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Children Write: Children’s Writing Competition Submission Form & Poster

by Kate ButlerChildren's Rights in Canada March 4, 2021April 8, 2021No Comments

Children Write: Children’s Rights Writing Competition The Canadian Coalition for the Rights of Children (CCRC) is a network of Canadian organizations and individuals who promote respect for the rights of children. Its purpose is to: exchange information; provide public education materials about the Convention on the Rights of the Child; monitor implementation of the Convention …

Webinar on our Anti-Discrimination Children’s Rights Writing Competition

by Kate ButlerChildren's Rights in Canada February 16, 2021March 24, 2021No Comments

Join us on March 31 at noon EST for a webinar launching our Children Write! competition. We will be joined by Hala Mreiwed, Gulzar R. Charania, Christine Bogert & Ben Peebles. Entries can be submitted in French or English. Click here to sign up: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/children-write-tickets-141312007017?aff=ebdsoporgprofile Check out

Fighting for Child Rights One Word At a Time: My Experience as a CCRC Intern

by Kate ButlerChildren's Rights in Canada January 18, 2021No Comments

Working in the non-profit sector was something that has always been important to me. It has consistently brought me joy knowing that even the smallest of tasks served a much larger purpose. So, when given the opportunity to work as a communications intern for the Canadian Coalition for the Rights of Children (CCRC), I was …

Postponement of UN Review of Canada to Jan 2022

by Kate ButlerUN Review January 13, 2021January 13, 2021No Comments

The UN Committee on the Rights of the Child has announced that the review of Canada will not occur until January 2022. Due to the current pandemic of COVID-19, all sessions have been postponed by one session. Therefore, the deadline to send additional information is 15th December 2021. The CCRC continues to engage in this …

Happy new year – looking forward to working together on children’s rights

by Kate ButlerUN Review, Anti-racism, Climate Change & Children's Rights January 7, 2021January 7, 2021No Comments

Hello everyone, Happy new year. As we turn the page on 2020, the CCRC looks forward to continuing to work with our members and partners to make children’s rights work better in Canada. Here are 3 issues that will keep us busy in 2021. First, we want to once again draw your attention to the …

National Child Day 2020: Get Serious about Children’s Rights

by Kathy VandergriftUN Review, Children's Rights in Canada, National Child Day November 20, 2020December 15, 2020No Comments

National Child Day 2020 comes in the middle of the 5th/6th review of children’s rights in Canada. The review shows the need to get serious about implementing children’s rights in Canada. It is an opportunity to make our governing systems work better for children. It is time to move beyond nice statements about children and …

Children’s Rights In Canada: List of Issues

by Kathy VandergriftChildren's Rights in Canada, Monitoring Canada and the UNCRC November 12, 2020November 12, 2020No Comments

The list of issues, the next stage in the review of children’s rights, is another opportunity to make much needed changes in Canada. It includes many of the pressing issues for children in Canada. All governments need to answer the questions to provide additional information and analysis about the conditions for children in Canada. That will …