The Commission’s Work
This section of the website will be updated regularly as the Commission’s work unfolds over its three year mandate.
Formal Reports
- Towards Sustainable Child Welfare in Ontario (full report)
- Executive Summary
- Unique Considerations for Aboriginal Youth and Children
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Working Papers and Backgrounders
As part of its principle of “transparency”, the Commission will continue to publish working papers and backgrounders to share some of the basis for recommendations and directions that arise from its work. We will add to this list as the Commission’s work continues.
- Jurisdictional Comparisons of Child Welfare System Design
- Working Paper: Reducing Administrative Burden in Child Welfare
- Background Paper: Serious Occurrence Reporting
- Background Paper: Modernizing the Tracking of High Risk Child Protection Cases
Recommendations to the Minister of Children and Youth Services
The Commission’s mandate includes issuing formal recommendations to Minister Laurel Broten for changes that would advance sustainable child welfare. The background for many of these recommendations is provided through the Commission’s working papers. Formal recommendations to the Minister will be posted here after they have been tabled with the Minister:
- Recommendations: Reducing Administrative Burden in Child Welfare
- Recommendations: Streamlining and Simplifying Serious Occurrence Reporting
- Recommendations: Modernizing the Tracking of High Risk Child Protection Cases
Directives to Children’s Aid Societies
The Commission’s mandate gives it the authority under the Child and Family Services Act to issue Directives to one or more children’s aid societies, including directives respecting their provision of services. As and when, the Commission issues such Directives, they will be posted on this website.
At this time, the Commission has not issued any Directives.