Magazine articles

Young, T. A. (Fall 2016). Trauma matters: How to recognize and help wounded children and youth.  Focus on Adoption, 24 (Fall 2016), pp. 19-20.

Young, T.A. (2011). Civil Rights: What they are & why they matter. Perspectives: Newsletter of the BC Association of Social Workers, 33 (2), pp. 18-19. 

2016: Letters to the Editor to local, provincial and federal media outlets

Young, T. (June 23, 2016). Province to blame for homeless crisis. Vancouver Courier, A11. 

Full article can be viewed here: http://advocacybc.blogspot.ca/2016/06/letter-to-editor-province-to-blame-for.html.

Women and the NDP

Re: Leadership Hopeful Learns NDP Doesn't Stand for 'No Deposit Please', June 8

Young, T. (June 10, 2016). National Post. Retrieved from http://news.nationalpost.com/full-comment/letters/letters-trudeaus-hornets-nest. 

Young, T. (June 6, 2016). Call for WorkSafeBC rebates is premature. Vancouver Sun. Retrieved from: http://vancouversun.com/opinion/letters/june-6-lng-right-to-die-poverty-worksafe. 

2014: Letters to the Editor

Young, T. (July, 2014). Police need training in mental health. Toronto Star. Read the entire article here: http://bcsocialworkers.blogspot.ca/2014/07/social-work-activism-police-need.html.

Young, T. (May, 2014). Letter of the Week: BC must act to save women, kids from domestic violence. The Province. Read the entire article here: http://bcsocialworkers.blogspot.ca/2014/05/social-work-activism-bc-must-act-to.html.

Young, T. (May, 2014). Cops’ compassion isn’t social work. Nanaimo News Bulletin. Read the entire article here: http://bcsocialworkers.blogspot.ca/2014/05/letter-to-editor-cops-compassion-isnt.html.

2013: Radio and video interviews, Letters to the Editor in local and provincial media outlets

CBC B.C. Almanac. (October, 2013). Interview with Mark Forsythe on BC’s Mental Health System. Retrieved here: http://www.cbc.ca/podcasting/includes/bcalmanac.xml. 

OCTOBER 11, 2013: Mentally ill in our communities - My interview starts around 7:55.

• Tracey Young, forensic social worker in B.C. in private practice, on the two lawsuits that have arisen from the assault of three women in 2012 allegedly by a mentally ill man.

Young, T. (August, 2013). Have your say: Social Work Standards. Winnipeg Free Press. Retrieved from: http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/opinion/letters_to_the_editor/have-your-say-218798141.html.

Read the full article here: http://bcsocialworkers.blogspot.ca/2013/08/registration-of-child-protection-social.html.

Young, T. (August, 2013). Dinosaurs like this are dying off. Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows Times. Retrieved from: http://www.mrtimes.com/opinion/318154491.html?mobile=true.

Tracey Young: How Many Must Suffer, Die, Before Action? (February 8, 2013). Retrieved from: http://blogs.theprovince.com/2013/02/08/tracey-young-how-many-must-suffer-die-before-action/.

Interviewed for documentary: 

Young, T. (March, 2013). Call B.S.:Conversations with youth about mental illness. Kaleidoscope  Youth Skills Link program. 

2012: Letters to the Editor, Interviews and Quotes in media articles and Westcoast LEAF report

Young, T. (December, 2012). Tragedy results from mental health system, safety net that fall. Vancouver Sun. Retrieved from: http://advocacybc.blogspot.ca/2012/12/tragedy-results-from-mental-health.html.

Young, T. (October, 2012). Letter of the Week: Fruits and Nuts. Vancouver Courier. Retrieved from: http://www.vancourier.com/Letter+week/7379545/story.html.

Hyslop, K. (Sept. 2012). What will Minister Cadieux Do for BC Kids in Care? The Tyee. Retrieved from: http://thetyee.ca/News/2012/09/19/Minister-Stephanie-Cadieux/.

Interviewed and quoted:

Rahman, S. & Track, L. (June, 2012). Troubling Assessments: Custody and Access Reports and their Equality Implications for BC Women. Westcoast LEAF. Retrieved from: http://www.westcoastleaf.org/userfiles/file/Troubling%20Assessments%20e-report%202012.pdf.

2011: Letters to the Editor in local and provincial media

Young, T.A. (November, 2011). The History of Community Living. Burnaby Now. Retrieved from: http://www.burnabynow.com/opinion/your-letters/a-history-of-community-living-1.407221

Read the full letter here: http://advocacybc.blogspot.ca/2012/05/community-living-doomed-from-beginning.html 

Young, T.A. (2011). Democracy Requires All-ages Participation. Vancouver Courier, EW09.

Read the full letter here: http://advocacybc.blogspot.com/2011/04/democracy-requires-all-ages.html

Young, T.A. (2011). Fractured system. The Province. Retrieved from:  http://www.theprovince.com/health/Fractured+system/4580563/story.html

Read the full letter here: http://advocacybc.blogspot.ca/2012/06/fractured-mental-health-system-in-bc.html

Young, T.A. (February, 2011). Social safety net. The Province. Retrieved from: http://www.theprovince.com/news/Social+safety/4241665/story.html.

Read the full letter here: http://advocacybc.blogspot.ca/2011/02/decreasing-homelessness-its-public.html

2010: Letter to the Editor, quotes and interviews in media articles

Young, T.A. (2010). Letter of the Week: Early Learning and Child Care Plan. Vancouver Courier. Location: http://advocacybc.blogspot.ca/2011/04/letter-of-week-early-learning-child.html.

Young, T.A. (2010). Editorial: Mental health services need an overhaul. The Province.

Location: http://advocacybc.blogspot.com/2010_07_01_archive.html.

Hyslop, K. (2010). Polak 'I wanted this Ministry'. The Tyee. Retrieved from: http://thetyee.ca/News/2010/05/25/PolakWantedMinistry/.

Hyslop, K. (2010). BC's Beleaguered Child Protectors. The Tyee. Retrieved from: http://thetyee.ca/News/2010/05/11/ChildProtectors/.

Holman, S. (2010). Social networking. Public Eye Online. Retrieved from: http://www.publiceyeonline.com/archives/004960.html.