International Summer Course on the Rights of the Child

Raising the Banners of Freedom: Activism and CivicParticipation of Children and Youth in Light of Article 12 of the UNCRC

International Summer Course on the Rights of the Child

Université de Moncton

International Summer Course on the Rights of the Child

Raising the Banners of Freedom: Activism and CivicParticipation of Children and Youth in Light of Article 12 of the UNCRC

International Summer Course on the Rights of the Child

Université de Moncton

Registration and Schedule

Registration and Schedule

The New Brunswick Office of the Child and Youth Advocate and the Université de Moncton presents its twelfth annual International Summer Course on the Rights of the Child, to be held June 25 to 30, 2023. The course will be held both on-site in person and virtually.

This course is intended for professionals working in the various fields of children's rights around the world.

 

IMPORTANT : This link is to inform out-of-country participants of the Government of Canada's vaccination requirements.

COVID-19: Travel, testing and borders

 

Register Now!

Registration Fee:

→ Places are limited!
Continental breakfast, lunch and healthy breaks included.
Participation certificate.
Possibility of participating in our cultural outing by registering for our summer course

In-person participants wishing to use simultaneous translation for our conferences will need to bring their laptop or cell phone, as well as headphones..

Full program on-site

Regular Fees:

  • $575 + eventbrite fees (CAD)

Daily registration on-site

Regular Fees:

  • $235 + GST and eventbrite fees (CAD)

Full program virtual mode

Regular Fees:

  • $235 + eventbrite fees (CAD)

Cultural outing on wednesday: special price!

  • $50 + taxes + eventbrite fee (CAD): all-inclusive (transportation, tours and meals)

Cancellation Policy:

  • Visa denial or cancellation before June 9, 2023: partial refund of the registration fee ($75 holdback).
  • Cancellation after June 9, 2023: no refund

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**Official opening Sunday, June 25, 2023
from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m
**

6:30 p.m. to 7:10 p.m. : Reception 
7:10 p.m. to 7:25 p.m. : Opening prayer
7:25 p.m. to 7:45 p.m. : Welcome remarks 

Kelly Lamrock, Child and Youth Advocate of the province of New Brunswick
Dany Benoit, Executive director of Continuing Education of Université de Moncton
7:45 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. : Opening Conference

 

Monday, June 26, 2023 
Schedule Activity Speakers Language

9:00 a.m. to 9:45 a.m. (AST)

Parallel workshops:

UN Convention on the Rights of the Child and the rights to participation overview

Christian Whalen & Gavin Kotze

Choice : FRENCH or ENGLISH

9:45 a.m. to 10:15 a.m.

Opening Conference

Justice Renate Winter, Dr. Ziba Vaghri

Simultaneous translation available

10:15 a.m. to 10:45 a.m.

Highlight on the youth implication in General Comment 15 and General Comment 26  Erika Tompkins Fraccaro

Simultaneous translation available 

10:45 a.m. to 11:00 a.m.

Break

 

 

11:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.

Facing the future : Youth engagement at the center of health policy

Raissa Amany

Simultaneous translation available 

11:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.

When young children are sent to Buddhist monasteries : Connections between children’s participation rights and the participatory capabilities of their parents

Deborah Parkes

Simultaneous translation available 

12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m.

Lunch Break

 

 

1:00 p.m. to 1:30 p.m.

Dialogue on high schoolers self-determination : reinventing school for the realization of student’s political and environmental rights

Geneviève Grégoire-Labrecque, Albert Lalonde

Simultaneous translation available 

1:30 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. Comment impliquer les jeunes dans la lutte pour la protection de l’environnement en Haïti

Frantz Azemar, Nixon Mesadieu, Jodelyn George

Simultaneous translation available 

2:00 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. Child participation at the heart of building child-friendly, climate resilient public spaces in our cities

Paula Gallo, Annie Vandenberg

Simultaneous translation available

2:30 p.m. to 2:45 p.m.

Break

 

 

2:45 p.m. to 3:15 p.m. Application of Nothing about us without us approaches for children and youth affected by FASD

Dorothy Reid, Lauren Richardson, Alicia Munn, Dr. Kelly Harding, Lisa Whittingham

Simultaneous translation available
3:15 p.m. to 3:45 p.m.
3:45 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. State of the Child Address Kelly Lamrock  Simultaneous translation available

Tuesday, June 27, 2023  
Schedule Activity Speakers Language

9:00 a.m. to 9:45 a.m. (AST)

Parallel workshops:

UN Convention on the Rights of the Child and the rights to participation overview

Christian Whalen & Gavin Kotze

Choice : FRENCH or ENGLISH

9:45 a.m. to 10:15 a.m.

