A question of commitment : the status of children in Canada

Waldock, Thomas, 1962- (editor.). Howe, Robert Brian, (foreword.). Covell, Katherine, (foreword.).

Summary: "This book is a collection of essays in which various authors examine the extent to which children's rights have been incorporated into their respective areas of Canadian policy and law. The authors deduce, from what is thereby revealed about the status of children in this country, that much remains to be done before children achieve full recognition and citizenship."--

Record details

ISBN: 9781771124058 (paperback)
Physical Description: xi, 378 pages ; 23 cm.
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Edition: Second edition.
Publisher: Waterloo, Ontario : Wilfrid Laurier University Press, 2020.

Content descriptions

General Note:	Originally published: Waterloo, Ont.: Wilfrid Laurier University Press, 2007.
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	Children's rights : a question of status and recognition -- Do Canadian education practices respect the rights of the child? -- Parenting education and support : a children's rights perspective -- Promising policies, ambiguous practices : an exploration of the status of children in Canadian health care settings -- Young people, justice, and children's rights in Canada : critical reflections at the edge of abeyant action -- Child welfare and the status of children requiring support and care -- Assessing the rights and realities of war-affected refugee children in Canada -- The Supreme Court of Canada and the convention -- More than a symbol : Canada's legal justification of corporal punishment of children -- A children's rights perspective on "wrongful life" disability medical negligence cases -- The extraordinary cases of J.J. and Makayla Sault -- Participation rights of the child : at the crossroads of citizenship -- Canadian child and youth advocates' roles in supporting children's rights -- Shaking the movers : a decade later-does our voice stick? -- A children's rights pathway to status and recognition.