Publication Alert

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 …

The CCRC’s UPR Submission

Universal Periodic Review of Canada March 29, 2023                                                   Submission by the Canadian Coalition for the Rights of Children Who we are: The Canadian Coalition for the Rights of Children (CCRC) is a national umbrella group of organizations and individuals committed to the full implementation of the Convention on the Rights of the Child in Canada …

Join us for LEARN webinar celebrating child rights

In recognition of National Child Day, LEARN is hosting a Zoom webinar with theCanadian Coalition for the Rights of Children (CCRC) Thursday, November 17, 20224:15 – 5:15 PMRegister in advance at https://bit.ly/Nov17childrights Featuring Dr. Kate Butler, Dr. Candace Blake-Amarante and Dr. Hala Mreiwed Includes information about:

Shaking the Movers 2023!

Join 2023 Shaking the Movers, an interactive event for young people to participate in discussions about rights. Further details are available on the Landon Pearson Centre’s website: https://carleton.ca/landonpearsoncentre/shaking-the-movers/ Young people aged 13-19 in Canada are invited to join our virtual Shaking the Movers (STM) conference at TMU on Nov. 19-20! We especially encourage participation from young people in areas where …

Confronting Stigma: Children’s right to be free from substance-use stigma and its harm

Check out the amazing work done by CCRC member, Starlings, on substance-use stigma. Starlings notes: “Stigma harms youth whose parents have a substance use disorder, that when we increase supports to families we will decrease risk for mental illness, substance use disorder, and suicide, and by exposing the systemic barriers that harms families, and address …

Winning entries for the 2nd annual writing competition

Thank you to our sponsor, The Love of Reading Foundation. We are so grateful for your support! Congrats to all the winners! Wonderful submissions. Ages 7-10 1st place: Bettita “Diane vs the Bullies” Toronto, ON, Holy Family Catholic School Ages 11-14 1st place: Sarah “I don’t have a voice”, Montreal, Quebec, Ecole FACE School Ages …

We are looking for young people interested in being researchers!

Researchers from King’s University College at Western, McGill University, and the University of Edinburgh, in partnership with the Canadian Coalition for the Rights of Children (CCRC), would like to invite children entering grades 7, 8 and 9 from Ontario to participate in a qualitative participatory action research (PAR) project in which the children are also …