Since 1986, the Council of Canadian Child and Youth Care Associations has been the national networking organization representing child and youth care
professionals in Canada through their provincial associations. The Council strives to promote the association movement throughout the nation and through them
promote and encourage professional development, advocacy and networking for child and youth care..
professionals in Canada through their provincial associations. The Council strives to promote the association movement throughout the nation and through them
promote and encourage professional development, advocacy and networking for child and youth care..
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| Features |
Don Totten is a long time
Child and Youth Care
Counsellor at Hull Child
and Family Services in
Calgary. Don has a
passion for kids, Child
and Youth Care, skiing,
motorcycles and old
steam locomotives. Last
year Don got to live out
one of his childhood
dreams by working as a
crew member on a cross
Canada trip on a famous
steam engine called The
Empress. His
experience was
published in the July
2005 edition of
MacLean's magazine.
and the CYCAA
newsletter. Please use
the link to read: The
Empress Still Rules
Child and Youth Care
Counsellor at Hull Child
and Family Services in
Calgary. Don has a
passion for kids, Child
and Youth Care, skiing,
motorcycles and old
steam locomotives. Last
year Don got to live out
one of his childhood
dreams by working as a
crew member on a cross
Canada trip on a famous
steam engine called The
Empress. His
experience was
published in the July
2005 edition of
MacLean's magazine.
and the CYCAA
newsletter. Please use
the link to read: The
Empress Still Rules
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If you are lucky, Dr. Lorraine E.
Fox will come into your life as
a child and youth care
professional by way of a
workshop, conference or
training session. She now
has a web site and will be
publishing more of her
articles for downloading at
drlorrainefox.com.
Fox will come into your life as
a child and youth care
professional by way of a
workshop, conference or
training session. She now
has a web site and will be
publishing more of her
articles for downloading at
drlorrainefox.com.
| Portfolio |
| Features was a way to bring forward exception child and youth care related stories known or brought to the attention of the webmaster that illustrate aspects of the child and youth care experience. Submissions are welcomed. The Council of Canadian Child and Youth Care Associations does not endorse and is not responsible for the content of external sites. Links will open in new window. |
| Membership in the Council is confusing for some. In fact, the provincial child and youth care associations are the members. These are listed above and may be visited through the icon links provided. Members of provincial associations are considered members of the Council through their associations. The Council is funded by a formula which sees five dollars for each member up to a ceiling of 200 members contributed toward the Council. The Council board meets annually and by teleconference throughout the year. Annual meetings always run concurrent to national conferences and wherever possible in conjunction with a provincial conference in non-conference years. The Council hosts the National Child and Youth Care Conference, publishes an annual newsletter (click on links to the left) and promotes professional development sponsoring initiatives such as the Poster Project . The Council also sponsors the National Child and Youth Care Award. On Monday, the 24th, the CCCYCA held its AGM. 2010 was an election year with an new executive entering two year terms. Seen on the left from left to right: Robert Bates - CYCABC representative; Kelly Shaw - NSCYCWA representative, Vice President; David Connolly - CYCPEI representative, President;, Cherie Smith - CYCWAM representative, Treasurer; Jennifer Foster - OACYCC representative; and Lori Leonard - CYCANL representative, Secretary. Each has also taken on committee involvement to develop aspects of the agenda going forward. To view the minutes of the meeting click on minutes. The 2011 Annual General Meeting will take place June 6 & 7th in London, Ontario. Minutes will be published following the meeting. |
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The Council of Canadian Child and Youth Care
Associations does not endorse and is not responsible for
the content of external sites. Links will open in new
window.
Associations does not endorse and is not responsible for
the content of external sites. Links will open in new
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In the fall of 2009, I learned
of a CD launch of a former
youth from my care days.
She was a poet then and
has matured into a
published poet now.
Moreover, she formed a
business to sell her books,
her CD's and her live
events. I invite child and
youth care professionals to
explore the world of Ingrid D
Johnson through the link
provided which features
sound clips of her work. The
venues for that exploration
are many, yet each feature
elements that will be
familiar to you as a child
and youth care worker.
Website
of a CD launch of a former
youth from my care days.
She was a poet then and
has matured into a
published poet now.
