A question of commitment : the status of children in Canada / Thomas Waldock, editor ; foreword by R. Brian Howe and Katherine Covell.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Howe, Robert Brian, writer of foreword.

Covell, Katherine, writer of foreword.

Waldock, Thomas, editor.

Series:

Studies in childhood and family in Canada.

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.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiii, 360 pages.)

Edition:

Second edition.

Place of Publication:

Waterloo, Ontario : Wilfrid Laurier University Press, 2020.

Summary:

With the adoption of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (1989), commentators began to situate the evolution of the status of children within the context of the "property to persons" trajectory that other human rights stories had followed. In the first edition of A Question of Commitment, editors R. Brian Howe and Katherine Covell provided a template of analysis for understanding this evolution. They identified three overlapping stages of development as children transitioned from being regarded as objects to subjects in their own right: social laissez-faire, paternalistic protection, and children's rights. In the social laissez-faire stage, children are regarded as objects, and largely as the property of parents. In the paternalistic protection stage, children are seen as vulnerable and in need of protection. The children's rights stage lays emphasis on children as rights-bearers, as individuals in their own right with entitlements. In this second edition, new essays assess the extent to which children's rights have been incorporated into their respective areas of policy and law. The authors draw conclusions about what the situation reveals about the status of children in Canada. Overall, many challenges remain on the pathway to full recognition and citizenship.

Contents:

Children's rights : a question of status and recognition / Thomas Waldock

Do Canadian education practices respect the rights of the child? / Katherine Covell

Parenting education and support : a children's rights perspective / R. Brian Howe

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

Young people, justice, and children's rights in Canada : critical reflections at the edge of abeyant action / Shannon A. Moore

Child welfare and the status of children requiring support and care / Thomas Waldock

Assessing the rights and realities of war-affected refugee children in Canada / Myriam Denov and Maya Fennig

The Supreme Court of Canada and the convention / J.C. Blokhuis

More than a symbol : Canada's legal justification of corporal punishment of children / Joan Durrant

A children's rights perspective on "wrongful life" disability medical negligence cases / Sonja C. Grover

The extraordinary cases of J.J. and Makayla Sault / J.C. Blokhuis and Amy Smoke

Participation rights of the child : at the crossroads of citizenship / Jan Hancock

Canadian child and youth advocates' roles in supporting children's rights / M. Theresa Hunter

Shaking the movers : a decade later

does our voice stick? / Judy Finlay and Landon Pearson

A children's rights pathway to status and recognition / Thomas Waldock.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781771124065

1771124067

9781771124072

1771124075

OCLC:

1150086426