Government must work to eradicate problem of child soldiers: Dallaire
TORONTO, April 23, 2006—Romeo Dallaire will deliver Defence for Children International’s Lowery Lecture in Toronto on Thursday, May 18. In it he will make a passionate call for all Canadians to face their failures in places like Rwanda and other countries where hundreds of thousands of children – some as young as eight years old […]
Media coverage of youth and children simplistic and abusive, says prominent Canadian radio host
TORONTO, May 19, 2005—Children are the only people other than prisoners whose rights are denied by legislation, says Michael Enright, host of CBC’s Sunday Edition. Society is able to limit youth freedoms so drastically because the media paints a contradictory and simplistic picture of youth. “They are either angels or villains: we are very poor […]
This year’s Lowery Lecture will explore the hidden harm in the ‘protection’ of children
Toronto, May 25, 2004—In Canada, the methods and rhetoric of child protection, even the words we use to describe childhood, conceal discriminatory attitudes that harm children, according to Toronto lawyer Jeffery Wilson. Speaking on “The Language of Childhood, the Politics of Repression,” Wilson will challenge our language and assumptions at DCI-Canada’s fifth annual Lowery Lecture […]
Chronic under-funding and neglect put Ontario's Child Advocacy Office in last place within Canada: Report
Report concludes that an overhaul of the advocacy office is the only way to protect rights and maintain accountability in children’s services TORONTO, June 18, 2003—Ontario is trailing behind most provinces in providing safeguards that protect the rights of children in care, according to a report released by an international children’s rights group today. In […]
