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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 Article 19: Abuse and Neglect Task Leader: Sandra Scarth is the former executive director of the Child Welfare League of Canada (CWLC). She is currently a special children’s advisor for Health Canada (BC/Yukon Region) and manager of CWLC’s Siksika Nation project in Alberta. Jeremy Berland is director of performance management in the British Columbia Ministry for Children and Families and co-author of the province’s Child, Family and Community Service Act. Mel Gill was executive director of Children’s Aid Society of Ottawa-Carleton for 12 years. He spent years in frontline and management positions in child welfare, mental health and social service settings. In 1996, he chaired Canada’s Children... Canada’s Future conference, where a framework for a national children’s agenda was drafted. Gail MacDougall is the past president of the Canadian Association of Social Workers. She is a Nova Scotia social worker with particular expertise in child welfare and health. Jade Rox is a former Crown ward who is involved with the Children’s Aid Society of Ottawa-Carleton’s teens’ planning team. She has met with many youth from across Canada who are in the care of the state and has learned a great deal about child welfare. She hopes to participate in Katimavik next year and experience volunteer work in a different Canadian setting. Thanks to reviewers: Jean Bremner, president, Children’s Aid Society Board of Halifax; Sandra Dunsford, Government of Prince Edward Island; Janine Granchelli, Government of New Brunswick; Reid Hartry, Winnipeg Child Guidance Clinic; Margot Herbert, University of Alberta; Sharron Richards, Children’s Aid Society of Toronto; Mary Scott, Child Find Canada; Wendy Trull, Nova Scotia Association of Social Workers; and Michael Udy, Batshaw Youth and Family Centres, Montreal. Convention Article 22: Refugee Children Task Leader: Fernande Meilleur is president of the Canadian Coalition for the Rights of Children and a past president of the Canadian UNICEF Committee. She currently is a consultant to UNICEF Canada on issues concerning children and the Canadian government. Andrew Brouwer is manager of the refugee and immigrant program at the Maytree Foundation in Toronto. He has 134 authored two papers on Canada’s refugee and immigration policies as a joint project with the Caledon Institute of Social Policy and the Maytree Foundation. Tom Clark is coordinator of the Inter-Church Committee for Refugees and a former member of the Steering Committee of the Canadian Coalition for the Rights of Children. Gerald Dirks is professor of politics at Brock University, St. Catharines, with a particular interest in global migration issues and the formation of Canadian immigration and refugee policies. Andrew Ignatieff is program director with the international programs division of UNICEF Canada. Thanks to reviewers: Medin Admasu, youth representative for the Canadian Coalition for the Rights of Children; Gaynor Ehlext, COSTI Reception Centre in Toronto; and Sheena Scott, Justice for Children and Youth Convention Article 23: Children with Disabilities Task Co-Leader: Dawn Walker is a member of the Board of Directors of the Canadian Coalition for the Rights of Children and executive director of the Canadian Institute of Child Health. She was the former executive director of the Canadian Association for Community Care and former chief of the Family and Child Health Unit of Health Canada. Task Co-Leader: Sharon Hope Irwin has been the director of SpeciaLink, the National Centre for Child Care Inclusion, since 1990. She promotes high quality, inclusive, accessible early education and child care services across Canada through her work on various commissions and committees and through her organization’s teaching videos, speakers’ bureau and publications. Dana Brynelsen is the provincial advisor on infant development programs in British Columbia. These programs serve families with young children who are at risk for or with a disability. She has personal and family experience with disability and has served on the Premier’s Advisory Council on Disability in British Columbia. John Draper is a high school student in Oshawa, Ontario. He promotes the building of inclusive communities through presentations at numerous conferences from the perspective of a person with a physical disability and as an augmentative communication user.
