Since its publication in 2019, this important and practical guide to the law has empowered and educated Canadian children and youth and those who serve them. The authors address questions about how rights and laws affect the lives of...
Children's rights
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Auteur:Zuker, Marvin A., Lecic, NedSommaire: -
Auteur:Zuker, Marvin A., Lecic, NedSommaire:In this practical guide to the law for Canada's young people, Ned Lecic and Marvin Zuker provide an all-encompassing manual meant to empower and educate children and youth. The authors address questions about how rights and laws affect...
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Auteur:Wilson, JanetSommaire:This is the true story of Shannen Koostachin and the people of Attawapiskat, a Cree community in Northern Ontario, who have been fighting for a new school since 1979, when a fuel spill contaminated their original school building. It is...
- Auteur:Hansen, Robin F.Sommaire:
A scathing critique of the colonial legal system's denial of children's rights. One afternoon in 2016, lawyer Robin Hansen receives a call. On the other end of the line is "Jacquie"--a pregnant Indigenous woman, nine weeks from her due...
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Auteur:Gleason, Mona, Myers, Tamara, Paris, Leslie, Strong-Boag, VeronicaSommaire:Children and youth occupy important social and political roles, even as they sleep in cribs or hang out on street corners. Conceptualized as either harbingers or saboteurs of a bright, secure tomorrow, they have motivated many adult-...
- Auteur:Fitch, ShereeSommaire:
A Sheree Fitch classic, the Silver Birch - and Hackmatack Award-winning children's picture book about children's rights, If You Could Wear My Sneakers, is now available for a new generation of young readers. A series of humorous poems,...
- Auteur:Yousafzai, MalalaSommaire:
A MEMOIR BY THE YOUNGEST RECIPIENT OF THE NOBEL PEACE PRIZE As seen on Netflix with David Letterman "I come from a country that was created at midnight. When I almost died it was just after midday." When the Taliban took...
- Auteur:McCormick, Patricia, Yousafzai, MalalaSommaire:
The memoir of a remarkable teenage girl who risked her life for the right to go to school. Written for her peers with critically acclaimed author Patricia McCormick, this important book is about the value of speaking out against...
- Auteur:O'Donnell, DarrenSommaire:
We live in an "adultitarian" state, where the rules are based on very adult priorities and understandings of reality. Young people are disenfranchised and powerless; they understand they're subject to an authoritarian...
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Auteur:Sommaire:"This book is a collection of essays in which various authors examine the extent to which children's rights have been incorporated into their respective areas of Canadian policy and law. The authors deduce, from what is...
