{"id":128,"date":"2017-03-08T08:43:50","date_gmt":"2017-03-08T13:43:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/landonpearsoncentre\/?page_id=128"},"modified":"2026-10-13T12:44:52","modified_gmt":"2026-10-13T16:44:52","slug":"news","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/landonpearsoncentre\/news\/","title":{"rendered":"News and Events"},"content":{"rendered":"    \n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-max  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n        \n                    \n                    \n            \n    <div class=\"cu-wideimage relative flex items-center justify-center mx-auto px-8 overflow-hidden md:px-16 rounded-xl not-prose  my-6 md:my-12 first:mt-0 bg-opacity-50 bg-cover bg-cu-black-50 py-24 md:py-28 lg:py-36 xl:py-48\" style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/carleton.ca\/landonpearsoncentre\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2025\/04\/NewsEventsWithChildren1600-1600x700.png); background-position: 100% 51%;\">\n\n                    <div class=\"absolute top-0 w-full h-screen\" style=\"background-color:rgba(0,0,0,0.600);\"><\/div>\n        \n        <div class=\"relative z-[2] max-w-4xl w-full flex flex-col items-center gap-2 cu-wideimage-image cu-zero-first-last\">\n            <header class=\"mx-auto mb-6 text-center text-white cu-pageheader cu-component-updated cu-pageheader--center md:mb-12\">\n\n                                    <h1 class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold mb-2 text-3xl md:text-4xl lg:text-5xl lg:leading-[3.5rem] cu-pageheader--center text-center mx-auto after:left-px\">\n                        News and Events\n                    <\/h1>\n                \n                            <\/header>\n        <\/div>\n\n            <\/div>\n\n    \n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"news\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">News<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Landon Pearson Centre is offering several student opportunities in 2026\u201327 to support research and scholarship in children\u2019s rights.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Dr. Joy Calkin Student Awards provide three $5,000 awards to support research projects focused on children\u2019s rights and young children\u2019s everyday lives, with particular interest in early childhood (generally children under six). The Landon Pearson Centre also offering the Francine and Gerison Lansdown Undergraduate and Graduate Student Essay Prizes offer two $500 prizes on any topic related to children\u2019s rights. Winners will be recognized at the Child Rights Academic Network Conference at Carleton University in April 2027, and winning essays will be considered for publication in the Canadian Journal of Children\u2019s Rights.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            \n\n\n\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white cu-section--cards ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\" 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Come join us to share coffee and conversations about children\u2019s rights in a friendly, welcoming setting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Location: A735 LA, Carleton University<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Time: Oct 19th from 4-5 pm<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"30-years-since-stockholm-reflections-on-ending-child-sexual-exploitation\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">30 Years Since Stockholm: Reflections on Ending Child Sexual Exploitation<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Landon Pearson Centre would like to invite you to the event, \u201c30 Years Since Stockholm: Reflections on Ending Child Sexual Exploitation,\u201d to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the first World Congress against the Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children. 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