Title: Applying the UN CRPD to the COVID-19 pandemic: how we can use the UN CRPD as a framework for analysis and to help identifying the needs of persons with disabilities during the pandemic and in the recovery process. When: February 17th, 2022 Time: 1pm to 2:30pm (EST) Register here: https://mcgill.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZIscOGgqDkiG9N18Fc_HBC3zxyIqJgNhVya CART, ASL and ISL …
We congratulate the Honourable Carolyn Bennett in her new role as Minister of Mental Health and Addictions and Associate Minister of Health. During her tenure as Minister of these important files, she has an opportunity to show leadership on children’s rights in a variety of ways, most notably by working to end corporal punishment in …
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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”