Forum on Racialized Children with Disabilities in Education How to Address Systemic Racism and Racial Profiling in Schools Details: Feb. 16 7pm EST. Register here. Panelists: 1. Dr. Myrna Lashley, Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry, McGill University and Chair, Task Force on Equity and Inclusion, Lester B. Pearson School Board, Montreal 2. Stephen Hennessy, 3. …
Check out the January 2022 newsletter from the ICCRP
This interview was done with Montreal Families to promote our writing competition. Check out the article here. What is the CCRC writing competition, and what is its goal? The Canadian Coalition for the Rights of Children (CCRC) writing competition was created to help inform children about the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the …
Read more “Interview with Board Member Candace Blake-Amarante about the CCRC Writing Competition”
Call to Action #3: We call upon all levels of government to fully implement Jordan’s Principle Jordan’s Principle is a legal rule named after Jordan River Anderson, of the Norway House Cree Nation in Manitoba. Jordan was born with complex medical needs and after spending his first two years in the hospital, he was cleared …
Read more “Truth and Reconciliation Commission Call to Action #3 Fact sheet”
A comprehensive book has just been published that will be of interest to many of you: Monitoring State Compliance with the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child. The book was edited by Ziba Vaghri, Jean Zermatten, Gerison Lansdown and Roberta Ruggiero. Those who wish to purchase a soft- or hardcover book, may so do …
Read more “New book on Monitoring State Compliance with the UN CRC”
Check out this video of the Canadian GlobalChild launch! GlobalChild is the world’s first comprehensive child rights monitoring platform. The Canadian launch of the GlobalChild platform took place on Dec. 13, 2021, the 30th Anniversary of Canada’s ratification of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child. Keep watching to hear from our prominent …
ENGLISH MONTREAL SCHOOL BOARD TO PAY CHILD WITH LEARNINGDISABILITY AND PARENTS $20,000 FOR DISCRIMINATION Montreal, January 5, 2022 — An 11-year-old girl with a learning disability and her parentshave won the first round of their legal battle against the English Montreal School Board(EMSB) for discrimination based on disability. In a rare decision issued before Christmas, …
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