UBC SUMMER INSTITUTE: CHILD ADVOCACY IN ACTION – THE LEGACY OF JANUSZ KORCZAK

The Summer Institute, a first of its kind offering in North America, is a result of a collaboration between the Janusz Korczak Association of Canada and UBC’s Faculty of Education. The course was taught by Dr. Tatyana Tsyrlina-Spady, a professor at the Seattle Pacific University School of Education. She is an experienced academic and a well-established researcher in the fields of comparative education and the history of education and has been teaching and practicing Dr. Korczak’s ideas for the last three decades.

The Institute offered a unique opportunity to participate in workshops, discussions and seminars led by a group of international scholars, educators, children’s rights advocates, pediatricians and writers from Canada, France, Poland, Rwanda and the USA. It provided an opportunity for engaged dialogue about critical curricular and pedagogical issues, and inspired motivation for innovative practice. The opening address was delivered by the Honorable Janet Austin, OBC, Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia, Dr. Blye Frank, Dean of Faculty of Education and Jerry Nussbaum, the president of The Janusz Korczak Association of Canada.

Invited Speakers

1. Lillian Boraks-Nemetz, Writer and a Warsaw Ghetto survivor, a board member of the Janusz Korczak Association of Canada (Vancouver, BC)
2. Denise Buote, Professor, UBC; Arbor Educational & Clinical Consulting, BC
3. Timothy McGeer, Principal; Sangeeta Kauldher, Vice Principal, and a group of students from Uhill Secondary School, Vancouver, BC, with a workshop on Human Rights Library
4. Jennifer Charlesworth, Representative for Children and Youth, Victoria, BC
5. Irina Demakova (Moscow, Russia), online
6. Kareen Hudson, Program Director, Dalai Lama Center for Peace and Education, BC
7. Gilles Julien, a paediatrician, child’s rights advocate, and a founder of social community paediatrics, Montreal, Quebec
8. Wojciech Lasota, researcher and teacher trainer, Warsaw, Poland
9. Jonathan Levy, teacher trainer, educational consultant for UNESCO & UNICEF, Paris, France
10. Christine Loock, MD, Specialist Lead, RICHER Program, Associate Professor, UBC
11. Tilar Mazeo, a professor and writer, Victoria, BC
12. Sam Mugiraneza, UBC student, former student at Agahozo Shalom Youth Village, Rwanda
13. Suzette Narbonne, Lawyer, Child and Youth Legal Centre, The Society of Children and Youth of BC, Vancouver, BC
14. Darcia Narvaez (online), Professor of Psychology, University of Notre Dame, South Bend, Indiana
15. Ira Pataki, a lawyer and teacher, Sharpsville Area Middle School, PA, USA
16. Karen Trieger, a lawyer and writer, Seattle, WA, USA
17. Helene Trudel, C.Q., LL.M., Lawyer and certified mediator, Cofounder, Founding Director of Integrated Health in CSP, Foundation Dr. Julien, Montreal, Quebec

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