A Question of Commitment: The Status of Children in Canada, Second Edition

ISBN-13: 9781771124058 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 456 str.

Spis treści

• 1. Introduction Children's Rights: A Question of Status and Recognition / Thomas Waldock
• Policy and Practice Areas
• 2. Do Canadian Education Practices Respect the Rights of the Child? / Katherine Covell
• 3. Parenting Education and Support: A Children's Rights Perspective / R. Brian Howe
• 4. Promising Policies, Ambiguous Practices: An Exploration of the Status of Children in Canadian Health Care Settings / Cheryl van Daalen-Smith, Brenda LeFrançois, and Devon MacPherson-Mayor
• 5. Young People, Justice, and Children's Rights in Canada: Critical Reflections at the Edge of Abeyant Action / Shannon A. Moore
• 6. Child Welfare and the Status of Children Requiring Support and Care / Thomas Waldock
• 7. Assessing the Rights and Realities of War-affected Refugee Children in Canada / Myriam Denov and Maya Fennig
• Children and the Law
• 8. The Supreme Court of Canada and the Convention / J.C. Blokhuis
• 9. More Than a Symbol: Canada's Legal Justification of Corporal Punishment of Children / Joan Durrant
• 10. A Children's Rights Perspective on ""Wrongful Life"" Disability Medical Negligence Cases / Sonja C. Grover
• 11. The Extraordinary Cases of J.J. and Makayla Sault / J.C. Blokhuis and Amy Smoke
• Participation Rights, Status, and Recognition
• 12. Participation Rights of the Child: At the Crossroads of Citizenship / Jan Hancock
• 13. Canadian Child and Youth Advocates' Roles in Supporting Children's Rights / M. Theresa Hunter
• 14. Shaking the Movers: A Decade Later - Does Our Voice Stick? / Judy Finlay and Landon Pearson
• 15. Conclusion: A Children's Rights Pathway to Status and Recognition / Thomas Waldock
• Contributors
• Dr. Thomas Waldock, Nipissing University, North Bay, ON
• Dr. Katherine Covell, Cape Breton University, Cape Breton, NS
• Dr. R. Brian Howe, Cape Breton University, Cape Breton, NS
• Dr. Cheryl Van Daalen-Smith, York University, Toronto, ON
• Dr. Brenda LeFrancois, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. Johns, NL
• Devon MacPherson-Mayor, York Univerity, Toronto, ON
• Dr. Shannon Moore, Brock University, St. Catharines, ON
• Dr. Myriam Denov, McGill University, Montreal, QC
• Maya Fennig, McGill University, Montreal, QC
• Dr. J.C. Blokhuis, Renison University College, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON
• Dr. Joan Durrant, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB
• Dr. Sonja Grover, Lakehead University, Thunder Bay, ON
• Amy Smoke, Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo, ON
• Dr. Jan Hancock, Cape Breton University, Cape Breton, NS
• Dr. M. Theresa Hunter, University of Victoria, Victoria, BC
• Dr. Judy Finlay, Ryerson University, Toronto, ON
• Landon Pearson, Carleton University, Ottawa, ON