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On 21st September 2023, the Governments of Canada and Zambia, in partnership with UNFPA-UNICEF Global Programme to End Child Marriage and the Child Marriage Monitoring Mechanism, hosted a High-Level Side Event during the Seventy-Eighth Session of the United Nations General Assembly. The event was titled 'Charting Brighter Futures: Utilizing Data for Accelerated Action to End Child Marriage and Achieve SDG 5.3'. The event brought together key stakeholders from around the world, all committed to one common goal: ending child marriage. It provided a unique opportunity to dive into the power of…
In April 2021, the Child Welfare League of Canada (CWLC), in partnership with the Children’s Aid Foundation of Canada, led a series of cross-sectoral convenings with the goal of introducing a positive obligation for government and service providers to assist families who are experiencing difficulties in a context of poverty. This three-day event convened people across sectors to gain a better understanding of how the child welfare system responds to the conditions that place families at an increased risk of child protection involvement due to assessments of ‘neglect’. The goal of Beyond…
This toolkit presents a compendium of research on how Albertans think about the issues of early childhood development, and how to increase public support for policies and programs that support healthy child development. This toolkit was developed by the FrameWorks Institute for the Alberta Family Wellness Initiative supported by Norlien Foundation.
Included in this toolkit are applications materials, based on the research findings, that can help engage the public in understanding child development and child mental health, thereby improving the public conversation and decision making.
The Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada (TRC) has published its findings from an extensive examination of Canada’s policy of placing aboriginal children in residential schools, removing the children from their families and communities. In its examination, the TRC has determined the actions of the Canadian government to constitute cultural genocide. “Canada separated children from their parents, sending them to residential schools," says the report. “This was done not to educate them, but primarily to break their link to their culture and identity.” In this executive summary, the TRC…