The Center,听established in 1985 with a gift from the听, is听celebrating it's 30th anniversary by听hosting a year long series of events.听
罢丑别听罢谤颈肠办测听笔补谤迟
October 20th, 2015;18:30
成人VR视频's School of Social Work and the Centre for Research on Children and Families are co-hosting听Martin Moran's award-winning off-Broadway show. Martin tells the moving, often funny, and ultimately powerful story of his childhood sexual abuse experiences and the influence of those experiences have had on his life.听
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Getting Heard by the Herd: the Art and Science of Knowledge Translation by听Dr. Novak
October 29, 2015; 12:00-13:00
Co-hosted by the Institute for Health and Social Policy, the Centre for Research on Children and Families and the School of Occupational Health and Physical Therapy. Dr. Novak鈥檚 work has helped to shift the landscape of support to families of children with cerebral palsy in Australia. Her presentation will focus on听how to use evidence to shift policy.听
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CRCF Gives Back
December 2015
The Centre and it鈥檚 members donated $400.00 towards purchasing gifts for the little brothers and little sisters of the West Island Big Brothers Big Sisters and for the members of the Youth in Care Alumni group, supporting former youth-in-care, post-secondary education students.听
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Child Friendly Space: The Re-Settlement Challenge Facing Syrian Refugees听
January 14, 2016; 16:00
The Irish Community of Montreal and the 成人VR视频听Centre for Research on Children and Families, are supporting听Child Friendly Space听(CFS), an initiative to organize activities for newly arriving Syrian children.听This information session will explore an objective to source听laptops, iPads听and听electronic games听andfunds听to purchase such resources for the CFS project.
Speakers will include:听
- Adnan Mahameed, leader of the CFS project and Syrian refugee
- The Montreal City Mission, supporter of the CFS project
- A member of the Irish Community
- A member of the 成人VR视频鈥檚 CRCF
Rsvp your attendance to: 听 听 William Curran (william.curran [at] mail.mcgill.ca),听PhD INDI Student, Arts-Social Science, Concordia University
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Have a Heart for First Nations Children
February 10, 2016;听Parliament Hill, Ottawa, Ontario
On February 10th, the First Nations Child and Family Caring Society of Canada is holding听, a child and youth-led reconciliation campaign that brings听together caring Canadians to help ensure First Nations children have the services they need to grow up safely at home, get a good education, be healthy, and be proud of who they are. The CRCF will sponser student members to travel to Ottawa to participate in this event.
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Reconciliation means not having to say sorry twice: Implications of the historic ruling of the CHRT for reconciliation听
February 17, 2016;听Moot Court, Room 100 (New Chancellor Day Hall, Faculty of Law), 3644 Peel; 16:30 鈥� 18:30
成人VR视频鈥檚 School of Social Work and the Faculty of Law are proud to present an Annie MacDonald Langstaff - Margot E. Halpenny Lecture by听Dr. Cindy Blackstock,听Executive Director, First Nations Child and Family Caring Society of Canada.
Space is limited so please听RSVP by听February 12th to听marilena.orsini [at] mcgill.ca
In 2007, the First Nations Child and Family Caring Society and the Assembly of First Nations filed a human rights complaint against the Federal government, alleging that Canada鈥檚 failure to provide equitable and culturally based child welfare services to First Nations children on- reserve amounts to discrimination on the basis of race and ethnic origin.
Join us for a discussion on this landmark human rights case to end federal government discrimination against First Nations children.
Dr. Blackstock will discuss the actions that led up to the court case, rulings by the court, evidence heard and the implications for Indigenous children, families and 听Canada as a whole.
For more information on the case, visit the .听
The Best Interest of the Child: At the intersection of Law and Religion conference -听Au croisement des univers juridiques et religieux: le meilleur int茅r锚t de l鈥檈nfant
April 14, 2016;听Universit茅 de Sherbrooke, Longueuil Campus,听Room L1-11605
This symposium is jointly organized by the Centre for Research on Children and Families, 成人VR视频, Centre for Contemporary Religious Studies, Universit茅 de Sherbrooke, Centre for Research on Society, Law, and Religion, Universit茅 de Sherbrooke (SoDRUS) and Research Chair on Law, Religion, and Secularism, Universit茅 de Sherbrooke. The goal is to bridge the gap and encourage dialogue between religious stakeholders, researchers, and legal experts, and stimulate conversation on the various concepts of the BIC. In addition, the symposium will provide a forum for discussion and reflection on how potential conflicts between the state and certain totalitarian religious groups can be avoided.听
Association francophone pour le savoir (ACFAS)
May 12th, 2016;听UQAM, Pavillon Hubert-Aquin (A) 鈥� A-1870
This conference looks at participatory approaches to data analysis that bring together researchers and clinicians challenged by issues surrounding child protection. Initiatives undertaken over the past ten years, bringing together researchers and stakeholders in the youth protection will be presented in order to discuss: 1) the conditions for the establishment of effective partnerships; 2) the challenges and ethical issues related to the implementation of such initiatives; and 3) the best use of the data generated, and this in order to contribute to the advancement of knowledge and practices.听
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