{"id":56770,"date":"2019-05-28T15:19:45","date_gmt":"2019-05-28T19:19:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsroom.carleton.ca\/?post_type=cu_story&p=56770"},"modified":"2025-09-30T11:30:35","modified_gmt":"2025-09-30T15:30:35","slug":"international-year-of-the-child-anniversary","status":"publish","type":"cu_story","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/news\/story\/international-year-of-the-child-anniversary\/","title":{"rendered":"Landon Pearson Centre Celebrates International Year of the Child"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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\n Landon Pearson Centre Celebrates International Year of the Child\n <\/h1>\n \n <\/header>\n <\/div>\n\n \n <\/path>\n <\/path>\n <\/svg>\n <\/div>\n\n \n\n <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n

The Landon Pearson Centre<\/a> (LPC) at Carleton University celebrated the 40th anniversary of the International Year of the Child<\/a> on May 23, 2019, commemorating the United Nations<\/a> proclamation of 1979. The event consisted of a networking fair and roundtable discussion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Canada satisfied the UN\u2019s mandate in 1979 by giving more than $1 million in grants to groups working for youth across Canada, and developing an agenda for future efforts for the rights of children.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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From left to right: The Honourable Monique B\u00e9gin and The Honourable Landon Pearson.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The LPC is a longstanding Carleton affiliation created by Pearson, former vice-chair of the Canadian Commission for the International Year of the Child. The LPC believes in the ability of children to make social change and is committed to organizing youth public participation.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Voicing Concerns and Celebrating Accomplishments<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

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Pearson served in the Senate, where she became known as the Children\u2019s Senator. Later, she was named Advisor on Children\u2019s Rights to the Minister of Foreign Affairs before becoming the Personal Representative of the Prime Minister to the 2002 United Nations Special Session on Children<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Landon Pearson hosted a discussion of youth presenters who voiced their concerns and accomplishments.<\/p>\n\n\n

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\u201cSpiritual health is seen as a protective factor in children\u2019s mental health and these children have said that connection to the land is a vital component of healthy spirituality,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n\n

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Exploring Progress Made Since the International Year of the Child<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Youth presenters Sofia Henson Preibisch, Abigail Hatankaka and Alex Krneta spearheaded the discussion with quotes that Pearson had collected in 1979 about children and expressed their opinions on progress since then.<\/p>\n\n\n

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\u201cI think there’s a lot of energy in (this generation) and I think that a lot of them are activists . . .  they see the world as something they can contribute to,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

The climate crisis\u2019s ability to bring youth together is another element of this generation that makes Pearson hopeful.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe sense of urgency is greater.\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to Pearson, the best thing we can do for children is simple.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cTo listen to what they say rather than what you think <\/em>they should say.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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