Climate change and children’s rights: panel discussion at the CCRC’s AGM

The focus of the panel at this year’s AGM was about the ways that children’s lives are shaped by climate change, even though they are the least responsible, they are the most affected. This is particularly true for children who are structurally vulnerable, such as Indigenous children, those living in poverty, racialized children, and those …

Dean’s Distinguished Lecture: Featuring Dr. Cindy Blackstock

Check out this lecture on November 15th at 5:30pm PST. Reconciling History Colonialism entrenched inequality as a lived reality for many Indigenous peoples around the world. This presentation talks about what colonialism is, how it birthed multi-generational inequality and what can be done, including academically, to achieve justice in change-resistant environments. Event Description The Faculty …

Shaking the Movers 2021

On November 12, 2021, with the support of Professor Daniella Bendo, Childhood and Youth Studies students at King’s University College at Western will facilitate an online ‘Shaking the Movers’ workshop with young people aged 8-12 years old. Shaking the Movers is the name of the rights-based, collaborative model that was developed by the Landon Pearson Resource …

GlobalChild launch on December 13

GlobalChild is an international team comprised of child rights and child development researchers, advocates, and experts working under the guidance of the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child. You are invited to the Canadian Launch of the GlobalChild platform which will take place via webinar on December 13th in celebration of the 30th anniversary of …

Ending Corporal Punishment webinar

Check out this webinar by Canada’s Dr. Joan Durrant and others, put on by the World Health Organization and Global Partnership to End Violence Against Children Corporal punishment is a highly prevalent form of violence against children (VAC) and a breach of children’s human rights . Its widespread social acceptance means that a level of …

CCRC Research Partnership News

One of the ways that the CCRC supports child rights work is in our capacity as a research partner to academics and institutions. Here is a newsletter from a project we are a partner on, led by Dr. Tara Collins at Ryerson University, called the International & Canadian Child Rights Partnership (ICCRP). The ICCRP involves …

Join us for the CCRC AGM & Panel on Climate Change (Nov. 4 at 2pm EST)

Join the CCRC for our Annual General Meeting on November 4th at 2pm EST. Note that this is open to the general public, not just CCRC members. The first hour will be a panel on climate change and children’s rights. Then, we will have a 30 minute AGM where we will nominate new board directors, …