{"id":724,"date":"2008-09-16T19:17:59","date_gmt":"2008-09-16T23:17:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dci-canada.org\/wordpress\/?page_id=28"},"modified":"2023-06-20T15:54:57","modified_gmt":"2023-06-20T19:54:57","slug":"lowery-lecture-on-childrens-rights","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/dci-canada.org\/?page_id=724","title":{"rendered":"Lowery Lecture on Children’s Rights"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Grant Lowery was a champion and strong advocate for children. He touched many lives, including the young people he helped, his colleagues and friends, judges, elected officials and his co-workers at Central Toronto Youth Services, the YMCA and Boundless Adventures. Grant was also a long-time member of the Board of Directors of DCI-Canada. Grant died in November, 1999.<\/p>\n

Grant believed that every individual person has the ability to make a difference in the lives of children. He believed that we must never give up on a child. He constantly demonstrated that belief through programs such as OPTIONS, which supported kids who were regarded by many as \u201cimpossible to serve.\u201d Through Grant\u2019s efforts, many of these kids have survived brutal backgrounds and are now contributing members of our communities.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Every spring, DCI-Canada hosts a lecture in honour of Grant Lowery. The purpose of these lectures is to share Grant\u2019s passion for young people through the experiences and insights of Canada\u2019s most talented and accomplished advocates for children\u2019s rights.<\/p>\n

Since its inception, the evening has developed a two-pronged reputation.<\/p>\n

First, it provides a gathering place for those interested in child rights. Each year’s audience represents a\u00a0Who’s Who<\/em>\u00a0of the child rights community and provides this community with an opportunity to share ideas and stay connected.<\/p>\n

Second, it provides a forum for new ideas in the field of child rights. Experts like Betty Makoni, founder of the Zimbabwe Girl Child Network, Hon. James Bartleman, former Lieutenant Governor of Ontario, and Senator Romeo Dallaire have provided a preview of issues and problems in the field of children’s rights that have yet to break into mainstream discussion.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Past Lectures<\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
2019<\/td>\nDr. Hanna Gros and Andrew Brouwer \u2013 A Roadmap To End Immigration Detention Of Children And Family Separation<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2018<\/td>\nAnna MacQuarrie, Director of Global Advocacy and Human Rights \u2013 UN Conventions \u2013 Real Promises or Just Words?<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2017<\/td>\nDr. Faisal Moola, Director General, Ontario and Northern Canada, David Suzuki Foundation “Environmental Justice for Children”<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2016<\/td>\nCindy Blackstock with Sarah Clarke<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2010\/2009\/2008<\/td>\nChristopher Alexander\u00a0 “The Children of Afghanistan: Protection, Education and the Challenge of Peace”<\/span>C<\/span>indy Blackstock
“Is This Our Canada?”Betty Makoni
“Rights of the Girl Child in Armed Conflict Situations”
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2007<\/td>\nThe Honourable James Bartleman
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2006<\/td>\nThe Honourable Romeo Dallaire, Senator
“Children as Weapons of War”
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2005<\/td>\nMichael Enright
“Distortions in a Mirror: Children and the Media”
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2004<\/td>\nJeffery Wilson
“The Language of Childhood, the Politics of Repression”
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2003<\/td>\nDr. Clive Chamberlain
“Between Demonizing and Sentimentality”
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2002<\/td>\nGeorge Thompson
“The Child’s Right to Good Decisions”
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2001<\/td>\nThe Honourable Landon Pearson, Senator
“A World Fit for Children: Children’s Rights in the Wider World”
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2000<\/td>\nGordon Cressy
“Back to the Future: The Convention We Almost Forgot”<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n
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