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A question of commitment : children's rights in Canada / R. Brian Howe and Katherine Covell, editors.

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Wilfrid Laurier University Press, c2007.

Convention on the Rights of the Child (1989 November 20)

Children's rights -- Canada.

Children -- Government policy -- Canada.

Child welfare -- Canada.

Studies in childhood and family in Canada.

xiii, 441 p. ; 23 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction : a question of commitment / R. Brian Howe -- Child poverty : the evolution and impact of child benefits / Ken Battle -- Early learning and child care : is Canada on track? / Martha Friendly -- A right to health : children's health and health care through a child rights lens / Cheryl van Daalen-Smith -- Corporal punishment : a violation of the rights of the child / Joan E. Durrant -- Child sexual abuse and exploitation : what progress has Canada made? / Anne McGillivray -- Youth justice and children's rights : transformations in Canada's youth justice system / Myriam Denov -- Restorative justice : toward a rights-based approach / Shannon Moore -- The participation rights of the child : Canada's track record / Kelly Campbell, Linda Rose-Krasnor -- Children's rights education : Canada's best-kept secret / Katherine Covell -- Aboriginal children's rights : is Canada keeping its promise? / Marlyn Bennett -- The rights of children in care : consistency with the convention? / Tom Waldock -- Homeless children and street-involved children in Canada ; On the rights of refugee children and child asylum seekers / Sonja Grover -- Implementing the rights of children with disabilities / Richard Sobsey -- Conclusion : Canada's ambivalence toward children / R. Brian Howe, Katherine Covell.

Covell, Katherine.

Howe, Robert Brian.

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