Moreover, she formed a
business to sell her books,
her CD's and her live
events. I invite child and
youth care professionals to
explore the world of Ingrid D
Johnson through the link
provided which features
sound clips of her work. The
venues for that exploration
are many, yet each feature
elements that will be
familiar to you as a child
and youth care worker.
Website
In June of 2009 the Ontario Association of Child and Youth
Counsellors celebrated a true milestone with its 50th
anniversary as North America's largest and longest running
child and youth care association. The article originally
published here to recognize the event is now archived as a
feature.
Counsellors celebrated a true milestone with its 50th
anniversary as North America's largest and longest running
child and youth care association. The article originally
published here to recognize the event is now archived as a
feature.
The Council board took a decision to revise its membership manual as more of an Orientation Manual for
prospective new members of the board. While that membership is restricted to one member from each provincial
child and youth care association, the potential of new members being assigned has increased over the recent
years. The manual also will be of interest to those who do not have a child and youth care association in their
province or territory. It acts, in part, as a guide to establishing an association. All members of member
associations are members of the Council and as such, may find the manual interesting for the roll and purpose
statement your membership helps support. Thank you for your membership and perhaps interest in becoming a
member. Your local provincial or territorial association values your membership. Click on the title page icon to
view the PDF and feel free to print and distribute it to interested peers.
prospective new members of the board. While that membership is restricted to one member from each provincial
child and youth care association, the potential of new members being assigned has increased over the recent
years. The manual also will be of interest to those who do not have a child and youth care association in their
province or territory. It acts, in part, as a guide to establishing an association. All members of member
associations are members of the Council and as such, may find the manual interesting for the roll and purpose
statement your membership helps support. Thank you for your membership and perhaps interest in becoming a
member. Your local provincial or territorial association values your membership. Click on the title page icon to
view the PDF and feel free to print and distribute it to interested peers.
| The Orientation Manual... |
A noise breaks the silence, a dot on the horizon...Soon a
youth on a tricycle comes across the frozen lake. He has
the sixth largest lake in the country to himself and is
taking great delight in spinning in circles and darting to
and fro.
The New Year brings with it the potential of new
beginnings Each winter day is one minute more lighted
than the last. This is the time to ponder, to take stock
and to set goals while things are still, wide and open.
Best Wishes for a wonderful 2012. With each baby step,
may your dreams and goals come to pass.
youth on a tricycle comes across the frozen lake. He has
the sixth largest lake in the country to himself and is
taking great delight in spinning in circles and darting to
and fro.
The New Year brings with it the potential of new
beginnings Each winter day is one minute more lighted
than the last. This is the time to ponder, to take stock
and to set goals while things are still, wide and open.
Best Wishes for a wonderful 2012. With each baby step,
may your dreams and goals come to pass.
| International Child and Youth Care Week |
New Orleans: Implications for Youth Care
As a Child and Youth Care Student, Jessica Lusk responded
to a call for volunteers to help youth in care in the ravaged
New Orleans from the destruction of hurricane Katrina.
Jessica kindly wrote about the experience for the Council.
Jessica is now a Senior CYC, President of her provincial
association and a co-chair for Making Connections, the 16th
National Conference. She returned from New Orleans with
the germ of an idea which hopefully be reported upon in the
future. Go to the article
to a call for volunteers to help youth in care in the ravaged
New Orleans from the destruction of hurricane Katrina.
Jessica kindly wrote about the experience for the Council.
Jessica is now a Senior CYC, President of her provincial
association and a co-chair for Making Connections, the 16th
National Conference. She returned from New Orleans with
the germ of an idea which hopefully be reported upon in the
future. Go to the article
| An important thank you... |
The QAE celebrates 25 years of association
in that province with recognition events and
the issue of their newsletter above. Use the
icon link to download your copy.
in that province with recognition events and
the issue of their newsletter above. Use the
icon link to download your copy.
The NSCYCWA Summer Viewpoints can be
downloaded from the link above.
downloaded from the link above.
Youth Care Worker Week
was kicked off with a
historic rally for wages in
Winnipeg. The event was
organized by Macdonald
Youth Services and the
Child and Youth Care
Workers Association of
Manitoba. Executive
Director for MYS, Erma
Chapman, Senior Youth
Care Worker, Melanie
Wight and Senior Youth
Care Worker, Jessica
Lusk, also from MYS
spoke to the few
hundred who turned out
on a cold and overcast
morning, May 3, 2010.
