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The Landon Pearson Centre, at @carleton.ca, offers student awards and scholarships, including the "Dr. Joy Calkin $5,000 Student Award" and the "Francine and Gerison Lansdown Student Essay Award."
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Policy and Advocacy - Landon Pearson Resource Centre for the Study of Childhood and Children's Rights The Landon Pearson Centre is a co-investigator on a number of international projects funded by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRCC). The most recent projects are note...

The Landon Pearson Centre is co-investigator on international projects funded by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada. Also, we'll soon publish a quarterly newsletter to report on research by our Child Rights Academic Network members.
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academic discourse, and contribute to a growing body of research that centers children’s voices and lived experiences. I have had the privilege of meeting a number of individuals who I have explored potential synergies WITH and look forward to collaborating with them.

our work on the frontlines of child protection. It has also provided me with a vital space for interdisciplinary collaboration, learning, and the exchange of knowledge that bridges academic and practice. The network has also amplified opportunities to inform public policy, shape ...

The network fosters a strong sense of community and shared commitment to advancing the rights and well-being of children in Canada and globally.
Through engagement with leading scholars and practitioners, I have been able to deepen my understanding of child rights frameworks and approached into ...

Child Rights Academic Network 2025 member and Founder of OneChild Cheryl Perera writes:

I am delighted have joined the CRAN Network. Despite, working in the children’s rights field in Canada for over 20 years, I have often felt lonely in my work, yet no more...

The Honourable Landon Pearson (1930-2023) was an advocate for the rights & well-being of children. She was a writer, Canadian Senator & the founder of Carleton University's Landon Pearson Centre. A list of her publications & achievements is published on our website:
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Landon Pearson and Virginia Caputo, Director of the LPC, started the Canadian Journal of Children’s Rights (CJCR), at @carleton.ca, a peer-reviewed journal that features interdisciplinary scholarly research relating to children’s rights in a global context.
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Shaking the Movers is an annual, youth-led workshop series that's hosted in different regions in Canada. They use a rights-respecting approach to act on children’s and young people’s concerns. If you're interested in a workshop with your organization, please contact us:
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Check out the new website from the Landon Pearson Centre for the Study of Childhood & Children's Rights. Through our expertise in human rights & our pioneering work in children’s & young people’s participation, we're committed to improving the lives of children & youth:
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Building a true community of care means not just teaching about rights but living them alongside our students every day. I am eager to determine how we can do this despite the complexities of our current education system.

their excitement to be heard, their deep desire to be part of decisions that affect them, is powerful. Despite the challenges of our current system, their voices are a call to action.

Child Rights Academic Network 2025 member Vanessa Pavicic writes:

As an elementary school teacher, I have always believed that rights education must be a foundation in our schools. Listening to the young people in the STM reports reaffirms that belief —

@lpcchildrights.bsky.social In TMU’s report many of the participants stated feeling bullied online and frustrated with the blurring of reality through AI’s growth in digital spaces.

@lpcchildrights.bsky.social Shaking the Movers review - 2SLGBTQIA+ youth spaces contested in public discourse and politics, affecting access to health, community, public spaces, sports, and education. 2SLGBTQIA+ youth lack space that reflects their community.

We need to ‘get out of the way’ and centre children’s identities to improve their Communities of Care.

Largely, that meant Black, Indigenous, racialized, 2SLGBTQI+, and/or disabled kids. Do we fear naming them because of our own hang-ups on race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, gender, ability, poverty? We need to ‘get out of the way,’ centre children’s identities to improve their Communities of Care.

Do we ‘lose’ something important when we shift from ‘specific’ to academic or legal terminology? In a past W2A project, we learned to ‘name’ who we meant by ‘marginalized’ children.

Child Rights Academic Network 2025 member and Wisdom2Action's Dennis Stuebing writes:

Is the language we use in STM reports fully understood or is it rhetoric? What do we mean by ‘discrimination’ and ‘diversity’?

As a duty bearer, I am committed to ensuring communities of care for children are sustainable and outlive service providers. This requires safe spaces where children can discover their identity, their views and preferences and be children.

As a lawyer who represents children at Justice for Children and Youth, I see the ongoing exclusion children face and that children remain an equity seeking group facing marginalization.

Child Rights Academic Network 2025 member
Samira Mobina Ahmed writes:

When reading the reports from the STM events across the country, the themes of identity, inclusion and belonging remain longstanding themes. Children are meaningful partners whose voices must be amplified to create inclusion.

Without a sense of belonging, inclusion and care, they cannot thrive. Without listening, there is no knowing.

For youth in the Atlantic provinces, they spoke about a lack of support and connection with their community. Without a sense of belonging, inclusion and care, they cannot thrive. Without listening, there is no knowing.

Listening to youth is one of the most significant rights because it allows for other rights to be activated. Without listening, there is little understanding of what young people are experiencing in their lives or what they need.

Child Rights Academic Network 2025 member Professor Donna Koller writes:

According to the UNCRC, all articles are considered equally important. Article 12, however, supports the right of the child to be heard.