The Canadian Coalition for the Rights of Children (CCRC) submitted its report (August 22, 2024) to the Committee on the Rights of the Child for General Comment No. 27 addressing the serious obstacles and struggles that children in Canada face while trying to access justice and effective remedies when their rights have been violated. You can read …
The Fraser Mustard Institute for Human Development (FMIHD) Policy Bench, administered in the Factor-Inwentash Faculty of Social Work at the University of Toronto has just published a policy brief and fact sheet that explore “the issue of legislation around corporal punishment of children in Canada from various perspectives – including social and cultural, legal, and …
As a partner organization on the SSHRC-funded PEG with 9 child researchers from Ontario and Quebec, Dr. Hala Mreiwed (PI), Dr. Mindy Carter (Co-I), Dr. Laura Wright (Collaborator), and Dr. Kate Butler, the CCRC is pleased to share the first publication from the Peer-to-Peer Relationships: Participatory Action Research project. The article is open access and …
“Each year, one billion children are victims of violence. Violence erodes every investment that families, communities and governments make in children, from their education to their mental and physical health”. The first-ever Global Ministerial Conference on Ending Violence Against Children will take place in Bogota, Colombia on November 7-8, 2024. This meeting will be an …
This webinar explores the controversial practice of seclusion rooms in schools and their impact on students, particularly those with disabilities. Many parents have criticized the use of seclusion or isolation rooms as being abusive and discriminatory towards children with disabilities in particular, and children who are Black or immigrant. Many jurisdictions have no clear policies …
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Join UNICEF Canada Tuesday, July 30th at 1:00-2:00 pm EDT for a roundtable discussion of the impact of wildfires on children in Canada and around the world. Do not forget to register. Speakers
The Representative for Children and Youth (RCY) investigation report “Don’t Look Away – How one boy’s story has the power to shift a system of care for children and youth” was released on July 16, 2024. It “includes findings from RCY’s investigation into the death of [an 11-year old child] ‘Colby’ who was tortured and killed …