A Question of Commitment: Children's Rights in Canada: 11 (Studies in Childhood and Family in Canada) - Softcover

R. Brian Howe (editor)

9781554580033: A Question of Commitment: Children's Rights in Canada: 11 (Studies in Childhood and Family in Canada)

Softcover

ISBN 10: 155458003X ISBN 13: 9781554580033

Publisher: Wilfrid Laurier University Press, 2007

In 1991, the Government of Canada ratified the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child, requiring governments at all levels to ensure that Canadian laws and practices safeguard the rights of children. This is the first book to assess the extent to which Canada has fulfilled this commitment.

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Review:

``Each chapter is well written and integrated into the overall focus of the volume, with links to specific sections of the CRC [UN Convention on the Rights of the Child] and evaluations of governmental initiatives. The editors provide a strong introduction and conclusion, outlining the history and details of the CRC and concluding that Canada's commitment to meeting its obligations has been wavering at best, in part due to a widespread lack of education about the CRC. This is a valuable source book on the current state of children's rights in Canada.... Highly recommended. All levels/libraries.''--R.C. Raby "CHOICE, Volume 45, number 8, April 2008 "

``A trenchant reminder of the need to ensure that all orders of government live up to their obligations for the provision of basic and essential social rights of citizenship.... All of the chapters are well written, adopt an advocacy standpoint, are based on extensive research set within a Canadian context, and provide a well-rounded bibliography.''--Timothy Wild "Canadian Social Work/Travail social canadien, Volume 10, number 1, Autumn 2008 "

``This compilation is extremely well written, and covers many important areas in children's rights. The information provided is detailed and delivered in a manner easy to comprehend. Obviously, this issue is close to the hearts of teh editors and contributors; their remarks were compelling and their evidence was strong. For a person who is not conversant in this area but wishes to improve their knowledge, A Question of Commitment: Children's Rights in Canada will prove to be an excellent resource.''--Catherine Cotter "Canadian Law Library Review, Volume 33, No. 1, 2008 "

``Each chapter provides not only an evaluation of Canada's commitment but also an interpretation of how the standards articulated in the CRC [United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child] might be applied to particular areas of policy and practice.... It should be noted that the book contains a copy of the CRC, allowing for convenient consideration of the specific articles and wording referred to by chapter authors... [The book] demonstrates how rights-based policy and practice with children is complicated by issues of family privace, historical precedent, cultural differences, government organization, and economic conditions.''--Megan Nordquest Schwallie "Ethics and Social Welfare, Volume 2, number 3, November 2008 "

``A Question of Commitment attempts to evaluate Canada's progress via a series of essays in areas such as economics, social policy, education, health care, family and child care, child sex abuse prevention, and criminal justice. The breadth and depth of these essays is significant.''--Joan Whitman Hoff "American Review of Canadian Studies, Spring 2008 "

About the Author:

R. Brian Howe holds a PhD in Political Science from the University of Toronto. He is a professor emeritus and former director of the Childrenas Rights Centre at Cape Breton University. He has published six books and numerous articles on human rights policy, childrenas rights, and childrenas 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 Childrenas Rights Centre at Cape Breton University. She has acted as a national and international advocate for children, and has published widely on childrenas rights and child development, including the UN report Violence against Children in North America (2005).

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