Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - April 28, 1981, Winnipeg, Manitoba 2 Winnipeg free press tuesday april child abuse has Low priority by Maureen Brosnahan and Greg Bannister an advisory committee on child abuse set up to assist Manitoba in developing policy met yesterday Tor the first time in 18 months. Those working in the Field say the failure of the committee to meet on a regular basis underscores the Low priority the government is giving the Issue. Reports of child abuse have been increasing steadily in Manitoba. Last year the Winnipeg police child abuse unit investigated twice the number of reports As it did in 1979. Jeanne kurd of the child development clinic at the health sciences Centre notes some of Canada s leading authorities on child abuse Are in Mani Toba. But because the province does not have a comprehensive program to Deal with the growing number of abuse reports their skills and knowledge Are Only being used on a part time basis she said. This province is incredibly Rich in Talent but incredibly disorganized on How to use said Rick Sloan of the social and planning Council of Winni Peg. There really in t a Good Long term added or. Ken Mcrae child chid abuse part three development clinic director. Mcrae has proposed the establish ment of a Manitoba Protection Centre in Winnipeg to Deal with the problem on a provincial basis. It would involve establishment of Multi disciplinary teams which would examine All child abuse cases in Mani Toba. But roman Hlynka Deputy director of child care for the province said such teams Are not necessary in All parts of the province. What would a team do in Churchill for example. They May Only have one Case a in Winnipeg members of various organizations have banded together to work on child abuse cases. But the team approach has no Clear mandate from either the children s Hospital or the provincial government. The efforts of the. Group of 30, which includes physicians social work ers police officers and lawyers is based mainly on the Goodwill of the persons involved. You see one of. The problems is we meet As a group and we co operate As a group but we Don t really have any Legal said sgt. Dave Allen head of the Winnipeg police child abuse unit. But Hlynka said these groups do not need to be established because the province oversees All areas of child abuse. These teams Are meant to be and hoc they Are not meant to be function he said. Hlynka said child abuse has always been the province s responsibility and while he welcomes the help of interested individuals and agencies the directive that is necessary to push the program always came from the 13-member provincial advisory committee is made up of members of social agencies police doctors and interested persons from across Manitoba. It was set up in 1976, but since its last meeting in 1979 a number of Mem Bers have resigned some in frustration Over its inactivity. At yesterday s meeting committee members discussed a number of issues including the need for a provincial those registered As child abusers not allowed to Challenge records the suspicions of a social worker can be enough to have a name logged on a provincial registry of child abusers. It does t take a charge or a court conviction to make the list and Accord ing to children s Aid society officials no one is told they Are on the registry. They Are not Given Access to it or allowed to Challenge its contents. Roman Hlynka Deputy director of child welfare for the province agreed the registry has ominous overtones. If you look at it from a Legal Point of View it s tremendous. It looks frighten ing. But it s just he said the information is confidential. We Are Here to help people not prosecute but there has never been a review of the names on the registry and no names have been removed Hlynka said. Skip Graschuck supervisor of the child abuse unit of the Winnipeg Cas also said the registry is a confident Ial document not unlike other records kept in his offices. He said it in t Likely persons would be placed on the registry simply be cause a single social worker suspected them of abusing their child. A Bruise on the does not get you on the Pryschuk also said the registry had never been used in court to prosecute a child abuser. Similar fact evidence but Crown attorney Gregg Lawlor said information contained in the registry can at the discretion of a judge be indirectly introduced in family court As similar fact he said physicians social workers and others involved in previous instances of suspected abuse can