Status of Women committee  Absolutely, I think it has a role to play. I think it is important to make sure that there is education for our young people around the safe use of technology, because technology is important. We're using it here today, so we need to be well versed in how to use it. I think we

Status of Women committee  I can step in there. I think it's so important to make sure that we're caring for the people who are working on our front lines. That would include investing in programs that our staff can access, clinical supports and investing in programs that allow for staff training around w

Status of Women committee  Is there interpretation now? Okay. What we see in our organization are really the impacts of complex trauma history. These are young people who are coming to us from homes that have rejected them or from homes where there is significant violence or substance use. These are young

Status of Women committee  I think some of the upstream types of interventions we need to see include some of the things that previous witnesses have talked about—really investing in supports and interventions at the family level, not simply removing children but investing in and supporting the families an

Status of Women committee  Thank you for your question. I would say that complex trauma is the most common thing we're seeing the young people who walk through our doors experience. They're coming from traumatic histories—

Status of Women committee  Absolutely. There is definitely a link between housing and mental health. Not only does lack of housing impact mental health, but if you are struggling with your mental health, that can also oftentimes impact your ability to secure market housing for a variety of reasons, whether

Status of Women committee  What we find with most funding streams is that they do not adequately support the realistic operational costs of supporting these units, so they don't allow for adequate staffing levels. They do not account for the specific mental health supports that need to be on site. With r

Status of Women committee  I have 30 seconds. I could do a whole session on this. About 30% of the young people we serve identify in that way and they do present with unique challenges. It is a form of trauma to be sent away from your home and to feel as though you are not worthy of anything. We do see i

Status of Women committee  Thank you so much. As I said, we're looking at the recommendation of investing in complex care housing. We're requesting that a parliamentary committee undertake a study to investigate the recommendations on the challenges and systemic barriers facing youth who are at risk of be

Status of Women committee  Good morning. I would like to acknowledge the previous speaker and thank her for her words. I know that you're all doing such amazing work out there. My name is Chelsea Minhas, and I am the director of clinical services and complex care at Covenant House Vancouver. I'm very g