阿省儿童福利委员会希望公众就政府干涉问题提供经验
原始发布日期： 2017-06-07 发布者：虫子字变大 字变小
 People who were in government care, their parents and foster families will get the chance to have their say in an overhaul of Alberta's child welfare system. The province's all-party child welfare panel is into its second phase of work and, over the coming months, will review the intervention system, and make recommendations for improvement. Children's Services Minister Danielle Larivee said a tremendously important part of that work is listening to people with lived experience. She would like to see people from all over the province, of different ages and who were in care for all lengths of time to talk to the panel. "It’s one thing to listen to experts or read something on paper, but it’s a whole other thing to listen to a person talk about their individual experience and individual stories," Larivee told the Edmonton Journal. "There really is a value." Input will, however, be constrained. Larivee said as much as the panel will benefit from hearing a wide swath of stories, it has only a narrow window of time to get its work done. "I'd like to see as broad a group of individuals as we can get, because the reality is the panel ... does need to be exposed to the major themes as to what’s happening out there, so the more diverse the representation, the better it is," she said. She encouraged anyone who can't make the sessions to make a written submission. The two public meetings are planned for Amiskwaciy Academy in Edmonton on June 13 from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m., and Hillhurst Sunnyside Community Association in Calgary on June 23 from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. egraney@postmedia.com twitter.com/EmmaLGraney |