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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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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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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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.

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’?

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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.

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.