New Reports by BC Representative for Children and Youth Office

By on April 10, 2013 in Children's Rights

The Representative for Children and Youth of BC has issued 4 new reports since February 2013, with the most recent one released in April. These include: Still Waiting: First Hand Experiences with Youth Mental Health Experiences in BC Much More Than Paper Work, Proper Planning Essential to Better Lives for BC’s Children In Care Representative’s [...]

Youth Gangs

By on March 28, 2013 in Uncategorized

  A gang is a structured group of individuals who use intimidation and violence to carry out criminal acts in order to gain power and status or to control certain lucrative activities. A youth gang is “any durable, street-oriented youth group whose involvement in illegal activity is part of its group identity”. Most youth gang [...]

Micheal Vonn on Public Lives: What Eroding Privacy Means for Democracy

By on March 15, 2013 in In the News, UFV Initiatives

UFV LIBIT department welcomes guest speaker Micheal Vonn Tues, Mar 19 1 – 2:30 pm B101, Lecture Theatre The blurring and sometimes outright inversion of what we have traditionally understood as ‘private’ vs. ‘public’ has vast implications for citizens’ relationship to the state. Securitization and surveillance are increasingly making governmental actions secret and citizens’ lives [...]