CANADA: A Question of Commitment: Children’s Rights in Canada

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Summary: Fifteen specialists in different areas of children’s rights have contributed to the book. The book explores Canada’s commitment to the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child since its ratification in 1991. Senator Landon Pearson contributes her thoughts on the urgency of respecting rights in a foreword to the book. Chapters address children
with disabilities, children’s rights education, youth justice, child poverty, corporal punishment, child sexual abuse, children in care, refugee children, homeless children,
participation, child care, child health, and Aboriginal children. Owner: Dr. Brian Howe & Dr. Katherine Covell (eds)

Organisation: 
Children's Rights Centre: Cape Breton University
Articles: 
Article 3: Best interests of the child
Web: 
http://discovery.cbu.ca/psych/index.php?/children/publish_list/
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