A Question of Commitment

Thomas Waldock is a professor in Child and Family Studies and Social Work at Nipissing University. He is the founding faculty member and Chair of the CHFS Program. His research relates the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child to the child welfare field, with a particular focus on child welfare paradigms and caregiving. R. Brian Howe holds a PhD in Political Science from the University of Toronto. He is a professor emeritus and former director of the Children's Rights Centre at Cape Breton University. He has published six books and numerous articles on human rights policy, children's rights, and children's rights education. Katherine Covell holds a PhD in Psychology from the University of Toronto. She is a professor emerita and former executive director of the Children's Rights Centre at Cape Breton University. She has acted as a national and international advocate for children, and has published widely on children's rights and child development, including the UN report Violence against Children in North America (2005).

1. Introduction Children's Rights: A Question of Status and Recognition / Thomas Waldock
Policy and Practice Areas
2. Do Canadian Education Practices Respect the Rights of the Child? / Katherine Covell
3. Parenting Education and Support: A Children's Rights Perspective / R. Brian Howe
4. Promising Policies, Ambiguous Practices: An Exploration of the Status of Children in Canadian Health Care Settings / Cheryl van Daalen-Smith, Brenda LeFrançois, and Devon MacPherson-Mayor
5. Young People, Justice, and Children's Rights in Canada: Critical Reflections at the Edge of Abeyant Action / Shannon A. Moore
6. Child Welfare and the Status of Children Requiring Support and Care / Thomas Waldock
7. Assessing the Rights and Realities of War-affected Refugee Children in Canada / Myriam Denov and Maya Fennig
Children and the Law
8. The Supreme Court of Canada and the Convention / J.C. Blokhuis
9. More Than a Symbol: Canada's Legal Justification of Corporal Punishment of Children / Joan Durrant
10. A Children's Rights Perspective on ""Wrongful Life"" Disability Medical Negligence Cases / Sonja C. Grover
11. The Extraordinary Cases of J.J. and Makayla Sault / J.C. Blokhuis and Amy Smoke
Participation Rights, Status, and Recognition
12. Participation Rights of the Child: At the Crossroads of Citizenship / Jan Hancock
13. Canadian Child and Youth Advocates' Roles in Supporting Children's Rights / M. Theresa Hunter
14. Shaking the Movers: A Decade Later - Does Our Voice Stick? / Judy Finlay and Landon Pearson
15. Conclusion: A Children's Rights Pathway to Status and Recognition / Thomas Waldock
Contributors
Dr. Thomas Waldock, Nipissing University, North Bay, ON
Dr. Katherine Covell, Cape Breton University, Cape Breton, NS
Dr. R. Brian Howe, Cape Breton University, Cape Breton, NS
Dr. Cheryl Van Daalen-Smith, York University, Toronto, ON
Dr. Brenda LeFrancois, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. Johns, NL
Devon MacPherson-Mayor, York Univerity, Toronto, ON
Dr. Shannon Moore, Brock University, St. Catharines, ON
Dr. Myriam Denov, McGill University, Montreal, QC
Maya Fennig, McGill University, Montreal, QC
Dr. J.C. Blokhuis, Renison University College, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON
Dr. Joan Durrant, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB
Dr. Sonja Grover, Lakehead University, Thunder Bay, ON
Amy Smoke, Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo, ON
Dr. Jan Hancock, Cape Breton University, Cape Breton, NS
Dr. M. Theresa Hunter, University of Victoria, Victoria, BC
Dr. Judy Finlay, Ryerson University, Toronto, ON
Landon Pearson, Carleton University, Ottawa, ON