Opening Conference

Me. Philippe André Tessier

Simultaneous translation available

10:15 a.m. to 10:45 a.m.

SAFER and Out in Public Projects : Perspectives of 2SLGBTQIA+ children and youth with lived experiences

Opening conference - Youth participation : What we have learnt and the questions we still have to answer

Dennis Stuebing

Dr. Tara Collins,  & Associates (Dr. Natasha Blanchet-Cohen, Dr. Patricio Cuevas-Parra, Lucy Jamieson, Dr. Irene Rizzini, Dr. Mónica Ruiz-Casares, Dr. Kay Tisdall, Dr. Laura Wright)

Simultaneous translation available 

10:45 a.m. to 11:00 a.m.

Break

 

 

11:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.

Blue Sky Youth Action Committee : Perspective of children and youth in care in Newfoundland and Labrador (Poster Presentation)

Les enfants autochtones ont le droit d’être entendu : Panorama rétrospectif et prospectif au Canada

Sharlene Weitzman, Katherine O'Rourke, Cara Thoms, Dermot Canning

Hesam Seyyed Esfahani, Carole Tranchant

Simultaneous translation available 

11:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.

Equitable standards for transition to adulthood for youth in care : A Canadian first voice led initiative

Perspective of the newcomer African youth in Canada, with a focus on New Brunswick

Mélanie Doucet

Yusuf Shire

Simultaneous translation available 

12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m.

Lunch Break

 

 

1:00 p.m. to 1:30 p.m.

Étude approfondie sur la participation des élèves en milieu scolaire

Bernard De Vos

Simultaneous translation available 

1:30 p.m. to 2:00 p.m.

Young people’s participation in College curricula 

Dr. Tara Collins, Vanessa Zufelt, Lindsay Sinclair

Simultaneous translation available 

2:00 p.m. to 2:30 p.m.

La participation des élèves, une condition essentielle de la démocratie scolaire

Karina Montminy, Daniel Ducharme

Simultaneous translation available

1:00 p.m. to 2:30 p.m.

Workshop : Reimaginating public education

Robin Liu Hopson & 3 co-panelists to be determined

 

2:30 p.m. to 2:45 p.m.

Break

 

 

2:45 p.m. to 3:15 p.m.

Young people lived experience : Access to services and discrimination

Liv Haché

 
3:15 p.m. to 3:45 p.m.

The fight against discrimination to be a student trustee

Allison Williams

 
3:45 p.m. to 4:15 p.m.

Towards advancing the best interest of child and youth rights in migration : assessing the participatory rights of unaccompanied minors in their refugee claim process

Dustin Ciufo

 

2:45 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.

Round Table on Democratic rights from the perspective of civics education

Kelly Lamrock

Simultaneous translation available

Wednesday, June 28, 2023  
Schedule Activity Speakers Language

9:00 a.m. to 9:45 a.m. (AST)

Parallel workshops:

UN Convention on the Rights of the Child and the rights to participation overview

Christian Whalen & Gavin Kotze

Choice : FRENCH or ENGLISH

9:45 a.m. to 10:15 a.m.

Opening conference

Dr. Niall Muldoon

Simultaneous translation available

10:15 a.m. to 10:45 a.m.

Challenges and solutions to address adolescent mental health – Case studies from selected countries in the Asia Pacific region

Exploring the impact of the 2011 New Brunswick Mental Health Action Plan using the Canadian Community Health Survey

Victor Prasad Karunan

Stanford Yang, Dr. Ziba Vaghri, Dr. Moria Law

Simultaneous translation available 

10:45 a.m. to 11:00 a.m.

Break

 

 

11:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.

Bridging the gap between human rights, knowledge equity, and youth participation in mental health and substance use knowledge mobilization

The collaborative process of designing an evolved policy and approach to youth voice and engagement in Jigsaw

Stacie Smith & Co-Panelists to be determined

David Kavanagh, Niamh Fennell

Simultaneous translation available 

11:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.

The Connect Project Group : A collaborative service design project in Jigsaw

Highlight on article 19 and 12 of the UNCRC and the importance of freedom of expression in mental wellness

Alexis Carey, Dr Jeff Moore, Niamh Petrie

Jacqueline Leighton

Simultaneous translation available 

12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m.

Lunch Break

 

 

2:00 p.m. to the evening

Cultural Excursion

Hopewell Rocks and Albert Co. Museum guided tour, dinner.
Bus departure: 2:30 p.m.from Moncton University.

Registration required

To participate, you must be registered for the 2023 International Summer Course.

