A Question of Commitment

by Howe, R. Brian

• ISBN13: 9781554580033
• ISBN10: 155458003X
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2007-05-01
• Publisher: Wilfrid Laurier Univ Pr

Summary

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. A Question of Commitment: Children's Rights in Canadais the first book to assess the extent to which Canada has fulfilled this commitment.The editors, R. Brian Howe and Katherine Covell, contend that Canada has wavered in its commitment to the rights of children and is ambivalent in the political culture about the principle of children's rights. A Question of Commitmentexpands the scope of the editors' earlier book, The Challenge of Children's Rights for Canada, by including the voices of specialists in particular fields of children's rights and by incorporating recent developments.

Author Biography

R. Brian Howe is a professor of political science and Katherine Covell is a professor of psychology at Cape Breton University. They are co-directors of the university's Children's Rights Centre and the authors of numerous articles on children's rights and human rights in Canada. Their books include The Challenge of Children's Rights for Canada (WLUP, 2001) and Empowering Children: Children's Rights Education as a Pathway to Citizenship (2005). Katherine Covell is the author of the U.N. report Violence against Children in North America (2005).

Table of Contents

Foreword	p. ix
Acknowledgments	p. xiii
Introduction: A Question of Commitment	p. 1
Child Poverty: The Evolution and Impact of Child Benefits	p. 21
Early Learning and Child Care: Is Canada on Track?	p. 45
A Right to Health: Children's Health and Health Care through a Child Rights Lens	p. 73
Corporal Punishment: A Violation of the Rights of the Child	p. 99
Child Sexual Abuse and Exploitation: What Progress Has Canada Made?	p. 127
Youth Justice and Children's Rights: Transformations in Canada's Youth Justice System	p. 153
Restorative Justice: Toward a Rights-based Approach	p. 179
The Participation Rights of the Child: Canada's Track Record	p. 209
Children's Rights Education: Canada's Best-Kept Secret	p. 241
Aboriginal Children's Rights: Is Canada Keeping Its Promise?	p. 265
The Rights of Children in Care: Consistency with the Convention?	p. 287
Homeless Children and Street-Involved Children in Canada	p. 321
On the Rights of Refugee Children and Child Asylum Seekers	p. 343
Implementing the Rights of Children with Disabilities	p. 373
Conclusion: Canada's Ambivalence toward Children	p. 395
Appendix: The UN Convention on the Rights of the Child	p. 413
Index	p. 435
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