Child & Youth Care

This program defines neglect and discusses characteristics of negligent parents or guardians.

This program looks at the sources of violence that affect our children.

In this re-enactment, the physician takes the opportunity to remove the suspected abuser from the room. She tells the patient what she suspects, with little response.

This volume of six documentaries from The National profiles Justice Murray Sinclair, Manitoba’s first Aboriginal judge and the head of the Commission; uncovers the personal stories of survivors both on the ground in Winnipeg and across Canada; and gets up-close with 11-year-old Wanekia Morning Star Cooke to hear the younger generation’s take on the residential school experience.

Childhood trauma isn’t something you just get over as you grow up. Pediatrician Nadine Burke Harris explains that the repeated stress of abuse, neglect and parents struggling with mental health or substance abuse issues has real, tangible effects on the development of the brain.

Source: Statistics Canada, 2012.

From Statistics Canada: The nature and extent of family violence in Canada, including spousal violence, child abuse, and abuse against seniors.

This 2014 article published in the Canadian Medical Association Journal presents statistics on the prevalence of child abuse.