Each spoke of different
aspects of the issue.
Read the
articles/report
On June 3rd, 2011, a
follow up rally did take
place. Use the link
provided above to read
the articles on the rallies
and the report itself.
was kicked off with a
historic rally for wages in
Winnipeg. The event was
organized by Macdonald
Youth Services and the
Child and Youth Care
Workers Association of
Manitoba. Executive
Director for MYS, Erma
Chapman, Senior Youth
Care Worker, Melanie
Wight and Senior Youth
Care Worker, Jessica
Lusk, also from MYS
spoke to the few
hundred who turned out
on a cold and overcast
morning, May 3, 2010.
Each spoke of different
aspects of the issue.
Read the
articles/report
On June 3rd, 2011, a
follow up rally did take
place. Use the link
provided above to read
the articles on the rallies
and the report itself.
Rally for Wages
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The associations have a long history of newsletter publication. The advent of digital copying allows for these to be shared. Examples are offered here as they
become known to the web master. You are invited and encouraged to write for your local provincial association newsletter. Your work, your insights, your
experiences respectively told, confidentiality maintained and brief may just instruct, inform and/or inspire a colleague.
become known to the web master. You are invited and encouraged to write for your local provincial association newsletter. Your work, your insights, your
experiences respectively told, confidentiality maintained and brief may just instruct, inform and/or inspire a colleague.
Delegates of Success College with Keynote Speaker Thom Garfat
Jeff Reid (closing keynote speaker) with conference delegates
The first full week of May has been adopted
throughout much of the child and youth care
world as International Child and Youth Care
Week. In Canada this initiative was
spearheaded by Thom Garfat seen here at
Reviving Our Youth, the Nova Scotia
Provincial Child and Youth Care Conference.
It has been over a decade now since the idea
for a week to recognize child and youth care
work was proposed. Over those years the
initiative has grown considerably with many
events taking place over that week or near
enough to it to celebrate the profession.
Those events do not have to be huge to have
significance. For some, it is simply a toast as
the team gets together after a shift. Some
have their town or city proclaim the week. This
year Marymound in Winnipeg, Manitoba
announced that they would refer to their child
and youth care staff members as practitioners
going forward. Simple thing but for those of us
who have been using the term or its sister
word professional for years now, it is a way to
elevate the title to reflect the work which does
have a specific structure and a supporting,
ever evolving academic foundation.
The NSCYCWA in Nova Scotia went big this
year placing their provincial conference right
in the week. By all reports the event was well
attended and enjoyed. It also featured
collaboration with sister associations in New
Brunswick and Prince Edward Island which
have between them a maritime advantage
when they work together.
throughout much of the child and youth care
world as International Child and Youth Care
Week. In Canada this initiative was
spearheaded by Thom Garfat seen here at
Reviving Our Youth, the Nova Scotia
Provincial Child and Youth Care Conference.
It has been over a decade now since the idea
for a week to recognize child and youth care
work was proposed. Over those years the
initiative has grown considerably with many
events taking place over that week or near
enough to it to celebrate the profession.
Those events do not have to be huge to have
significance. For some, it is simply a toast as
the team gets together after a shift. Some
have their town or city proclaim the week. This
year Marymound in Winnipeg, Manitoba
announced that they would refer to their child
and youth care staff members as practitioners
going forward. Simple thing but for those of us
who have been using the term or its sister
word professional for years now, it is a way to
elevate the title to reflect the work which does
have a specific structure and a supporting,
ever evolving academic foundation.
The NSCYCWA in Nova Scotia went big this
year placing their provincial conference right
in the week. By all reports the event was well
attended and enjoyed. It also featured
collaboration with sister associations in New
Brunswick and Prince Edward Island which
have between them a maritime advantage
when they work together.
CYCWAM President Jessica Lusk with members at the Tropical Social fund
raiser.
raiser.
