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 19th Anniversary of the 1989 House of Commons Resolution to
end child poverty, BCASW urges governments invest in social infrastructure.
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