News Archives - Landon Pearson Resource Centre for the Study of Childhood and Children's Rights /landonpearsoncentre/category/news/ ĐÓ°ÉÔ­´´ University Sat, 02 May 2026 01:51:19 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 New Book By Dr Tara Collins: Children’s Rights in Professional Practices with Children and Youth /landonpearsoncentre/2026/new-book-by-dr-tara-collins-childrens-rights-in-professional-practices-with-children-and-youth/ Fri, 01 May 2026 20:27:18 +0000 /landonpearsoncentre/?p=2277 The post New Book By Dr Tara Collins: Children’s Rights in Professional Practices with Children and Youth appeared first on Landon Pearson Resource Centre for the Study of Childhood and Children's Rights.

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New Book By Dr Tara Collins: Children’s Rights in Professional Practices with Children and Youth

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To hear the book launch conversation featuring author Tara Collins with Gerison Lansdown, International Child Rights Consultant, UK please click .

To order: N/S America Orders: elgarsales@e-elgar.com; UK/Row Orders: sales@e-elgar.co.uk

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New Issue: Canadian Journal of Children’s Rights

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Today on National Child Day November 20th, the Landon Pearson Centre proudly releases the Canadian Journal of Children’s Rights vol. 12, no. 1. This special issue theme is: “Children’s Rights and Decolonial Perspectives: Challenging Dominant Modes of Knowledge Production” with guest editors, international children’s rights experts, Irene Rizzini, Tara Collins, Danielle Strickland and Mariana Menezes Neumann.

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2025 National Child Day

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Join us on Thursday November 20, 2025 at 4 p.m. in Richcraft Hall, ĐÓ°ÉÔ­´´ University as the Landon Pearson Centre celebrates National Child Day with the launch of the Canadian Journal of Children’s Rights. Special guest, Sheldon Kennedy, will receive the Cherry Kingsley Award for his work in child protection addressing child sexual exploitation. Zoom details click .

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]]> $5,000 Dr. Joy Calkin Awards for 2023-24 /landonpearsoncentre/2023/5000-dr-joy-calkin-awards-for-2023-24/ Fri, 02 Jun 2023 01:00:07 +0000 /landonpearsoncentre/?p=1379 The Landon Pearson Centre welcomes applications for 4 Dr. Joy Calkin Student Awards. The awards will support student projects with a research focus on young children’s lives and experiences that will generate new knowledge about early childhood.  One important element of the research proposal is to demonstrate understanding of the UN Convention on the Rights […]

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$5,000 Dr. Joy Calkin Awards for 2023-24

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The Landon Pearson Centre welcomes applications for 4 Dr. Joy Calkin Student Awards.

The awards will support student projects with a research focus on young children’s lives and experiences that will generate new knowledge about early childhood.  One important element of the research proposal is to demonstrate understanding of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child and how a children’s rights-based approach matters to your research project.  Click to see the full call in French and English here!

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]]> Remembering Hon. Landon Pearson’s 90th Zoom Birthday Party /landonpearsoncentre/2023/hon-landon-pearsons-90th-zoom-birthday-party/ Fri, 03 Feb 2023 21:06:45 +0000 /landonpearsoncentre/?p=1338 With Landon’s passing in January 2023, we thought we would repost her 90th birthday event that was held on November 16, 2020. Listen to the Hon. Landon Pearson tell us about her early life, advocacy work, time in the Senate and establishing the Landon Pearson Centre in this memorable video including several former Prime Ministers […]

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Remembering Hon. Landon Pearson’s 90th Zoom Birthday Party

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With Landon’s passing in January 2023, we thought we would repost her 90th birthday event that was held on November 16, 2020.

Listen to the Hon. Landon Pearson tell us about her early life, advocacy work, time in the Senate and establishing the Landon Pearson Centre in this memorable video including several former Prime Ministers and other dignitaries.

The video is posted to the Landon Pearson Centre youtube channel at the following .

 

 

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]]> Landon Pearson Memorial Fund /landonpearsoncentre/2023/landon-pearson-memorial-fund/ Mon, 30 Jan 2023 21:53:07 +0000 /landonpearsoncentre/?p=1264 Please click the link below to make a donation to the Hon. Landon Pearson Memorial Fund.  Thank you.    

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Landon Pearson Memorial Fund

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Please click the link below to make a donation to the Hon. Landon Pearson Memorial Fund.  Thank you.

