Living environment
The quality of physical and social environments can affect children and young people’s health and wellbeing.
Reports
My Place in WA - children and young people speak out about their living environment
Discussion paper - Living environment
The Commissioner's discussion paper on the effects of physical and social environments on the health and wellbeing of children and young people.
The effects of physical and social environments on the health and wellbeing of children and young people
A report prepared for the Commissioner for Children and Young People WA by Dr Carmen Lawrence
We Are 10 report - Life through the eyes of Western Australian 10 year-olds
We Are 10 report - Life through the eyes of Western Australian 10 year-olds
Issues papers
Built environment
Policy briefs
Recreation
Submissions
Submission to the Climate Health WA Inquiry, October 2019
The Commissioner provided evidence at the public hearing about the impacts of climate change on health in Western Australia.
More information
Video - Life through the eyes of WA 10 year-olds
More than 4,200 children from around Western Australia shared their views on life at 10 years old
Video - Life through the eyes of WA 10 year-olds from the Goldfields
Video - Life through the eyes of WA 10 year-olds from the Kimberley
Video - Life through the eyes of WA 10 year-olds from the Mid West
Events
Thinker in Residence 2014
International expert in child resilience Dr Michael Ungar visited Perth in 2014, offering new perspectives on a community-wide approach to building resilience in children and young people, particularly those who are vulnerable or who have complex needs.
iBUILD 2010
iBUILD enabled a group of children and young people to have a say about how the spaces and places in their communities can be improved for children and young people.