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Thursday, June 1, 2023

$5,000 Dr. Joy Calkin Awards for 2023-24

The Landon Pearson Centre welcomes applications for 4 Dr. Joy Calkin Student Awards. The awards will support student projects with a research focus on young children’s lives and experiences that will generate new knowledge about early childhood.  One important element of the research proposal is to demonstrate understanding of the UN Convention... More

Friday, February 3, 2023

Remembering Hon. Landon Pearson’s 90th Zoom Birthday Party

With Landon's passing in January 2023, we thought we would repost her 90th birthday event that was held on November 16, 2020. Listen to the Hon. Landon Pearson tell us about her early life, advocacy work, time in the Senate and establishing the Landon Pearson Centre in this memorable video including several former Prime... More

Monday, January 30, 2023

Landon Pearson Memorial Fund

Please click the link below to make a donation to the Hon. Landon Pearson Memorial Fund.  Thank you.   https://futurefunder.carleton.ca/giving-fund/senator-pearson/  ... More

Wednesday, December 7, 2022

Deadline Dec. 31st: Francine and Gerison Lansdown Student Essay Prizes

For more information, visit: 2022-23 Francine and Gerison Lansdown... More

Friday, November 25, 2022

2022 Dr. Joy Calkin Award Winners

The Landon Pearson Centre for the Study of Childhood and Children's Rights is thrilled to announce two 2022 Dr. Joy Calkin student bursary award winners: Laurel Donison, a PhD Candidate in Child and Youth Studies at Brock University St. Catherines, Ontario. and Marie-Pier Jolicoeur, candidate au Doctorat en droit à l’Université Laval, Quebec.... More

Sunday, November 20, 2022

New Issue: Canadian Journal of Children’s Rights

Please visit the Canadian Journal of Children's Rights website to read the latest issue vol. 9 (2022).... More

Friday, October 30, 2020

Announcing New Book: “The Children’s Senator. Landon Pearson and a Lifetime of Advocacy.”

The Honourable Landon Pearson's domestic and global advocacy efforts with, for, and on behalf of children and young people have unfolded over a period of sixty years including thirty years in the Canadian Foreign Service and eleven years in the Senate of Canada. Two of the key ideas that frame her vision are that... More

Thursday, October 29, 2020

Spring 2020: COVID-19 Creative Contest Announcement!

MESSAGE FROM HON. LANDON PEARSON: “We are very pleased to have received so many contributions to our contest from children and young people across the country. All of them reinforce our belief in the importance of listening to young people as you grapple with the difficult circumstances created by Covid 19. The submissions are... More

Thursday, October 29, 2020

Images of Justice, 2020, 2nd ed. Exhibit Submission Guidelines

For more information, visit: https://contekst.education/exhibits/images-of-justice/ Submission Guideline_Images of Justice... More

Monday, October 26, 2020

Kids Put Their COVID-19 Questions to the Experts

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Monday, October 26, 2020

Watch: Justin Trudeau answers kids’ questions about the coronavirus

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Thursday, February 6, 2020

2020 Creative Contest

The Landon Pearson Centre Asks Children and Young People to Tell Us: How are you experiencing the COVID-19 Pandemic? How is it Affecting Your Life and/or how are you participating/taking action? SEND US A SHORT STORY, VIDEO, DRAWING OR OTHER CREATIVE WAY YOU WANT TO EXPRESS YOURSELF.  CASH PRIZES FOR WINNERS OF ENTRIES IN... More

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