The Faculty of Education and the Janusz Korczak Association of Canada are pleased to welcome Marta Santos Pais, United Nations Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Violence against Children who will give the Dean’s Distinguished Speaker Lecture: Making Zero Humankind’s Favourite Number: Zero Violence against Children. Since her appointment in 2009, Marta Santos Pais has […]
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Selected Works of Janusz Korczak named by Culture.pl 10 + 7 Polish Books in Translation to Read in 2018
The Janusz Korczak Association of Canada is proud to announce the upcoming publication of How to Love a child and other Selected Works of Janusz Korczak in English. The publication date is set for November 2018. Please see more information about this two volume translation at culture.pl. Click here for the order form for Volume […]
Read More >A Ceremony to Honour Irena Sendler
On Friday, May 11, 2018 the Janusz Korczak Association of Canada hosted a ceremony to commemorate Irena Sendler, the rescuer of Jewish Children during the Holocaust. Minister Marek Michalak, the Polish Ombudsman for Children, Consul Marcin Trzciński of the Republic of Poland, and Batia Gilad, the Chairperson of the International Korczak Association were the distinguished […]
Read More >Dr. Christine Loock is awarded the Janusz Korczak Medal for Child Rights Advocacy
Dr. Christine Loock was awarded today the third Janusz Korczak Medal for Child Advocacy. The medal is awarded jointly by the Janusz Korczak Association of Canada and the BC Representative for Children and Youth. The distinguished guests at the BC Legislature in Victoria ceremony included Her Honour, the Honourable Janet Austin, Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia, Minister […]
Read More >David Morley, President and CEO, UNICEF Canada speaks at the Dean’s Distinguished Speaker Lecture at UBC
David Morley spoke at the second annual Dean’s Distinguished Speaker Lecture: Janusz Korczak, the Father of Children’s Rights: Turning Rights into Action. The event, moderated by Kit Krieger, started with welcoming remarks by Prof. Mark Beauchamp, Associate Dean Research at the Faculty of Education, and was followed by presentations by Bernard Richard, the BC Representative […]
Read More >Coming up: Dr. Janusz Korczak’s Family Tree
Marlena Sęczek from the Institute of Literary Research of the Polish Academy of Sciences is working on creating the family tree of Dr. Janusz Korczak. The Polish version is almost complete and the English version is expected to be available shortly.
Read More >The King of Children by B. J. Lifton
A new edition of The King of Children by Betty Jean Lifton is due to be published within the next few days. It has been many years since the previous edition. The book is published by Vallentine Mitchell Publishers, as an initiative of the Janusz Korczak Association of Canada with the financial support of the […]
Read More >Little Review (Mały Przegląd) at the 57th Art Biennale in Venice
The Polish Pavilion at the 2017 Venice Biennale features an impressive exhibit by Sharon Lockhart, centering around Janusz Korczak’s “Little Review”. Visit the Exhibit to enjoy five issues of the English translation of “Little Review” every week until the Biennale closes at the end of November. Wall credits from the entrance to the Polish Pavilion: […]
Read More >Dr. Judith Lynam Presented with the First Janusz Korczak Canadian Social Pediatrics Award
The Janusz Korczak Association of Canada and the Canadian Pediatrics Society Social Pediatrics Interest Group (SPIG) has awarded the inaugural Janusz Korczak Janusz Korczak Canadian Social Pediatrics Award for advancing inter professional and intersectoral relationships to Dr Judy Lynam. The award ceremony concluded the first annual SPIG Summit. Nearly 50 pediatricians, nurses, public health workers, […]
Read More >The Janusz Korczak Statuette Awarded to Dr. Gilles Julien and Hélène (Sioui) Trudel at the 5th Community Social Pediatrics Symposium in Montreal
Dr. Gilles Julien and Hélène (Sioui) Trudel were awarded the inaugural Janusz Korczak Statuette established to honour an individual or organization that has taken a leadership role in promoting the rights of children in fields such as pediatrics, social work or child/youth work who has demonstrated a focus on children in vulnerable circumstances, such as […]
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