Child advocate position to remain vacant

By Kevin Jeffre Local Journalism Initiative Reporter THUNDER BAY- Thunder Bay is forging ahead with other strategies to serve children and youth. Recently there have been calls for the city to fill the Thunder Bay child advocate position. In a letter from President Tisha Duncan of the Regional Multicultural Youth Council (RMYC) written in February 2023 to city council, she said the hiring is long overdue. “The RMYC believes in your words at the political table on January 26,” the letter stated. “We are kindly asking you to fill the vacant position and bring together stakeholders to revive the Thunder Bay Children’s Coalition to engage the community in implementing the Seven Youth Inquest Recommendations.” The 2016 inquest examined the deaths of seven youth who travelled to Thunder Bay from their…

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