be called to testify making it unnecessary for him to have Access to the registry. The registry is supposed to reflect the number of child abuse reports in the province. But Only some social Agen cies report directly to the province. Under Manitoba s child welfare act anyone who suspects a child is being abused is legally obligated to report their suspicions to the children s Aid society or the police. The act revised in 1979, provides a maximum of a Fine or one month in jail or both1 for those who fail to report their suspicions. But no one has yet been prosecuted for failing to report a Case of abuse. The decision to report a Case of suspected abuse is not easy for most people for a number of reasons. The most common is fear of reprisal. Under the act any person who reports in Good Faith is guaranteed Legal Protection from any civil or criminal prosecution if the suspicions prove to be false. Information Given to the Cas or the police is confidential and the reporter normally does nothing further after making the initial Contact with the authorities. A court appearance is not called for in most cases although it could be possible if you witness the abuse. City Calendar statistical association holding meeting Len Evans will give the keynote address on statistics and the Economy at the annual meeting and symposium of the statistical association of Manitoba beginning at 9 . Friday at the ramada inn 1824 Pembina Highway. Panel speakers include or. Anthony Waterman professor of economics at St. John s College and Roger Newman free Lance journalist. Brownies guides pathfinders and rangers will sell boxes of girl guide cookies to Manitoba householders sat urday. Proceeds will be used for program development expansion of the guide movement in the province training of volunteers and to assist the packs and companies who sell the cookies. Donald Ross chairman of the Manitoba Board of manage ment of the Canadian National Institute of the Blind will speak at the 36th annual conference of the Canadian Council of the Blind Manitoba division beginning at weather 9 . Saturday and continuing All Day sunday in the Board room and recreation Centre of the Institute 1041 Portage Avenue. Ross will speak at the banquet at . Saturday. The Owca will Host an All Day single mothers symposium to reaffirm the positive and legitimate lifestyle of sin Gle parenthood from 9 . To . Saturday at the Centre 447 Webb place. Guest speakers will talk about women s health issues stress management Wendy self de Fence goal setting and life planning. Holocaust remembered holocaust awareness week will be commemorated april 30 to May 6 in the City. The Winnipeg jewish Community Council and Sharetha Hap Leita in conjunction with the Nymha jewish Community Centre will offer the educational and religious programs. A memorial service will Start the program at . April 30 at b nay Abraham synagogue 337 Enniskillen Avenue. Alex Grobman director of the Simon Wiesenthal Centre for holocaust studies in los Angeles will speak on resistance to the holocaust. Holocaust education Day will Start at 2 . May 3 at Shearey Zeke synagogue 561 Wellington Crescent. An ecumenical service of remembrance followed by a talk on the Road from Auschwitz is to be held the same Day. The czechoslovakian film the shop on main Street begins at 8 . May 4 at the planetarium auditorium. Three Short holocaust films will be shown at 8 . May 5. Deaths classified death Winnipeg area forecast variable cloudiness today. High near 15. Mostly Cloudy tonight and tomorrow. Low tonight near 3. High tomorrow near 15. Extended weather Outlook Southern Manitoba mainly sunny thursday and Friday clouding Over saturday. Temperatures slightly above Normal readings of 14 and 2. Northern Manitoba mostly Cloudy thursday becoming sunny Friday clouding Over again saturday. Temperatures near Normal readings of 8 and -4. Northwestern Ontario showers or Snow flurries thursday Clearing Friday and sunny saturday. Temperatures near Normal readings of 12 and 0. Temperatures Canada and the world Max. My. National . 10 9 Vancouver. To 8 Calgary. In 8 Edmonton. 16 2 Regina. 16 to Winnipeg. 15 5 Thompson. 12 0 Kenora. 14 4 Brandon. 12 i Dauphin. 15 -1 Thunder Bay. 10 2 in 8 Ottawa. 16 8 Montreal. 17 5 Halifax. 17 2 International Chicago. 23 17 Minneapolis. 23 8 new York. 19 12 Boston. 22 9 11 7 Athens. 25 15 resort spots los Angeles Clear Las vegas Clear Phoenix Cloudy Honolulu Lair Tampa fair 21 30 33 29 24 Miami Cloudy 28 Bermuda Partov Doudy 24 Nassau partly Cloudy. 