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C A N A D I A N C O A L I T I O N F O R T H E R I G H T S O F C H I L D R E N Convention as a framework for international development assistance. A full discussion can be found in the Coalition’s research paper on article 4, International Cooperation. Recommendation • launch a nation-wide public education campaign about children’s rights, within the framework of the UN Decade for Human Rights Education Update • The federal government has not launched a nationwide public education campaign and there is no evidence that one is being considered. A discussion of the level of awareness of children’s rights in Canada can be found in the Coalition’s research paper, The Fundamental Freedoms, Articles 13, 14 and 15. Recommendation • incorporate children’s rights education into school curricula and the train professionals working with children, especially judges, lawyers, immigration officers, peace keepers and teachers. Update • The coalition’s research indicates that children’s rights education has not been widely adopted in school curricula, although promising work has been initiated in some jurisdictions. A full discussion can be found in the Coalition’s research paper on articles 28 and 29, The Right to and Aims of Education. • It appears there are some children’s rights training programs for various professionals working with children but research into this area was beyond the scope of the Coalition’s monitoring project. Recommendation • make Canada’s report, relevant summary records and the Committee’s concluding observations widely available Update • Canadian Heritage distributes Canada’s May 1994 report upon request. 18 132 Endnotes 1. National Crime Prevention Centre 2. Justice Canada 3. Health Canada, www.hc-sc.gc.ca/hppb/childhood-youth/spsc/coordination.htm 4. Statistics Canada, “Persons in low income,” www.statcan.ca/english/ Pgdb/People/Families/famil41a.htm 5. Christine Siminowski 6. Lynn Cuddington, p. 43 7. Ibid, p. 2 8. National Council of Welfare 9. Human Resources Development Canada 10. Battle, Ken, p. 2 11. Canadian Council on Social Development, p. 47 12. Statistics Canada, 1996 Census. Catalogue #82-221-XDE 13. Canadian Council on Social Development, p. 41 14. Indian Affairs and Northern Development 15. Ibid 16. Landon Pearson 17. Health Canada, Guide to Federal Programs and Services for Children and Youth 18. Human Rights Directorate Bibliography Battle, Ken. The National Child Benefit: Best Thing Since Medicare or New Poor Law? Ottawa: Caledon Institute of Social Policy, September 1997. Canadian Council on Social Development. Progress of Canada’s Children 1998: Focus on Youth. Ottawa: Author, 1998. Cuddington, Lynn. “Young offenders: A correctional policy perspective.” In Forum, January 1995, Vol. 7, No.1, p. 43. From: http://198.103.98.138/crd/forum/e07/ e071m.htm. Health Canada. Childhood and Youth, Strategic Policy and Systems Coordination, n.d. From: http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/hppb/childhood-youth/spsc/coordination.htm. Health Canada. Guide to Federal Programs and Services for Children and Youth, 1999. Ottawa: Author, 1999. Human Resources Development Canada. National Child Benefit Progress Report: 1999. From: http://socialunion.gc.ca/NCB-99/summary.html. Indian Affairs and Northern Development. Gathering Strength Anniversary Marks Progress. News release, January 7, 1999. Justice Canada. Child Support Legislation Comes Into Force. News release, May 1, 1997. From: http://canada.justice.gc.ca/Orientations/Pensions/Child/misc/news/ may97_01_en.html. LAW/NET Supreme Court of Canada Summaries. Baker v. Canada (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration). July 9, 1999 (25823) S.C.C. from the F.C.A., approx. 58 pp. From: http://www.quicklaw.com.Inet039.html. Media Awareness Network. Welcome to the Media Awareness Network. From: http:// www.media-awareness.ca/. National Council of Welfare. Canada misses the mark in the fight against poverty. News release, n.d. From: http://www.ncwcnbes.net/htmdocument/reportpovertypro/ PRESSPOVERTYPRO.htm. National Crime Prevention Centre. $32-million-a-year Community-based Crime Prevention Program Launched. News release, June 2, 1998. From: http://www.crimeprevention.org/english/publications/index.html. Pearson, Landon. Children and the Hill. No. 15, Winter 1999. Ottawa: Senate of Canada. Ross, David P. and Roberts, Paul. Income and Child Well-Being: A New Perspective on the Poverty Debate. Ottawa: Canadian Council on Social Development, 1999. Siminowski, Christine. Human Rights Division of the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade. Letter to Canadian Coalition for the Rights of Children, October 12, 1998. Statistics Canada. Persons in low income. From: http://www.statcan.ca/english/Pgdb/ People/Families/famil41a.htm Statistics Canada. Census data. Catalogue #82-221-XDE.
Review and Evaluation Task Groups Task groups were struck to review research papers and subsequent revisions, develop summaries of the research findings and recommend evaluations of Canada’s implementation of the Convention to the Board of Directors of the Canadian Coalition for the Rights of Children. The Board of Directors, however, assumes final responsibility for this report. Convention Article 4: International Cooperation to Promote and Enhance Children’s Rights Task Leader: Cathie Guthrie is the director of international programs for UNICEF Canada. She has been involved in international development with UNICEF Canada for 17 years and travels throughout Africa and Asia, monitoring development programs for children. Adrienne Clements is the director of programs for Save the Children--Canada, a child-focused international development organization aimed at improving the lives of children. She has worked in the area of children’s rights for 10 years, designing programs, developing methodologies and promoting the participation of children in the development process. Moira Hutchinson is a research consultant with unions and churches on human rights issues. She is currently assisting the Labour International Development Committee in its work with the Canadian International Development Agency on labour rights and labour sector development. Henry Veltmeyer is professor of international development studies at Saint Mary’s University in Halifax and visiting H O W D O E S C A N A D A M E A S U R E U P ? Appendix B Acknowledgements 133 and adjunct professor of political science at the Universidad Autonoma de Zacatecas in Mexico. He is a specialist in alternative development issues and author of numerous studies on world development and Latin American affairs. Thanks to reviewers: Catherine Angus, Pueblito Canada; Peter Copping, Street Kids International; Jean-François Tardif, Results Canada; and Stacy Villeneuve, youth representative of the Canadian Coalition for the Rights of Children. Convention Articles 13, 14 and 15: The Fundamental Freedoms Task Leader: Dianne Bascombe is treasurer of the Canadian Coalition for the Rights of Children and executive director of the Canadian Child Care Federation. R. Brian Howe is associate professor of political science and co-director of the Children’s Rights Centre at the University College of Cape Breton, Nova Scotia. Alison Payne is an honours high school student in Ottawa and active in music and sports. She plans to be a lawyer specializing in children’s rights. Lex Reynolds is on the Board of Directors of the Society for Children and Youth of British Columbia. He practises family law with MacIsaac and Co. in Victoria. Thanks to Susanne Tamas and Leslie Cole of the Baha’i Community of Canada for their “best thoughts,” and to reviewers Francine Labrie of the Canadian Child Care Federation and Debra Parker-Loewen, children’s advocate of Saskatchewan.
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