On December 29, 2015, Toronto Star published an account of the book launch of Lea Lipiner’s biography of Shlomo Nadel. Below is the copy of the article by May Warren. Provincial advocate hopes lessons can be learned from Janusz Korczak’s ‘republic of children’ Provincial Advocate Irwin Elman hopes Korczak’s philosophy will inspire the province Shlomo Nadel. […]

Listen 21:16 If you’ve never heard of Janusz Korczak before, you are not alone. He is often called the “father of children’s rights”. There is a movement afoot to get Janusz Korczak better known, especially his philosophy of child-care, because some think it’s exactly what Canada needs more of right now. Janusz Korczak ran an orphanage in Poland in […]

  Ontario’s Provincial Advocate for Children and Youth has released a link to the Biography of Shlomo Nadel by Lea Lipiner.  

Ontario’s Provincial Advocate for Children and Youth today released My Life as a Child of Janusz Korczak, the Father of Children’s Rights – The Biography of Shlomo Nadel, by Lea Lipiner. The book launch, which featured an exhibit of photos of life in Dr. Korczak’s orphanage, took place at an event co-hosted by the Provincial […]

Children’s Rights Book Launch and Photo Exhibit  A collection of photographs and a reading from the book in recognition of International Human Rights Day 2015    Thursday, December 10, 2015 Ontario Legislature Please join us on Thursday, December 10, 2015 for the Toronto launch of  Lea Lipiner’s Taking Root: My life as a child of Janusz […]