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The Yates case: professional self-regulation or plain old self-protection?

In 2015, Pamela Yates began her job as the IWK's head of youth forensic services. Her early performance reviews — and results — were positive. So why was she "terminated effective immediately” just eight months later?

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Start with this: a July 11, 2017, CBC news story entitled “Lack of Psychologists Delays Youth Sentencing More than 6 Months.” The story quoted Brandon Rolle, the managing lawyer at the youth office for Nova Scotia Legal Aid who pointed out that the IWK Health Centre was taking six to 13 months to complete court-ordered...

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