November 20 is National Child Day in Canada and World Children’s Day internationally, recognizing the global adoption of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) and the universal rights of children. There are many virtual and in-person events taking place in the month of November.
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- Tuesday, November 19, to mark the 35th anniversary of the all-party federal resolution to end child poverty, Campaign 2000: End Child and Family Poverty invites you to join a community launch of the 2024 national, subnational and Toronto report cards on child and family poverty in Canada.
- Wednesday, November 20, join UNICEF Canada on National Child Day as it marks the 35th birthday of the Convention by hosting the annual Youth Advocacy Summit: Listen to the Future. Register today to save your place! UNICEF will also launch its global flagship report, the State of the World’s Children.
- November 20-21, the Interdisciplinary Research Group on Child’s Rights (GRIDE), University of Moncton will be holding their International Symposium Highlighting Children’s Rights Week, "Children and their right to be different: Current situation, levers for action, challenges and future perspectives".
- The International and Canadian Child Rights Partnership (ICCRP) is holding a series of exciting webinars. Registration links are hyperlinked in the titles.
- Monday, November 18, 8:30-10:00 am ET: Participatory Methodologies with Children and Young People From Indigenous Populations
- Tuesday, November 19, 10:30 am-12:00 pm ET: Young People's Experience as Change Makers in Law & Policy
- Wednesday, 20 November, 12:00-1:30 pm ET: Children's Rights & Decolonial Approaches: Conceptual and Practical Reflections
- Thursday, 21 November, 9:00-10:30 am ET: To Pay or Not to Pay? The Ethics of Compensation in Research
- Saturday, 23 November, 11:00 am-12:30 pm ET: Challenging Problematic Concepts and Terms that Affect Children's Rights in Legal and Policy Contexts
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