Author: Kathy Vandergrift
Climate Change in Canada and Children’s Rights
April 4, 2019Children in Canada today will be faced with serious impacts of climate change in their lifetimes – and they will pay the costs. According to scientific updates on climate change in Canada, released on April 2, 2019 by the Government of Canada, changes in Canada are already happening and will continue at double the global […]
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Children’s Commissioner: Accountability in Children’s Rights
April 2, 2019The Canadian Coalition for the Rights of Children (CCRC) welcomes a renewed focus on the need for a national children’s commissioner, which re-started today with the introduction of a private member’s bill by MP Anne Minh-Thu Quach. “The current lack of accountability for implementation of children’s rights across Canada is a major gap in good […]
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Pieces Need a Coherent Plan for Children: Budget 2019
March 20, 2019Children will benefit from some of the new initiatives included in the 2019 Federal Budget. But the lack of a coherent policy framework means that children will also continue to fall through the cracks of a patchwork of programs. Each one addresses a part of what children need to develop their full potential; there is […]
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Tina Fontaine, Bill C-92, and Provincial Child Welfare Reform
March 17, 2019Tina Fontaine’s story and the report by the Manitoba Children’s Advocate show once again that the systems designed to help children are failing many of them. Will this be another investigative report shelved after a few superficial changes or will federal and provincial governments finally make the fundamental reforms required to treat children as persons […]
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Government Report on Children’s Rights in Canada Needs More Analysis
February 1, 2019Canada’s 5th-6th report on implementation of the Convention on the Rights of the Child in Canada is now filed with the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child. Copies of the report and annexes are available here for your reference. The report shows some progress since the last review. Missing is information on outcomes […]
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The Right to Know Rights, Curriculum Reform, and Parental Rights in Education
December 17, 2018Children’s right to learn about their rights was identified as a top priority during the recent Raise the Bar for Children’s Rights conference, hosted by the CCRC. The benefits of teaching children and parents about children’s rights are evident in research and practice. Fulfilling the Convention in Canada requires scaling up existing good practices so […]
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Raise the Bar for Children’s Rights: Next Steps
November 23, 2018More than one hundred people gathered for two days of learning about children’s rights in Canada. “It was good to come together,” said one participant, “to connect our own work with others and think about all rights for all children in Canada.” The conference brought together people from a wide range of ages, positions, and […]
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