Iona Sky recently joined OACAS as Director of Practice Transformation. Here she tells us more about herself and her new role to transform child welfare in Ontario.

On October 21, 2020   /   Accountability, Child Welfare Agencies, Children, Featured, Youth  

The practice of birth alerts in Ontario is ceasing October 15th. What’s next for child welfare agencies and their approach to working with expectant mothers?

On October 13, 2020   /   Accountability, Child Welfare Agencies, Children, Community Partners, Featured, Government  

One Vision One Voice Phase III underway: Program Lead Keishia Facey tells us what’s next for African Canadian families

On August 7, 2020   /   Accountability, African Canadian Families, Child Welfare Agencies, Children, Community Partners, Featured, Youth  

OACAS Welcomes the Ontario Government’s New Vision for Child Welfare

On July 29, 2020   /   Accountability, African Canadian Families, Child Welfare Agencies, Community Partners, Featured, Government, Permanency, Youth  

OACAS Applauds the Cessation of Birth Alerts in Ontario

On July 14, 2020   /   Accountability, African Canadian Families, Child Welfare Agencies, Children, Featured, Government, Indigenous Services  

Personal reflections on recent events and systemic racism from Nicole Bonnie, CEO of OACAS

On June 3, 2020   /   Accountability, African Canadian Families, CEO Message, Child Welfare Agencies, Featured, Indigenous Services  

Ontario’s Children’s Aid Societies and Indigenous Child and Family Well-Being Agencies Continue to Support Children, Youth, and Families during COVID-19 Pandemic

On March 23, 2020   /   Accountability, Children, Featured, Indigenous Services  

Ontario’s premier research study on child abuse and neglect has released its findings

On March 4, 2020   /   Accountability, Advocacy, African Canadian Families, Child Poverty, Child Welfare Agencies, Featured, Publications, Research, Youth  

October 24 is Ontario Dress Purple Day: Children’s Aid Societies’ campaign asks adults to think more carefully about how they can be helpful to the children and youth in their lives

On October 24, 2019   /   Accountability, Child Abuse Prevention, Child Welfare Agencies, Children, Community Partners, Featured  

Ontario Government Child Welfare Online Survey

On September 12, 2019   /   Accountability, Advocacy, Child Welfare Agencies, Children, Community Partners, Government, Research, Youth