Dear Supporters of Repeal of Section 43, Today is the International Day to End Corporal Punishment of Children. Today, Lao PDR became the 66th country to prohibit all corporal punishment of children. Yesterday, Canada’s Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights met to deliberate Bill C-273 which, if passed, will finally repeal section 43 of the …
CCRC members – please check out and consider submitting to this call for written submissions on practical solutions to combat anti-Black racism TORONTO — The Ontario Human Rights Commission (OHRC) has reached an important milestone with the release of its What We Heard Report on anti-Black racism in Ontario’s publicly-funded education system. The OHRC is now calling …
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Please see this note from Assembly of 7 Generations. Stream them live today from the UN where they are releasing their much-anticipated report on TRC 66. I am writing on behalf of the Labour of Love report and the community-based Indigenous Youth advocates bringing critical calls to action to the United Nations Permanent Forum on …
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The CCRC wants to highlight the great work done by The Indigenous Support Project (TISP). Read below for more details. The Indigenous Support Project is celebrating 3 years of providing relief materials and cultural education to various Indigenous communities around the globe. They help individuals and youth in the Toronto area with food security, cultural …
Check out our recording of the Nov. 3 webinar on children’s rights. Panelists discussed comprehensive sexuality education, child poverty and lowering the voting age. Panelist bios: Insiya Mankani is the Public Affairs Officer at Action Canada for Sexual Health and Rights where she helps to advance the domestic sexual and reproductive health policy landscape by …
Tate Chong has created three fact sheets for the CCRC & Plenty Canada on TRC Calls to Action and Children’s rights. Please check them out and let us know what you think. Thank you Tate for your work, and thank you to Plenty Canada for your leadership.
Appel à l'action #3 : Nous demandons à tous les niveaux de gouvernement de mettre pleinement en œuvre le principe de Jordan Le principe de Jordan est une règle juridique nommée en l'honneur de Jordan River Anderson, de la nation crie de Norway House au Manitoba. Jordan est né avec des besoins médicaux complexes et après avoir passé ses deux premières années à l'hôpital, il a été autorisé à ...
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