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Bad Social Worker
- November 28, 2019
- Posted by: rcypadmin
- Category: Blog Posts
No CommentsOn the surface you’ll see, A child protection social worker I’ll be, But what you don’t see underneath, Is the vicarious trauma I will sheath, Arrive to work to see another dozen files, Play catch up with enough work to go for miles, Investigate, disrupt, intrude on another person’s life, We call it child protection,
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The Guatemala-U.S. Agreement: A New American Strategy to Block Asylum Seekers
- September 6, 2019
- Posted by: rcypadmin
- Category: Blog Posts
The U.S. has just signed a new migration agreement with Guatemala which appears to authorize the U.S. to transfer asylum claimants who have passed through Guatemalan territory back to Guatemala to have their claims examined by the Guatemalan refugee determination system
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Condiciones de la Juventud Hondureña en el Sistema Educativo
- July 2, 2019
- Posted by: rcypadmin
- Category: Blog Posts
Honduras es un país en donde, según datos oficiales, la pobreza se extiende a más del 60% de su población y la pobreza es extrema a más del 38.4% (INE, 2016). Las leyes del país reconocen como jóvenes a todas aquellas personas comprendidas entre los 12 y 30 años de edad (Decreto No. 260-2005, 2006),
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لاجئ
- January 11, 2019
- Posted by: rcypadmin
- Category: Blog Posts
A social worker walks into a refugee family’s life, She uses words like “trauma” and “sacrifice” without understanding their depth She asks them what they did for a living, reminds them to keep their dreams small and contained Like the belongings they were forced to keep small and contained enough to carry on a whim
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NOW OPEN: THE CHILD WELFARE IMMIGRATION CENTRE OF EXCELLENCE
- January 9, 2019
- Posted by: rcypadmin
- Category: Blog Posts
On June 13, 2018 the Child Welfare Immigration Centre of Excellence (CWICE) opened as a partnership between Peel Children’s Aid (Peel CAS) and the Ontario Association of Children’s Aid Societies (OACAS). Peel CAS has had a specialized Immigration Team for 18 years, and remains the only agency in the province with an immigration team. Initially,
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CHILD RIGHTS VIOLATIONS IN THE ONTARIO CHILD WELFARE SYSTEM: A PERSONAL STORY
- October 5, 2018
- Posted by: rcypadmin
- Category: Blog Posts, News
I was under the care of the Child Protection System for eleven years (age 1 to 12). My early years included apprehensions from my family due to abuse at home. Although scars heal, the wounds from the injustice and isolation I felt at the hands of the Child Protection System remain. I remember feeling left
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WHEN FREEDOMS COLLIDE
- September 21, 2018
- Posted by: rcypadmin
- Category: Blog Posts
We fight or we flee, both are done so we may feel free – But what is free? What might it mean? I think it involves a reality many would rather not see. When I want something, what if it comes at the cost of you. If you want something what if it hurts another
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