Joint letter to Prime Minister Stephen Harper urging the repatriation of Omar Kadhr
. . July 18, 2008 The Right Honourable Stephen Harper, P.C., M.P. Prime Minister of Canada House of Commons Ottawa, Ontario K18 0A2 Dear Prime Minister: Defence for Children International (DCI) is a non-governmental organisation that has been active in the field of children’s rights for over 25 years. We are contacting you today to […]
DCI-Canada granted standing in the Inquiry into Pediatric Forensic Pathology in Ontario
TORONTO, August 17, 2007—The Honourable Stephen Goudge, Commissioner of the Inquiry into Pediatric Forensic Pathology in Ontario, granted standing to Defence for Children International-Canada (DCI-Canada) in his ruling on standing and funding today. “We are pleased to have the opportunity to participate in this public inquiry,” stated Les Horne, Executive Director of DCI-Canada. “Our child […]
Government must work to eradicate problem of child soldiers: Dallaire
TORONTO, April 23, 2006—Romeo Dallaire will deliver Defence for Children International’s Lowery Lecture in Toronto on Thursday, May 18. In it he will make a passionate call for all Canadians to face their failures in places like Rwanda and other countries where hundreds of thousands of children – some as young as eight years old […]
Media coverage of youth and children simplistic and abusive, says prominent Canadian radio host
TORONTO, May 19, 2005—Children are the only people other than prisoners whose rights are denied by legislation, says Michael Enright, host of CBC’s Sunday Edition. Society is able to limit youth freedoms so drastically because the media paints a contradictory and simplistic picture of youth. “They are either angels or villains: we are very poor […]
This year’s Lowery Lecture will explore the hidden harm in the ‘protection’ of children
Toronto, May 25, 2004—In Canada, the methods and rhetoric of child protection, even the words we use to describe childhood, conceal discriminatory attitudes that harm children, according to Toronto lawyer Jeffery Wilson. Speaking on “The Language of Childhood, the Politics of Repression,” Wilson will challenge our language and assumptions at DCI-Canada’s fifth annual Lowery Lecture […]
