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Title:

A question of commitment : children's rights in Canada / R. Brian Howe and Katherine Covell, editors.

Publisher:

Wilfrid Laurier University Press,

Copyright Date:

c2007

Description:

xiii, 441 p. ; 23 cm.

Subject:

Children's rights--Canada.
Children--Government policy--Canada.
Child welfare--Canada.
Convention on the Rights of the Child--(1989)
Enfants--Droits--Canada.
Enfants--Politique gouvernementale--Canada.
Enfants--Protection, assistance, etc.--Canada.
Jeunesse--Protection, assistance, etc.--Canada.
Convention relative aux droits de l'enfant--(1989)

Other Authors:

Covell, Katherine.
Howe, Robert Brian.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

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 E. 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 : toward a rights-based approach / Shannon Moore -- The participation rights of the child : Canada's track record / Kelly Campbell, 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 ; 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 toward children / R. Brian Howe, Katherine Covell.

Series:

Studies in childhood and family in Canada

ISBN:

155458003X
9781554580033

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

OIAX792 -- Grinnell College (Grinnell)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

N5UX522 -- University of Iowa Law Library (Iowa City)