30 Kingston partly Cloudy 31 Barbados Partov Cloudy. 30 Havana Cloudy 29 Winnipeg temperature companions Max. Man. Mean april 27. 15.3 4.4 9.9 last year. 24.1 2.5 13.3 Normal. 12.8 0.0 6.7 highest in record 33.3 in 1952 lowest on record -12.2 in 1907 precipitation total Lor april 1 to april 27 10.9 Millimetres. Normal 31.5 my. Armstrong Darrell Jay 32, of East St. Paul husband of Marilyn Armstrong. Bargende Stanley of 120 Renfrew Street husband of Emma Bargende. Brengman Leonie. 101. Brown Clare f., 69, of 18 Avondale Road husband of Tannas Brown. Dilling John Bryan Hus band of Georgina Dilling. Ferguson Laura Gladys 56, of Vancouver ., wife of William Ferguson. Foster Clarence David Frances 55. Of 640 Stella Avenue husband of Jessie Foster. Frederickson Thelma 73. X Gault Maureen Ann 19, daughter of Marjourie and William fault. Gawne Elizabeth 84. Of 5 Mayfair place formerly of old England man., widow of John William Gawne. Grogan Jane 81, of Al Monte ont., formerly of Winnipeg widow of William Grogan. Hansen Norman Fritjof 81, of Victoria ., formerly of Ocean Falls ., widow of Dorothy Hansen. Jamieson h. G. 73, of Delta Husband of Margaret Jamieson. Jessop Leonard William. 68, of 1822 William Avenue husband of Catherine jes sop. Kinniburgh John h. Of North Vancouver. . Husband of Ruby Kinni Burgh. Kirkpatrick Ronald James 44. Lamb Catherine Mclntosh 79, of Eriksdale. Myers Nona Jane 85 Mckinnon Timothy Owen 27. Of 467 Martin Avenue son of Marne Mckinnon. Rennie or. James w. A. Of 386 Brock Street husband of Margaret i. Rennie. Rose Janet s., widow of Frank Rose. Schoenau Germaine Rita 64, of Lang sask., wife of Gordon Schoenau. Welichka Alex 88, of 437 Enniskillen Avenue widower of Kateryna Welichka. Willstrop Margaret of 159 Langford Street wife of Leslie Willstrop. Woskoski Steve Ste 77, of 489 Henderson Highway husband of Rose Woskoski. Coordinator for child abuse. A subcommittee also was set up to Deal with sexual abuse and plans to prepare brochures on the topic. The committee meets again in june. They the committee seem to be Well informed but we Aren t really sure what they said Sloan. Everyone is waiting to see and hear from the province spends about Mil lion a year on child welfare but Little of it has been channelled directly into child abuse education or programs. In 1976, the province Drew up guide lines for child abuse and has since printed and distributed information for teachers physicians and the general Public. This was done through the efforts of the child abuse advisory com Mittee at that time. Because of the Lack of initiative in the area the province has no statistics which reflect the extent of child abuse. The definitive document on child abuse in Manitoba is supposed to be the registry for physically abused Chil Dren. It in 1971 to measure and record child abuse and As a Means of protecting children. Differing statistics but the registry which is controlled by the provincial government s director of child welfare has failed to meet its goals according to Many. The problem with the registry is its statistics. In theory it is a list of All confirmed and suspected abuse cases in the province. In reality its figures do not match those of other organizations. The registry notes 236 cases of child abuse reported in Manitoba in 1980. However Winnipeg children s Aid society figures show it investigated about 280 cases of abuse and was consulted on another 102 cases in 1980. According to the annual report of the department of Community services and corrections the Winnipeg Cas reported Only 115 of those cases to the registry. In the past plans to establish a Cen trial organization to Deal with child abuse have been scuttled by the prov Ince. The last plan was abandoned shortly after the 1977 election. Mcrae s proposal for a prevention Centre will be presented to the province in the next few months. Hurd said such a proposal could serve All of Manitoba and Winnipeg could become the pioneering Centre for child abuse research in Canada. We could thing off the ground she said adding it could be established for less than including salaries for every one involved. S toe press Bonanza for bookworms bookworms looking for new volumes to whet their appetites flocked to Polo Park shopping Centre mall yesterday to get first Choice As the annual children Hospital bookmarked opened. The Sale continues until May 9, with proceeds going to the Hospital. Books include textbooks mysteries comics and some thing for just about everyone. Reg. 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