Topic(s): 
Child Welfare
Professional Practice
Youth
Webinar event date: 
nov 27, 2024 1:00 pm EST
Webinar series: 
CANTRAC Webinar Series
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Webinar Presenters: 
Christophe Gauthier-Davies

Christophe Gauthier-Davies is in his final year of doctoral studies at the École nationale d'administration publique (ÉNAP). His thesis focuses on the judicialization of young people from care during their transition to adulthood. His work is part of the Étude sur le devenir des jeunes placés au Québec (EDJeP). Since January 2020, he has been at the heart of EDJeP's quantitative data collection, management and analysis.

Stéphane Girard

Stéphane Girard is a Ph.D candidate in public administration at the École Nationale d’Administration Publique (ÉNAP). The purpose of his thesis is to better understand educational supports provided by educators to young people in care.

Laurence Magnan-Tremblay

Laurence Magnan-Tremblay is a Ph.D candidate in psychoeducation at the University of Sherbrooke. Her dissertation mobilizes a contextual approach to better understand how care leavers cope with the challenges they face during their transition into adulthood.

Madeleine Prévost-Lemire

Madeleine Prévost-Lemire is a Ph.D candidate in psychoeducation at the University of Sherbrooke. Her thesis focuses on complex trauma and recovery among young mothers who received child protective services in their youth.

Description

The care leaving process has become an issue of international relevance over the last 20+ years, with emerging and growing research in the Canadian context. This research has contributed to a better understanding of care leaving experiences and outcomes for youth ‘aging out’ of care. Research in this field has also helped to inform the development and evaluation of practices, programs, and interventions to better prepare care leavers and help them during their transition to adulthood.  

Although research on care leaving in Canada is still limited, emerging scholars have been advancing the research agenda in different areas (e.g., judicialization, schooling, coping process of care leavers during the transition to adulthood, motherhood). During this webinar, Ph.D. candidates from CANTRAC will present their doctoral research proposals and provide a summary of how it addresses current research gaps in Canada. Preliminary practice and policy implications will also be discussed.

This webinar is intended to help professionals learn about and engage with emerging scholars on their research on the experiences of young people exiting the Canadian child welfare system and care leaving processes.