 

https://futurefunder.carleton.ca/giving-fund/senator-pearson/

 

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]]> Deadline Dec. 31st: Francine and Gerison Lansdown Student Essay Prizes /landonpearsoncentre/2022/deadline-dec-31st-francine-and-gerison-lansdown-student-essay-prizes/ Wed, 07 Dec 2022 10:39:22 +0000 /landonpearsoncentre/?p=1256 For more information, visit: 2022-23 Francine and Gerison Lansdown Prizes

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Deadline Dec. 31st: Francine and Gerison Lansdown Student Essay Prizes

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For more information, visit:
2022-23 Francine and Gerison Lansdown Prizes

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]]> 2022 Dr. Joy Calkin Award Winners /landonpearsoncentre/2022/2022-dr-joy-calkin-awards/ Fri, 25 Nov 2022 19:30:16 +0000 /landonpearsoncentre/?p=1251 The Landon Pearson Centre for the Study of Childhood and Children’s Rights is thrilled to announce two 2022 Dr. Joy Calkin student bursary award winners: Laurel Donison, a PhD Candidate in Child and Youth Studies at Brock University St. Catherines, Ontario. and Marie-Pier Jolicoeur, candidate au Doctorat en droit aĚ€ l’UniversitĂ© Laval, Quebec. We extend […]

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2022 Dr. Joy Calkin Award Winners

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The Landon Pearson Centre for the Study of Childhood and Children’s Rights is thrilled to announce two 2022 Dr. Joy Calkin student bursary award winners:

Laurel Donison, a PhD Candidate in Child and Youth Studies at Brock University St. Catherines, Ontario.

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Marie-Pier Jolicoeur, candidate au Doctorat en droit à l’Université Laval, Quebec.

We extend our thanks to The Muttart Family Foundation for their generous funding of these awards and forward to welcoming Laurel and Marie-Pier at the Child Rights Academic Network conference to be held in Ottawa in April. 2023.

 

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]]> New Issue: Canadian Journal of Children’s Rights /landonpearsoncentre/2022/new-issue-canadian-journal-of-childrens-rights/ Mon, 21 Nov 2022 04:29:07 +0000 /landonpearsoncentre/?p=1240 Please visit the Canadian Journal of Children’s Rights website to read the latest issue vol. 9 (2022).

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New Issue: Canadian Journal of Children’s Rights

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Please visit the Canadian Journal of Children’s Rights website to read the latest issue vol. 9 (2022).

https://ojs.library.carleton.ca/index.php/cjcr/index

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]]> Announcing New Book: “The Children’s Senator. Landon Pearson and a Lifetime of Advocacy.” /landonpearsoncentre/2020/announcing-new-book-the-childrens-senator-landon-pearson-and-a-lifetime-of-advocacy/ Fri, 30 Oct 2020 14:49:04 +0000 /landonpearsoncentre/?p=963 The Honourable Landon Pearson’s domestic and global advocacy efforts with, for, and on behalf of children and young people have unfolded over a period of sixty years including thirty years in the Canadian Foreign Service and eleven years in the Senate of Canada. Two of the key ideas that frame her vision are that as […]

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The Honourable Landon Pearson’s domestic and global advocacy efforts with, for, and on behalf of children and young people have unfolded over a period of sixty years including thirty years in the Canadian Foreign Service and eleven years in the Senate of Canada. Two of the key ideas that frame her vision are that as rights holders, children have a right to participate in matters that affect their lives, and that every child needs at least one adult to provide steadfast and consistent support.

In contributors detail Pearson’s influence on children’s rights scholarship, research, and advocacy in a variety of areas including Indigenous children’s rights, youth justice, commercial sexual exploitation of children, children’s mental health, and corporal punishment. Following Pearson’s lifelong commitment to highlighting young people’s participation, the volume also includes testimonials from former students regarding her invaluable mentorship. Pearson’s professional career and aspects of her personal life, including her experience as a parent of five children, merge in a fascinating account of Canada’s premier children’s rights advocate. An intimate and compelling collection, The Children’s Senator celebrates Pearson as a catalyst of change in Canada and internationally. Her efforts to construct a children’s rights architecture in collaboration with decision-makers and young people inform a legacy that has laid a foundation for children’s rights into the twenty-first century.

  • Publisher : McGill-Queen’s University Press (Oct. 22 2020)
  • Edited by:  Virginia Caputo, PhD

Order online at McGill-Queen’s Press to receive 20% discount until Feb. 28, 2021:  MQF2

 

 

The Children's Senator

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