Kelly Peck, director of Child Protection Services on P.E.I., says it's particularly challenging to find and keep staff in rural areas. (Wayne Thibodeau/CBC) ...

P.E.I.’s director of child protection has quit after a shake-up in her department which she says was made without her consultation — and without considering the impact of the children in her care.

Child Protective Services lost contact with the family after May 29, 2023. Child Protective Services regained contact with the family in December 2023 and learned they had returned to Mercer County.

Nearly 50 per cent of all First Nation parents in Manitoba have had a child protective file opened against them. That’s nearly four times as many as a non-First Nation parent (13.1 per cent.) ...

In her book "Broken: Transforming Child Protective Services ― Notes of a Former Caseworker" she looks back her CPS years and how they led her to quit and work for systemic change.