Policy & Legislation

This section contains information on Canadian child welfare legislation and policy. In Canada, child welfare services are provincially and territorially funded and legislated, with the exception of federally funded services to First Nations peoples living on reserves. In accordance with individual agreements negotiated between First Nations communities, provincial/territorial governments, and the federal government, an increasing number of First Nations are delivering child and family services in accordance with provincial and territorial child welfare laws.

Title Authors Yearsort icon Type of Publication
Mental Health Social Work Practice in Canada

Regehr, Cheryl
Glancy, Graham D.

2010 Book
Physical punishment of children: Assessing the validity of the legal definition of “reasonable force”

Durrant, Joan
Trocmé, Nico
Fallon, Barbara
Milne, Cheryl
Black, Tara
Petrowski, Nicole

2009 Information sheet
National Child Welfare Outcomes Indicator Matrix (NOM)

Trocmé, Nico
MacLaurin, Bruce
Fallon, Barbara
Shlonsky, Aron
Mulcahy, Meghan
Esposito, Tonino

2009 Report
Report of the Paediatric Death Review Committee and Deaths Under Five Committee

Office of the Chief Coroner

2009 Report
A Breach of Trust: An Investigation Into Foster Home Overcrowding in the Saskatoon Service Centre

Bernstein, Marvin

2009 Report
Report of the Domestic Violence Prevention Committee

Domestic Violence Prevention Committee (DVPC)

2009 Report
Judging the credibility of historic child sexual abuse complainants: How judges describe their decisions

Connolly, Deborah A.
Price, Heather L.
Gordon, Heidi M.

2009 Journal article
Passion for Action in Child and Family Services: Voices from the Prairies

McKay, Sharon
Fuchs, Don
Brown, Ivan

2009 Book
Passion, Action, Strength and Innovative Change: The Experience of the Saskatchewan Children’s Advocate’s Office in Establishing Rights-Based “Children and Youth First” Principles

Bernstein, Marvin M.
Schury, Roxane A.

2009 Book chapter
Physical Punishment in Childhood: A Human Rights and Child Protection Issue

Watkinson, Ailsa M.

2009 Book chapter
Manufacturing Ghost Fathers: The Paradox of Father Presence and Absence in Child Welfare

Brown, Leslie
Callahan, Marilyn
Strega, Susan
Walmsley, Christopher
Dominelli, Lena

2009 Journal article
The mobilization of knowledge in child protection

Trocmé, Nico
Esposito, Tonino
Laurendeau, Claude
Thomson, Wendy
Milne, Lise

2009 Journal article
Where is the Justice? Parental Experiences of the Canadian Justice System in Cases of Child Sexual Abuse

Alaggia, Ramona
Lambert, Elizabeth
Regehr, Cheryl

2009 Journal article
Connecting Father Absence and Mother Blame in Child Welfare Policies and Practice

Strega, Susan
Fleet, Claire
Brown, Leslie
Dominelli, Lena
Callahan, Marilyn
Walmsley, Christopher

2008 Journal article
The Yukon’s child welfare system

Gough, Pamela

2008 Information sheet
Prince Edward Island’s child welfare system

Gough, Pamela

2008 Information sheet
Universal child care, maternal labor supply, and family well-being

Baker, Michael
Gruber, Jonathan
Milligan, Kevin

2008 Journal article
Amanda, Savannah, Rowen and Serena: From Loss to Learning

Turpel-Lafond, Mary Ellen

2008 Report
Newfoundland and Labrador CYFS Clinical Services Review: Final Report

Abell, Susan
Moshenko, Sandy
van Leeuwen, Judy

2008 Report
Minister's Advisory Committee on Children and Family Services Act and Adoption Information Act

Nova Scotia Advisory Committee on Children and Family Services Act

2008 Report