Join us for an informative webinar with Kristen Robins as we explore the legal pathways to permanency for children and youth in adoption, kinship care, and customary care arrangements.
This session will help caregivers, service providers, and community members better understand how permanency is defined and supported across different care models, while exploring important legal considerations, roles, rights, and responsibilities. Participants will also gain insight into decision-making, stability, and long-term planning for children and youth in care.
There will be time for questions and discussion to support real-life scenarios and shared community learning.
About the speaker
Kristen Robins is currently a sole practitioner at Robins Law Office. She has a Bachelor of Social Sciences degree, with honours in Criminology, and a Bachelor of Law degree, both from the University of Ottawa. She was called to the Bar in 2009. Ms. Robins practices in the areas of child protection, criminal, and family law. She is a member of the Defence Counsel Association of Ottawa and is also the current Vice President of the Child Protection Defence Bar Association of Ottawa. In 2017, she received the first annual Justice Heidi Levenson-Polowin Award for Excellence in Child Protection Advocacy. Ms. Robins routinely provides legal advice and representation to people involved with child welfare agencies, including adoptive parents, foster parents, kin and birth parents.
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