Blog Posts and Updates

Changes happen quickly in our sector. Check this space for Weekly Updates from our Executive director, news releases, issue tracking, and posts from our leadership blog.

Federation Research Bulletin: February 2020

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This month’s research bulletin includes new articles and reports about foster and kinship care, the needs of young parents in care, public perceptions of child protection work, intimate partner violence, and the use of child welfare data systems. The well being of foster and kin carers: A comparative study Practitioner and foster carer perceptions of […]

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Bill C-92 Webinar Recording & Slides

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On Monday, February 10th, The Federation hosted a short webinar with James Wale, the Director of Operational Child Welfare and Reconciliation Policy at MCFD, to speak to some of the main issues related to the federal Indigenous child welfare legislation (Bill C-92) that came into force on January 1, 2020. There will be some joint […]

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An Important Leadership 2020 Update

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In November, The Federation’s 13th cohort of Leadership 2020 graduates completed the program. They joined the ranks over 400 alumni from across BC who have participated since 2011. Around the same time, we started to plan The Federation’s initiatives and resource allocation for this upcoming year. As part of that work, The Federation staff team […]

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A new year at The Federation: Changes & Opportunities

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1. Our continuing mission… For many of us, the beginning of a new year is an opportunity to reflect on where we’ve come from and where we want to go in the months ahead. Over the past twelve months, we experienced a number of significant changes at The Federation and, through a lot of hard […]

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Federation Research Bulletin: January 2020

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This month’s research bulletin includes new articles and reports about intimate partner violence and parenting, social workers’ competence around intimate partner violence, disclosures of child abuse, inter-generational involvement in child protective services, and an in-depth comparison of child welfare assessment tools. Keeping it together for the kids: New mothers’ descriptions of the impact of intimate […]

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Federation Research Bulletin: November 2019

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This month’s research bulletin includes new articles and reports about services and supports for children with neuro-diverse special needs, outcomes for children in care, young adults aging out of care, Facebook and social work practice, and child protection theories. SSCCY report Children and Youth with Neuro-Diverse Special Needs (2019) Children in care: Where do children […]

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Working with MCFD

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Like any long-term relationship, the one between The Federation and MCFD has had a series of ups and downs over the years. People, priorities, and policies have changed and then changed again. There have been some successes and there have been disappointments. But lately, there have been noticeably more successes than not. And there are […]

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Training & Learning Opportunities

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One thing we hear a lot from members is the need for local training opportunities—especially from those members that aren’t based in the south-west corner of the province. This is something we have been wanting to provide for a while and I am very excited to announce that the time has come. Workshops focused on […]

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Federation Research Bulletin: October 2019

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This month’s research bulletin includes new articles and reports about preventing child neglect and maltreatment, family preservation, foster parent training and supports, care proceedings, recurring interactions with the family justice system, parenting programs, and service delivery team leadership. Heed Neglect, Disrupt Child Maltreatment: a Call to Action for Researchers Foster parents’ needs, perceptions and satisfaction […]

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