 

 

Thursday, June 29, 2023  
Schedule Activity Speakers Language

9:00 a.m. to 9:45 a.m. (AST)

Parallel workshops:

UN Convention on the Rights of the Child and the rights to participation overview

Christian Whalen & Gavin Kotze

Choice : FRENCH or ENGLISH

9:45 a.m. to 10:15 a.m.

Opening conference - Le processus de participation des enfants dans la préparation du rapport annuel au président de la République française

Eric Delemar

Simultaneous translation available

10:15 a.m. to 10:45 a.m.

Children’s access to justice as human rights defenders

Mona Paré, Daniella Bendo, Jean-Frédéric (J-F) Hübsch, Anne Levesque

Simultaneous translation available 

10:45 a.m. to 11:00 a.m.

Break

 

 

11:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.

Children as leaders and partners is children’s rights globally 

Hala Mreiwed, Kate Butler, Emily Chan, Terence Hamilton, Olivia Lecoufle, Laura H.V. Wright

Simultaneous translation available 

12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m.

Lunch Break

 

 

1:00 p.m. to 1:30 p.m.

A table of two organs : A reflection on child participation and access to justice by the Committee on the Rights of the Child and the African Committee on Rights and Welfare of the Child

Robert Nanima

 

1:30 p.m. to 2:00 p.m.

Promoting meaningful participation in the criminal justice system in New Brunswick

Alexandra Dejong, Olivia Frigault

 

2:00 p.m. to 2:30 p.m.

Mineur en danger au sein de la famille et droit d’être entendu dans les procédures judiciaires qui le concerne : Application directe de la CIDE en droit interne – Étude comparative France et Canada

Hesam Seyyed Esfahani

 

1:00 p.m. to 2:30 p.m.

Round Table on Child participation in judicial proceedings

Kelly Lamrock

Simultaneous translation available

2:30 p.m. to 2:45 p.m.

Break

 

 

2:45 p.m. to 3:45 p.m.

The Young Canadians Parliament – Children First Canada

Workshop - Article 12 in action : Empowering children and Youth

Wraychel Horne, Jayden Paquet Noiseux

Emily Chan, Allison Williams

Simultaneous translation available

3:45 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.

Implication des structures de jeunesse dans la prise de décision en Côte d’Ivoire – Parlement jeunesse et Conseil National jeunesse

Seeking political inclusion through justice : Lowering the voting age in Canada

Marie Louise Doré

Emily Chan

Simultaneous translation available

Friday, June 30, 2023  
Schedule Activity Speakers Language

9:00 a.m. to 9:45 a.m. (AST)

Parallel workshops:

UN Convention on the Rights of the Child and the rights to participation overview

Christian Whalen & Gavin Kotze

Choice : FRENCH or ENGLISH

9:45 a.m. to 10:15 a.m.

Opening conference - Title to be determined

Tara Collins + 1 co-panelist to be determined

Simultaneous translation available

10:15 a.m. to 10:45 a.m.

Youth led community action projects for diversity and inclusion : Scaling out, deep and up?

Natasha Blanchet Cohen, Amy Cooper, Geneviève Grégoire-Labrecque, Angie Mapara-Osachoff

Simultaneous translation available 

10:45 a.m. to 11:00 a.m.

Break

 

 

11:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.

ACT2gether : An introduction to ACT2gether and tools used in the We are here toolbox

Overview of the Nova Scotia Youth Summit and Nova Scotia Ombudsman Youth Council

Darren Bird

Kenzie Kozera

Simultaneous translation available 

11:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.

UNICEF empowering young people across Canada : Overview of the UNICEF Canada Youth Advocacy Program, Youth Activism Summit, Reimagine Playbook and U-Report Canada

Amplifying the Voices and Perspectives of Young People in Child Intervention and Youth Justice Systems: Approaches and Challenges in Alberta

Alexie Cossette

Kirsten Wiebe, Devon Barber, Lee Bowers 

Simultaneous translation available 

12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m.

Lunch Break

 

 

1:00 p.m. to 1:30 p.m.

Pibélé Golo : Une initiative visant à accroitre l’activisme et la participation des jeunes en Côte d’Ivoire

OneChild : The first organization in the world empowering a child and youth led movement against child sexual exploitation

Tenin Mafine Ouattara

Cheryl Perera

Simultaneous translation available

1:30 p.m. to 2:15 p.m.

Youth participation in the International and Canadian Child Rights Partnership (ICCRP) Reasearch Project 

Tara Collins 

Simultaneous translation available

2:15 p.m. to 2:30 p.m.

Closing Ceremony

 

Simultaneous translation available