Tom Waldock

• Thomas Waldock, Professor, Child and Family Studies, Faculty of Arts and Science, Nipissing University, North Bay, Ontario

 Thomas Waldock is a Full Professor of Child and Family Studies at Nipissing University. He is the founding faculty member of the CHFS Program. Waldock is the editor of A Question of Commitment (2^nd): The Status of Children in Canada (Wilfred Laurier University Press, 2020). Recent research relates the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child to the child welfare field, with a specific focus on child welfare paradigms that characterize different child welfare systems. Numerous publications in social work and child/youth care journals also have examined the connection between caregiver competency and the provision of quality care to marginalized children. Waldock also has authored legal case reports focused on the status of caregiving and governmental liability for marginalized children in care.  Recent Activities: Finalized work as the editor of A Question of Commitment (2^nd): The Status of Children in Canada (Wilfred Laurier University Press, 2020). The book is forthcoming, with a publication date of April 2020.