Poste - Canadian Coalition for the Rights of Children

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
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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.