Raf Sayeed is president of the Canadian Association for Community Living. Zuhy Sayeed is president of the Alberta Association for Community Living. Thanks to reviewers: Tracey Chevrier, Native Women’s Association, Ottawa; Betty Dion, Betty Dion Enterprises, Ottawa; Gail Fawcett, Canadian Council on Social Development; Pauline Mantha, Learning Disabilities Association of Canada; and Dwaine Souveny, Children’s Services Centre, Red Deer, Alberta. Convention Articles 28 and 29: The Right to and Aims of Education Task Leader: Damian Solomon is vice-president of the Canadian Coalition for the Rights of Children and assistant director of professional development services for the Canadian Teachers’ Federation. Natasha Blanchet-Cohen is coordinator of the Unit for Research and Education on the Convention on the Rights of the Child, University of Victoria. She has particular interest and expertise in indigenous children’s rights and community development issues. Katherine Covell is an associate professor of psychology and director of the Children’s Rights Centre at University College of Cape Breton. Her research and teaching is focused on the Convention, with a special emphasis on children’s rights education. Claudine Guindon is a secondary school student in Masson-Agers, Quebec. She has a particular interest in human rights and is a youth representative for the Canadian Coalition for the Rights of Children. Alan Sears is associate dean, research and international development graduate program in the faculty of education at the University of New Brunswick. He is a specialist in citizenship education and has published widely in this area. Swee-Hin Toh is director of the Centre for International Education and Development and professor of international and intercultural education at the University of Alberta. Since the 1970s, he has been active in the fields of peace, global and human rights education, as well as international educational development. Thanks to reviewers: Tracey Chevrier, Native Women’s Association of Canada, Ottawa; Reid Hartry, Winnipeg H O W D O E S C A N A D A M E A S U R E U P ? 135 Child Guidance Clinic; Yude Henteleff, Learning Disabilities Association of Canada; Darlene Scott, Community Services Council, St. John’s; and Shelley Svidal, Alberta Teachers’ Association. Thanks to those who helped with the research: Natacha Bernier; Betty Bourque, Canadian Resource Centre for Children and Youth; Jan Burke-Gaffney, Hamilton Family Network; Cindy Burrell; Melanie Chalmers; Jill Comerford; Jenny Crowe; Majorie Duré; Xania Gordon; Les Horne; Susan Korah; Connie Laurin- Bowie, Canadian Association for Community Living; Marie-Claire Leman; Christopher Manfredi, McGill University; Carol Milstone; Lee Ann Napiorkowski; Cathy Ryerse; Geraldine Sadoway, Canadian Council for Refugees; Priya Sankarapapainasam; Jos Scott, Canadian School Boards Association; David Summers, Alberta Coalition for the Rights of Children; Dolores Vader; Andrew Woodall, McGill University Consortium for Human Rights Advocacy Training; Norma Won, University of Ottawa. A special thanks to participants of the April 1998 national working forum that launched the project: Medin Admasu, youth representative, Ottawa; Catherine Angus, Pueblito Canada; Denise Avard, child health consultant, Montreal; Pierre Arsenault, Université de Moncton; Dianne Bascombe, Canadian Child Care Federation; Natasha Blanchet-Cohen, University of Victoria; Michele Bourke, Native Women’s Association of Canada; Graham Chance, Canadian Institute of Child Health; Cheryl Chynoweth, Health Canada; Mathieu Courchene, National Association of Friendship Centres; Katherine Covell, University College of Cape Breton; Mike Day, Office of the Child Advocate of Alberta; Judy Finlay, Child Advocate of Ontario; Sandra Griffin, Greater Victoria School District, British Columbia; Claudine Guindon, youth representative, Quebec; Nigel Fisher, recipient of Meritous Cross for his work in Rwanda; Reid Hartry, Child Guidance Clinic of Winnipeg, Manitoba; Robert W. Hatton, child rights monitor, Montreal; Jane Hewes, Grant MacEwan Community College, Edmonton; James Horan, Learning Disabilities Association of Canada; Les Horne, Defence for Children International—Canada; Brian Howe, University College of Cape Breton; Philippa Hurrell, Human Resources Development Canada; Laurie Joe, West End Legal Services, Ottawa; Karen Kidder, Canadian Institute of Child Health; Tasha King, youth representative, Vancouver; Sterling Lambert, Canada World Youth; Kali Leary, youth representative, Norway
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