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A question of commitment : children's rights in Canada / R. Brian Howe and Katherine Covell, editors.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Studies in childhood and family in Canada
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Children's rights--Canada.
- Children's rights.
- Children--Government policy--Canada.
- Children.
- Child welfare--Canada.
- Child welfare.
- Children--Government policy.
- Canada.
- Convention on the Rights of the Child (1989 November 20).
- Convention on the Rights of the Child.
- Physical Description:
- xiii, 441 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Waterloo, Ont. : Wilfrid Laurier University Press, [2007]
- Summary:
- In 1991, the Government of Canada ratified the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child, thereby committing governments at all levels to Canadian laws and practices that safeguard the rights of children. A Question of Commitment: Children's Rights in Canada is the first book to assess the extent to which Canada has fulfilled its commitment.
- Contributors explore child poverty, child care, corporal punishment, sexual exploitation, youth justice, and the participation rights of children. They also examine the situation of special populations-Aboriginal children, children in care, homeless children, refugee children, and children with disabilities.
- The editors, R. Brian Howe and Katherine Covell, contend that Canada has wavered in its commitment to the rights of children and is ambivalent in the political culture about the principle of children's rights. A Question of Commitment expands the scope of the editors' earlier book, The Challenge of Children's Rights for Canada, by including the voices of specialists in particular fields of children's rights and by incorporating recent developments.
- Contents:
- 1 Introduction: A Question of Commitment / R. Brian Howe 1
- 2 Child Poverty: The Evolution and Impact of Child Benefits / Ken Battle 21
- 3 Early Learning and Child Care: Is Canada on Track? / Martha Friendly 45
- 4 A Right to Health: Children's Health and Health Care through a Child Rights Lens / Cheryl van Daalen-Smith 73
- 5 Corporal Punishment: A Violation of the Rights of the Child / Joan E. Durrant 99
- 6 Child Sexual Abuse and Exploitation: What Progress Has Canada Made? / Anne McGillivray 127
- 7 Youth Justice and Children's Rights: Transformations in Canada's Youth Justice System / Myriam Denov 153
- 8 Restorative Justice: Toward a Rights-based Approach / Shannon Moore 179
- 9 The Participation Rights of the Child: Canada's Track Record / Kelly Campbell, Linda Rose-Krasnor 209
- 10 Children's Rights Education: Canada's Best-Kept Secret / Katherine Covell 241
- 11 Aboriginal Children's Rights: Is Canada Keeping Its Promise? / Marlyn Bennett 265
- 12 The Rights of Children in Care: Consistency with the Convention? / Tom Waldock 287
- 13 Homeless Children and Street-Involved Children in Canada / Sonja Grover 321
- 14 On the Rights of Refugee Children and Child Asylum Seekers / Sonja Grover 343
- 15 Implementing the Rights of Children with Disabilities / Richard Sobsey 373
- 16 Conclusion: Canada's Ambivalence toward Children / R. Brian Howe, Katherine Covell 395.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781554580033
- 155458003X
- OCLC:
- 123892199
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