CYCWAM in Winnipeg, held a social with a tropical
theme. Now in the west when a couple marries or
someone falls on misfortune or an organization wants to
raise funds, a social is put together. A hall is rented, a DJ
brought in, donors are found to contribute to a silent
auction and all manner of extras are considered to
extend the money raising potential of the evening. Your
ticket tends to take care of the hall and the basic
expenses. There are tables to gather your group at,
dancing, spot dancing contests, sometimes a featured
performer, a cash bar and finally, the food. Winnipeg
Rye Bread, kielbasa, pickles, cheeses and with luck
some hot Ukrainian dishes turn the evening into a dinner
and dance. For CYCWAM, this was a fund raiser to
support their provincial child and youth care conference
in the fall. It came right on the heels of the annual child
and youth care graduation event there which in the past
has been the event closest to ICYCW
theme. Now in the west when a couple marries or
someone falls on misfortune or an organization wants to
raise funds, a social is put together. A hall is rented, a DJ
brought in, donors are found to contribute to a silent
auction and all manner of extras are considered to
extend the money raising potential of the evening. Your
ticket tends to take care of the hall and the basic
expenses. There are tables to gather your group at,
dancing, spot dancing contests, sometimes a featured
performer, a cash bar and finally, the food. Winnipeg
Rye Bread, kielbasa, pickles, cheeses and with luck
some hot Ukrainian dishes turn the evening into a dinner
and dance. For CYCWAM, this was a fund raiser to
support their provincial child and youth care conference
in the fall. It came right on the heels of the annual child
and youth care graduation event there which in the past
has been the event closest to ICYCW
| Provincial Child and Youth Care Events |
Sharing Visions, Building Futures provided not only the venue for the Annual General
Meeting of the Council but also the opportunity to formally thank Dennis McDermott for the
twelve years he invested in the Council's work as the director from the OACYC. President
David Connelly noted his humour, memory of and for members and insightful
discussions over the years. Dennis was and remains the champion of the milieu and
holistic approach to child and youth care practise. He understands that it takes a team, a
discipline and a professional application of skills both on the front line and in the
association movement. Those of us who worked with him and certainly the many he has
shared a smoke and a discussion with along the way over those years would welcome
him to any future event should he leave the garden or the reno of the moment to show up
for old time's sake.
Meeting of the Council but also the opportunity to formally thank Dennis McDermott for the
twelve years he invested in the Council's work as the director from the OACYC. President
David Connelly noted his humour, memory of and for members and insightful
discussions over the years. Dennis was and remains the champion of the milieu and
holistic approach to child and youth care practise. He understands that it takes a team, a
discipline and a professional application of skills both on the front line and in the
association movement. Those of us who worked with him and certainly the many he has
shared a smoke and a discussion with along the way over those years would welcome
him to any future event should he leave the garden or the reno of the moment to show up
for old time's sake.
This section will advertise child and youth care events and calls for papers for events held across
Canada over the coming months.
This begins with Hands Across Canada:
The theme of the 2012 Annual Conference of Canadian Foster Families Association is: Joining Hands
across Canada, Walking With Children and Youth. This theme focuses on encouraging connections
and the sharing of experiences between people who care for children through the fostering system
across the country.
The theme focuses attention on celebrating and building strength and sharing a common vision: It is
also about a spirit of giving and acceptance as we all walk with children and youth. It is a message
of meeting a Child/Youth where they are and sharing a part of their life journey.
It is not about doing to or doing for but doing with.
Canada over the coming months.
This begins with Hands Across Canada:
The theme of the 2012 Annual Conference of Canadian Foster Families Association is: Joining Hands
across Canada, Walking With Children and Youth. This theme focuses on encouraging connections
and the sharing of experiences between people who care for children through the fostering system
across the country.
The theme focuses attention on celebrating and building strength and sharing a common vision: It is
also about a spirit of giving and acceptance as we all walk with children and youth. It is a message
of meeting a Child/Youth where they are and sharing a part of their life journey.
It is not about doing to or doing for but doing with.
| 32nd Annual Canadian Foster Family Association Conference (Hosted by Newfoundland and Labrador Foster Families Association) May 28-June 3, 2012 Plenary, Workshops and Concurrent Sessions: June 1 and 2 SHERATON HOTEL NEWFOUNDLAND St. John’s, Newfoundland and Labrador |
Presenters are invited to submit a proposal
for workshops at Inspiring Resilience. Click
on the icon above to download the
information for submissions. There is a
deadline of February 15, 2012. For more
information, visit the conference web site
using the National Conference button or the
icon image provided.
for workshops at Inspiring Resilience. Click
on the icon above to download the
information for submissions. There is a
deadline of February 15, 2012. For more
information, visit the conference web site
using the National Conference button or the
icon image provided.
