The challenge of children's rights for Canada /

The challenge of children's rights for Canada /

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Author / Creator:	Covell, Katherine, author.
Edition:	2nd edition.
Imprint:	Waterloo, Ontario : Wilfrid Laurier University Press, [2018] ©2018
Description:	x, 246 pages ; 23 cm
Language:	English
Series:	Studies in childhood and family in Canada Studies in childhood and family in Canada.
Subject:	Convention on the Rights of the Child -- (1989 November 20) Convention on the Rights of the Child. Children's rights -- Canada. Children -- Government policy -- Canada. Child welfare -- Canada. Child welfare. Children -- Government policy. Children's rights. Canada.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11749937
Related Items:	Revision of: The challenge of children's rights for Canada.

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Other authors / contributors:	Howe, Robert Brian, author. Blokhuis, J. C., author.
ISBN:	9781771123556 1771123559
Notes:	Includes table of cases. Includes bibliographical references (pages [203]-234) and index.
Summary:	"The authors argue that social toxins are as harmful to children's independent welfare and developmental interests as environmental toxins, and that both must be eradicated if Canada is to fulfill its commitments under the Convention. They argue that if Canada wishes to ensure the substance of the rights outlined in the Convention are socially guaranteed, an attitudinal or cultural shift is required concerning the moral and legal status of children. This revised, expanded, and updated edition of the ... Challenge of Children's Rights for Canada will be of interest to academics, policymakers, parents, teachers, social workers, and human service professionals--indeed to anyone who cares about and for children"--Back cover.
Other form:	Covell, Katherine, author. Challenge of children's rights for Canada./ Second edition. Waterloo, Ontario : Wilfrid Laurier University Press, 2018. Studies in childhood and family in Canada Studies in childhood and family in Canada

Table of Contents:

The challenge of children's rights
The promise of children's rights
The moral and legal status of children
The Supreme Court of Canada and the Convention
The rights of provision
The rights of protection
The rights of participation
Meeting the challenge.