Mitzi Dean

• ‘Significant reset’: Eby drops B.C. children’s minister from post in mini cabinet shuffle

  Premier David Eby says Mitzi Dean will now serve as minister of state for child care, overseeing the province's child care initiatives.

  Politics

  Jan 15
  
• All former youth in care in B.C. now eligible for education tuition waivers

  The ombudsperson has released a report calling on B.C. to compensate a woman who left government care at 17 years old to live with her aunt, but was denied post-secondary funding.

  Education

  Sep 14, 2023
  
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• Children’s ministry refuses to compensate youth it misinformed: B.C. ombudsperson

  The Ministry of Children and Family Development rejects three of the report's five recommendations, which is troubling to the ombudsperson.

  Politics

  Sep 6, 2023
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• ‘He was a fighter’: Father of boy who died in horrific foster home abuse demands accountability

  A B.C. father whose son died in a horrific case of foster care abuse is calling for greater accountability in the child welfare system as he remembers his son.

  Crime

  Jul 13, 2023
• B.C. minister defies calls to resign after horrific First Nations foster child abuse

  Despite public pressure, the minister responsible for child welfare doesn't appear to have any plans to step down in the aftermath of a high-profile case of foster child abuse.

  Politics

  Jul 11, 2023
• ‘Lake Errock is the again’: Retired B.C. Mountie believes foster child tragedy won’t be last

  Russ Grabb still has his notes from May 11, 1993, when he attended the BC Children’s Hospital as the lead major crime investigator in a case of horrific toddler abuse.

  Politics

  Jul 11, 2023
• Staff lose jobs after abused foster child dies in care, opposition parties want Dean sacked

  The ministry responsible has now confirmed staff who failed to check in on the abused First Nations children have lost their jobs.

  Politics

  Jun 29, 2023
• Watchdog to probe First Nations child abuse case as B.C. minister urged to resign

  Mitzi Dean, who has led the Ministry of Children and Family Development (MCFD) since November 2020, has failed to take meaningful accountability in the case, the leaders allege.

  Politics

  Jun 26, 2023
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• B.C. increases pay for foster families

  Foster families in B.C. will get a monthly pay raise of hundreds of dollars starting April 1. Mitzi says rates were frozen for nearly a decade under the previous government.

  Politics

  Mar 29, 2023
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• Saskatchewan First Nation says B.C. willing to keep talking to resolve concern

  The First Nation released a statement one day after a news conference in Vancouver that outlined its first steps to control its own child welfare services.

  Politics

  Mar 22, 2023