Full Description
In 1991, the Government of Canada ratified the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child, requiring governments at all levels to ensure that Canadian laws and practices 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 this commitment.
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
A Question of Commitment: Children's Rights in Canada edited by R. Brian Howe and Katherine Covell
Foreword Senator Landon Pearson
Introduction: A Question of Commitment R. Brian Howe
Child Poverty: The Evolution and Impact of Child Benefits Ken Battle
Early Learning and Child Care: Is Canada on Track? Martha Friendly
A Right to Health: Children's Health and Health Care Through a Child Rights Lens Cheryl van Daalen-Smith
Corporal Punishment: A Violation of the Rights of the Child Joan Durrant
Child Sexual Abuse and Exploitation: What Progress Has Canada Made? Anne McGillivray
Youth Justice and Children's Rights: Transformations in Canada's Youth Justice System Myriam Denov
Restorative Justice: Towards a Rights-Based Approach Shannon Moore
The Participation Rights of the Child: Canadas Track Record Kelly Campbell and Linda Rose-Krasnor
Children's Rights Education: Canada's Best Kept Secret Katherine Covell
Aboriginal Children's Rights: Is Canada Keeping Its Promise? Marlyn Bennett
The Rights of Children in Care: Consistency with the Convention? Tom Waldock
Homeless Children and Street-Involved Children in Canada Sonja Grover
On the Rights of Refugee Children and Child Asylum-Seekers Sonja Grover
Implementing the Rights of Children with Disabilities? Richard Sobsey
Conclusion: Canada's Ambivalence towards Children R. Brian Howe and Katherine Covell
