CONFERENCE PROGRAM

Tuesday July 18, 2006

Registration Academic South Hallway 12:00 – 4:00

Poster Session Academic South Hallway 12:00 – 2:00

Opening Ceremony Courtyard 2:00 – 3:00

Plenary Session A AS203 3:00 – 4:15
Ms. Sara Kendall, “A People’s Project”

Social Hour Lowenberger 4:45 – 5:45

Conference Dinner Lowenberger 6:00 – 9:00
Featuring
Mr. Stephen Lewis
(Ticketed Event)

Book Signing Lowenberger 9:00 – 10:00

CONFERENCE PROGRAM

Wednesday July 19, 2006

Registration Academic South Hallway 8:00 – 9:00

Breakfast Academic South Hallway 8:00 – 9:00

Opening Remarks Academic South 203 9:00 – 9:15

Plenary Session B Academic South 203 9:15 – 11:20
Ms. Cindy Blackstock
Professor Erica Burman

Lunch DeCew Residence 11:30 – 12:45

Parallel Session A 1:00 – 2:30

Workshop 1 - From Advocacy to participation to citizenship: Youth in secure custody as citizens
Academic South 215

Workshop 2 – Meaningful Participation of Youth: An Introduction
Academic South 216

Workshop 3 - Rights Of Children And Youth As Individuals Separate From The
Status Of Parents And Legal Guardians
Academic South 217

Workshop 4 - 'The Arms You Fancy, Sir, Are But Their Sails': Applications Of
The Dramatherapy Group Method Of Facilitation With Children And Young
People
Academic South 202

Nutrition and Networking Break (Academic South Hallway) 2:30 – 3:00

Parallel Session B 3:15 – 5:15
Symposium 1 - Perspectives on Children and Young People’s
Rights in Civil and Criminal Courts
Academic South 215

Symposium 2 - Children’s Rights in Health and Socio-Economic Contexts
Academic South 216

Symposium 3 - Theorizing about the Rights of Children and Young People
Academic South 217

Symposium 4 – Child and Youth Rights: Challenging the Medical Model
Academic South 202

Symposium 18 - Children's Protection and Participation in Domestic Law:
Educational Implications
Academic South 203

Keynote Address Academic South 203 5:30 – 7:30
Professor Jaap Doek
The Honourable Landon Pearson

Thursday July 20, 2006

Breakfast Academic South Hallway 8:00– 9:00

Plenary Session C Academic South 203 9:00 – 11:00
Dr. John Davis
Mr. Luke Melchior

Lunch DeCew Residence 11:15 – 12:15


Parallel Session C 12:30 – 2:30

Symposium 5 - International Perspectives And Progress On Child And Youth Rights
Academic South 215

Symposium 6 - Newcomer and Refugee Youth Issues
Academic South 216

Symposium 7 - The Participation Rights Of Vulnerable Children And Youth
Academic South 217

Symposium 8 - School Conduct and Bullying
Academic South 202

Nutrition and Networking Break (Academic South Hallway) 2:30 – 2:45

Parallel Session D 2:45 – 4:45
Symposium 9 - Children’s Inclusion in Education
Academic South 215

Symposium 10 - The Rights Of Children And Youth In Legal Contexts
Academic South 216

Symposium 11 - Monitoring and Researching the Rights of Children and Young People
Academic South 217

Symposium 12 – Participation Rights: Child Labour and Street Children
Academic South 202

Optional Film Viewing 5:30 - 7:30
Exilados do Mundao/Exiles from the World (Brazil) Socioeconomic Factors Contributing to
Girl Child Abuse (Botswana)
Academic South 202

Tour of Niagara Falls 5:30 – 10:30
(Ticketed Event)

Friday July 21, 2006

Breakfast Academic South Hallway 8:00 – 9:00

Opening Remarks Academic South 203 9:00 – 9:15

Plenary Session D Academic South 203 9:15 – 10:15
Michael Freeman

Youth Presentation Academic South 203 10:15 - 11:15

Lunch DeCew Residence 11:30 – 12:45

Parallel Session E 1:00 – 2:30
Workshop 5 – UNCRC for Beginners
Academic South 215

Workshop 6 – Rights 2 Success: A Community-Based Model of Rights Education for Young
People in Care and At Risk
Academic South 216

Workshop 7 – Taking a Children’s Rights Approach to Education
Academic South 217

Symposium 13 - The Rights of Children and Youth in Families and in Care
Academic South 202

Nutrition and Networking Break (Academic South Hallway) 2:30 – 2:45

Parallel Session F 2:45 – 4:45

Symposium 14 – The Rights of the Child: The Importance of Children’s Views for Research,
Theory and Practice
Academic South 215

Symposium 15 – Children and Youth in Conflict
Academic South 216

Symposium 16 – Children and Young People’s Agency in Politics and Policy
Academic South 217

Symposium 17 - Theorizing about Children and Young People’s Participatory Rights
Academic South 202

Youth Panel

Ontario Youth Advocate’s Office AS203 5:00 – 6:00

Closing Ceremony AS203 6:15 – 7:00

Professor Jaap Doek
The Honourable Landon Pearson