The International Society for Child Indicators (ISCI) is hosting its 6th Conference, entitled “Children in a World of Opportunities: Innovations in Research, Policy and Practice.”  The event will take place on June 28-30, 2017 in Montreal, Canada.

RRC will be holding Pathways to Resilience IV in Cape Town, South Africa on June 14-16, 2017.

This country care review includes the care-related Concluding Observations adopted by the Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities during the seventeenth session (20 Mar 2017 – 12 Apr 2017) of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. 

Manitoba's families minister admits money from children's special allowance has been redirected to the provincial government's general revenue.

The political situation in the U.S. drives unaccompanied minors across the border to Canada where their futures are uncertain.

This blog article from the Economic Policy Institute notes that policy makers ignore legislation that could make it easier for women to balance work and home obligations.

This review of the international research examines what is known about the placement of siblings in foster care.

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In examining to what extent poverty reduction policies and family support services mitigate the risk factors associated with out-of-home placement, this study found that absolute poverty influences a child’s risk factors for out of home placement.

Nova Scotia will be the only province that does not allow birth mothers and adult adopted children to obtain information about one another.