A Discussion of the Ontario Ombudsman’s “Lost Opportunities” Report Issued April 26, 2022 22 novembre 2022 Laura Pettigrew The article discusses the "Lost Opportunities" report issued by the Ontario Ombudsman in April 2022.
A Comprehensive Look at Youth Records in Adulthood: A Panel Discussion 22 novembre 2022 Willem Crispin-Frei Discussion of Ontario Bar Association Child & Youth Law and Criminal Law Section panel discussion on November 9, 2022 entitled “A Comprehensive Look at Youth Records in Adulthood”.
Autonomy vs Best Interests: Withdrawing from Parental Control and the Paternalistic Approach of Parental Alienation 30 juin 2022 By Adrianna Mills and Enniael Stair Law students Adrianna and Enniael analyze the application of the "best interests of the child" framework in the context of parental alienation cases and the common law right of older children to withdraw from parental control.
Child and Youth Privacy in the Education System 14 février 2022 Melanie McNaught This article summarizes a recent OBA Webinar regarding child and youth privacy, with a particular focus on privacy issues for school boards and educators.
Program Recap: COVID and the Family Court 14 février 2022 Jean-Frédéric (J-F) Hübsch This article reviews a recent Webinar regarding Family Court decisions related to the pandemic, including vaccination and remote learning, that will interest members of the Education Law, Family Law and Child and Youth Law sections.
Reviewing the Rights of First Nations Children: Commenting on the Caring Society Litigation 16 juillet 2021 Szymon Rodomar and Wei Yang A review of the submissions made during an application for judicial review in Federal Court concerning a 2019 compensation order made by the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal (“CHRT”) for Indigenous victims of the discriminatory underfunding of child and family services (the “Compensation Decision”) and the CHRT’s 2020 decision regarding the definition of “First Nations child” (the “First Nations child Decision”).
Adoption and Openness - Let's Compare 24 mai 2021 Imran Kamal, barrister and solicitor, LSO Certified Specialist – Indigenous Legal Issues Recent developments in openness in adoption proceedings in Ontario are reviewed, including three decision from the Ontario Court of Appeal.
Human Rights Protections Apply - Even in a Pandemic 23 mai 2021 Amanda Dimilta, human rights and education law lawyer at bakerlaw.ca This article reviews the first merits decision of the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario (“HRTO”) on the role of human rights during the Covid-19 pandemic: JL v. Empower Simcoe, 2021 HRTO 222.
The Impact of Part X of the Child, Youth and Family Services Act (CYFSA) 23 avril 2021 Farhana Hossein (PBSC student volunteer at Justice for Children and Youth) A review of Part X of the CYFSA, which has sought to establish new rules for the collection, use, disclosure of, and access to, personal information held by ministry-funded and licensed service providers.
Youth Criminal Justice Records and Child Protection Proceedings 12 avril 2021 Brock Jones For young persons who become involved in both the youth criminal and family court systems, the lawful sharing or exchanging of information between them is often legally complex and fraught with the potential for errors. A case comment on Children’s Aid Society of the Districts of Sudbury and Manitoulin v. A.A., 2021 ONCJ 188.