{"id":187,"date":"2017-03-09T15:02:11","date_gmt":"2017-03-09T20:02:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/landonpearsoncentre\/?page_id=187"},"modified":"2025-04-23T12:55:00","modified_gmt":"2025-04-23T16:55:00","slug":"childrens-rights-library","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/landonpearsoncentre\/childrens-rights-library\/","title":{"rendered":"Children&#8217;s Rights Resource Collection"},"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\/03\/Loeb-Building.jpg); background-position: 50% 50%;\">\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                        Children&#8217;s Rights Resource Collection\n                    <\/h1>\n                \n                            <\/header>\n        <\/div>\n\n            <\/div>\n\n    \n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"the-landon-pearson-resource-collection\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Landon Pearson Resource Collection<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/lprc.library.carleton.ca\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">LPC Resource Collection<\/a> contains more than 14,000 documents, the largest collection of children&#8217;s rights materials in Canada, including the original materials regarding the development of children&#8217;s rights in Canada and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ohchr.org\/en\/instruments-mechanisms\/instruments\/convention-rights-child\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">UN Convention on the Rights of the Child<\/a>. All materials are held in A735 Loeb, at Carleton University, in Ottawa. A video tour of the Collection is available, with the Honourable Landon Pearson explaining the resources:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"cu-section cu-section--white w-screen ml-offset-center px-4 md:px-6 lg:px-12\"><div class=\"cu-max-w-child-5xl space-y-6 md:space-y-10   cu-prose-first-last\"><figure class=\"cu-figure not-prose  max-w-full\"><div class=\"not-prose overflow-hidden bg-white shadow-lg max-w-full rounded-none\"><div class=\"relative none overflow-hidden w-full pb-[56.25%] border border-cu-black-100\"><iframe title=\"Videos Embed\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/q6yolmKkw2o\" class=\"cu-embed-iframe\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div><\/div><\/figure><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Uk1HyN0UZiY\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Part 2 of 3 on YouTube<\/a> reviews &#8220;Articles of the Convention on the Rights of the Child&#8221; and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=QEE6QKfFRCA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Part 3 is &#8220;The Study of Childhood in Russia and Other Cultures.&#8221;<\/a>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"selection-of-the-honourable-landon-pearsons-publications\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Selection of the Honourable Landon Pearson&#8217;s publications<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>2019:&nbsp;&#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/landonpearsoncentre\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/Landon-Pearson-Origins-and-Early-Days-of-the-Canadian-Coalition-on-the-Rights-of-Children.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Canadian Coalition for the Rights of Children: Origin and Early Days<\/a>.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2015: 20th anniversary of the First World Congress Against the Sexual Exploitation of Children Report.\u00a0Stockholm +20:\u00a0Looking Back, Moving Forward.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2012:\u00a0 Shaking the Movers: A Model for Collaborative Consultation with Children and Youth on Public Policy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/landonpearsoncentre\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2025\/04\/Not-There-Yet-Canadas-implementation-of-CRC-general-measures-UNICEF.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\" noreferrer noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"350\" height=\"484\" src=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/landonpearsoncentre\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2025\/04\/Not-There-Yet-cover350.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2038\" style=\"width:274px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/landonpearsoncentre\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2025\/04\/Not-There-Yet-cover350.png 350w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/landonpearsoncentre\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2025\/04\/Not-There-Yet-cover350-320x443.png 320w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>2012:\u00a0&#8220;Florence Bird Lecture&#8221; hosted by the Pauline Jewett Institute of Women&#8217;s Studies, Carleton University. Title: From Strength to Strength: The Interrelated Rights of Women and Children over the Life Cycle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2010:&nbsp;Classroom resources from Media Awareness Network:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/mediasmarts.ca\/sites\/mediasmarts\/files\/pdfs\/lesson-plan\/Lesson_Shaking_Movers_2.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Shaking the Movers: Youth Rights and Media<\/a>, and the French version: <a href=\"https:\/\/habilomedias.ca\/sites\/mediasmarts\/files\/pdfs\/lesson-plan\/Lecon_Faire_bouger_decisionnaires_2.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Faire bouger les d\u00e9cisionnaires : droits des jeunes et les m\u00e9dias<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2009: &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/landonpearsoncentre\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2025\/04\/Not-There-Yet-Canadas-implementation-of-CRC-general-measures-UNICEF.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Not There Yet: Canada&#8217;s implementation of the general measures of the Convention on the Rights of the Child,<\/a>&#8221; UNICEF Canada and the UNICEF Innocenti Research Centre.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2009:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/landonpearsoncentre\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2025\/04\/ProceedingsOfTheStandingSenateCommitteeOnHumanRightsOct192009SenateOfCanada.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Senator Landon Pearson&#8217;s presentation to The Standing Senate Committee on Human Rights<\/a>, which met to examine the issue of sexual exploitation of children in Canada.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2009:&nbsp;Vanier Institute of the Family.&nbsp;&#8220;Raising the Status of&nbsp;Children: An Interview with&nbsp;Landon Pearson.&#8221; Transition: Autumn 2008 Edition (written by Elaine Lowe).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2007:&nbsp;Children:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/landonpearsoncentre\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2025\/04\/ChildrenTheSilencedCitizens.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Silenced Citizens: Effective Implementation of Canada&#8217;s International Obligations with Respect to the Rights of Children<\/a>, Final Report of the Standing Senate Committee on Human Rights.&nbsp;(Also, in French: <a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/landonpearsoncentre\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2025\/04\/Les-enfants-des-citoyens-sans-voix.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Les enfants: des citoyens sans voix<\/a>.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2004:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/landonpearsoncentre\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/A-Canada-Fit-for-Children.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">A Canada Fit for Children: Canada\u2019s plan of action in response to the May 2002 United Nations Special Session on Children<\/a>, Government of Canada. (In French: <a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/landonpearsoncentre\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2025\/04\/Un-Canada-digne-des-enfants.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Un Canada digne des enfants<\/a>.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2002:\u00a0Centre for Children, Youth and Citizenship.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2001:\u00a0A Commissioner for Canada&#8217;s Children.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>1997: <a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/landonpearsoncentre\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2025\/04\/Seen-and-Heard-Childrens-Rights-as-a-Foreign-Policy-Concern.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Seen and Heard: Children\u2019s Rights as a Foreign Policy Concern<\/a>, Landon Pearson&#8217;s 1997 O.D. Skelton Memorial Lecture on a foreign policy issue, from the Department of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development (now called Global Affairs Canada), Ottawa. (Also in French:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/landonpearsoncentre\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2025\/04\/Pre\u0301sence-et-affirmation-des-droits-de-lenfant-dans-la-politique-e\u0301trange\u0300re.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Pr\u00e9sence et affirmation des droits de l&#8217;enfant dans la politique \u00e9trang\u00e8re<\/a>.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"other-resources\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Other resources<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/landonpearsoncentre\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/Child-Soldier-Index-.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The International Child Soldier Index Soldiers Index<\/a> (2021), by Geoffrey Pearson.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Landon Pearson Resource Collection The LPC Resource Collection contains more than 14,000 documents, the largest collection of children&#8217;s rights materials in Canada, including the original materials regarding the development of children&#8217;s rights in Canada and the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child. 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