Marta Santos Pais the Keynote Speaker at the Dean’s Distinguished Lecture Series – Janusz Korczak the Father of Children’s Rights: Turning Rights into Action

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 been strongly committed to mobilizing action and political support to maintain momentum around this agenda and to achieve steady progress across the world.

I am delighted to invite you to attend the lecture and reception to follow on Thursday, September 13th from 6:30 – 9:00 p.m. in the Jack Poole Hall of the Robert H. Lee Alumni Centre, 6163 University Boulevard.

Please register for the event at the link below and we welcome you to a reception after the lecture. Please forward to all who may be interested.

RSVP at: educ.ubc.ca/deansdistinguishedlecture