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.

2009: Quotes and interviews in media articles

Kilian, C. (2009). Social workers: 'People of BC simply cannot sustain more cuts'

TheTyee.ca. Location: http://thetyee.ca/Blogs/TheHook/BC-Politics/2009/09/01/MoreCuts/

Willcocks, P. (2009). System just wasn't set up to help this baby. Times Colonist.

Location: http://willcocks.blogspot.com/2009/08/system-just-wasnt-set-up-to-help-this.html

Zehr, G. (2009). Child welfare report points to broken system, say social workers.
The Hook/Tyee.ca. Location: http://thetyee.ca/Blogs/TheHook/BC-Politics/2009/07/17/BCChildWelfareBroken/

Matas, R. (2009). Rural child placement a dilemma. Globe and Mail. Location: http://advocacybc.blogspot.com/2009/06/tragedy-mcfd-statistics-what-will-it.html

Submissions to BC and Canadian Governments

I have made several submissions to the BC government and the Canadian government on public interest issues, such as child and youth mental health, legal aid, poverty, budget consultations, and medical assistance in dying (#maid). 

The full submissions have not been published as they contain sensitive information related to my professional practice experience as a social worker and/or personal information to highlight how specific public policies, or laws, have impacted people I have known in my personal life.  

Young, T.A. (April 27, 2016). Submission on Amendments to Bill C-14: Medical Assistance in dying. Submitted to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Ministers of Health, Justice, Senate Committee on Human Rights and Parliamentarians studying the issue. 

Young, T.A. (2014). The Child and Youth Mental Health System of Care in British Columbia to the Standing Committee on Children and Youth of British Columbia. 

Young, T.A. (2010). The Dismantling of British Columbia’s Legal Aid System and the Cure for What Ails It: A submission to the Public Commission on Legal Aid. (Unpublished).

Young, T.A. (2010). B.C. Budget 2010: The Social Legacy of the 2010 Vancouver Olympics. BC Association of Social Workers. 

Young, T.A. (2009). The High Cost of Not Caring: Submission to the 2010 BC Budget Consultation. BC Association of Social Workers.

Media Releases

During the time I was the Chair of the Child Welfare and Family Committee for the BC Association of Social Workers (BCASW), and the president and representative for the Vancouver-Sea-to-Sky Branch on the provincial board of the BCASW, I drafted a number of media releases that were quite successful in getting media attention and public interest on a range of social welfare issues.  








May 2010 – What is MCFD Trying to Hide? 

March 2010: B.C. Budget 2010: The Social Legacy of the 2010 Vancouver Olympics.

September 2009 - Honouring Their Lives and Experiences: Creating Effective Intervention in Domestic Violence in BC.

September 2009 - What Has Happened to Our Social Contract? An open letter to the Government of BC.

July 2009 - Housing First for BC’s Impoverished Children and Families.

July 2009 - Systemic Improvements Are Required to Decrease Critical Injuries and Death’s of BC’s Young People - the BC Government Must Act Now.

June 2009 - Strengthening the Child Welfare System: An open letter to the new Minister of Children & Family Development.

May 2009 - BCASW Supports Findings of “Hands Tied: Child Protection Workers Talk About Working in & Leaving BC’s Child Protection System.” 

May 2009 – Social Workers Advocate for Improved Access to Child & Youth Mental Health Services in BC.

February 2009 - Talk is Cheap - Actions Tell the Real Story Social workers ask, “When will BC’s children and families matter? 

January 2009 - BCASW Resolution Regarding Canada’s National Child and Youth Commissioner.

December 2008 - Children’s Ministry requires progressive, clear and decisive leadership in a time of economic uncertainty.

November 2008 - From Words to Action: On the 19^th Anniversary of the 1989 House of Commons Resolution to end child poverty, BCASW urges governments invest in social infrastructure. 

My areas of expertise and topics I have published on

My areas of expertise include the following:

• Social welfare and public policy
• Child protection services and systems of care
• Child, youth and adult mental health and psychiatric care
• Domestic and Intimate Partner Violence (IPV)
• Family Violence
• Elder Abuse
• Bullying, harassment and mobbing in the workplace
• Gaslighting in interpersonal relationships, in the workplace and in organizations
• Trauma-informed care
• Medical assistance in dying (MAID)

Welcome to my Multi-media portfolio

Greetings and welcome to my multi-media portfolio. I have written many different multi-media pieces that have been published in a wide range of media outlets across Canada including local, provincial and national news and media outlets and magazines for the past few years.

I have also made several written submissions to provincial and federal governments on a range of social welfare issues.

I have been the editor and publisher of a number of blogs and have had hundred of thousands of hits on all of my blogs, collectively. It is blogging that has really helped me hone my writing skills and move into being published.

Thank you for visiting my portfolio page and for checking out the work I have had published in Canada.

If you are interested in contacting me I can be reached @ catalystbc7@gmail.com

All the best,

Tracey Young, BA, MSW, RSW

Web: http://catalystbc.ca/