canada's Child and Youth Advocates - Will Canada be safer with more youth in jail?
All children have the right to play and rest.
Art. 31 — Convention on the Rights of the Child
