The challenge of children's rights for Canada / Katherine Covell, R. Brian Howe, J.C. Blokhuis.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Covell, Katherine, author.

Howe, Robert Brian, author.

Blokhuis, J. C., author.

Series:

Studies in childhood and family in Canada

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Convention on the Rights of the Child (1989 November 20).

Convention on the Rights of the Child.

Children's rights--Canada.

Children's rights.

Children--Government policy--Canada.

Children.

Child welfare--Canada.

Child welfare.

Children--Government policy.

Canada.

Physical Description:

x, 246 pages ; 23 cm.

Edition:

Second edition.

Place of Publication:

Waterloo, Ontario : Wilfrid Laurier University Press, [2018]

Summary:

"The authors argue that social toxins are as harmful to children's independent welfare and developmental interests as environmental toxins, and that both must be eradicated if Canada is to fulfill its commitments under the Convention. They argue that if Canada wishes to ensure the substance of the rights outlined in the Convention are socially guaranteed, an attitudinal or cultural shift is required concerning the moral and legal status of children. This revised, expanded, and updated edition of the ... Challenge of Children's Rights for Canada will be of interest to academics, policymakers, parents, teachers, social workers, and human service professionals--indeed to anyone who cares about and for children"--Back cover.

Contents:

The challenge of children's rights

The promise of children's rights

The moral and legal status of children

The Supreme Court of Canada and the Convention

The rights of provision

The rights of protection

The rights of participation

Meeting the challenge.

Notes:

Includes table of cases.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Edition:

Revision of: 9780889203808 Covell, Katherine. Waterloo, Ont. : Wilfrid Laurier University Press, 2001

ISBN:

9781771123556

1771123559

OCLC:

1005975072