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Since 2015, the ICCRP researchers and valued Child and Youth Advisory Committee members have had the important responsibility of sharing the partnership’s research findings with the world.
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NACCW Conference 2019: Cleyton Costa Lima CYAC Member

NACCW 2019 Conference: Youth Participants

CATS Conference Participants 2018

NACCW Conference 2019: CYAC Members and the Child and Youth Participation Coordinator
Child Participation in International Child Protection (CPICP)
The International and Canadian Child Rights Partnership was established following the Child Participation in International Protection Conference held at Toronto Metropolitan University (formerly Ryerson University) in October 2015!
Conference Date: October 5-6, 2015
Location: Toronto, Canada
- PDF fileCPICP Program
- PDF fileCPICP Presenter Bios
- PDF fileCPICP Conference Summary
- PDF fileCPICP Conference Executive Summary
- Definition of participation – Armchair discussion
- Definition of participation – Short presentations
- Ethical tensions – Panel presentations
- Legal tensions – Panel presentations
- Summary of Day One from conference participants & Practical Tensions – Presentations
- Monitoring and Evaluation – Training Session
- Crucial tensions and future directions: Reviewing the conference themes and outcomes
Definitions of Child Participation
- Fred Hareau – PDF fileEquitas Presentation
- Laura Wright – PDF fileRight to Play Presentation
- Ivette Fonseca – PDF filePlan Presentation
Ethical Tensions
Kavita Ratna – PDF fileWorking Children
Legal Tensions
- Kay Tisdall – PDF fileLegal Personality and Legal Capacity
- Lucy Jamieson – PDF fileContradictory Visions of Children
Political Tensions
- Irene Rizzini – PDF fileDemocratic Processes of Construction and Implementation
- Richard Carothers – PDF fileBolivia Case
Practical Tensions
- Jason Hart – PDF fileInstitutional Barriers
- Gerison Lansdown – PDF fileM&E Tensions
Monitoring and Evaluation Training
Gerison Lansdown – PDF fileM&E Workshop
Definition of Participation
- Susan Bissell, Global Partnership to End Violence against Children
- Landon Pearson, Landon Pearson Resource Centre for the Study of Childhood and Children’s Rights
Definition of Participation
- Laura Wright, Right to Play (5 min.)
- Ivette Fonseca, Plan Canada (5 min.)
- Thaila Dixon-Eeet, Project C (5 min.)
- Fred Hareau, Equitas (5 min.)
- Linda Dale, Children/Youth as Peace Builders (5 min.)
Ethical Tensions
- Olivia Lecoufle, Save the Children Canada (10 min.)
- Gillian Mann, Child Frontiers (10 min.)
- William Myers, University of California at Davis (10 min.)
- Kavita Ratna, Concerned for Working Children, India (10 min.)
Legal Tensions
- Ben Elgaza, Youth
- Kay Tisdall, University of Edinburgh
- Lucy Jamieson, Children’s Institute, University of Cape Town
- Irene Rizzini, Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro
- Richard Carothers, Partners in Technology Exchange & Dena Aufseeser, University of Maryland
Summary of Day One from Conference Participants & Practical Tensions
- Jason Hart, University of Bath (10 min.)
- Gerison Lansdown, International children’s rights advocate (10 min.)
- Anna Amy Ho, Former Crown Ward, Crisis Counsellor at Victim Services Toronto (10 min.)
- Public Speaker, and Dancer/Aerialist (10 min.)
Monitoring and Evaluation
Training Session
Gerison Lansdown, International children’s rights advocate (2 hrs.)
Crucial Tensions and Future Directions
Reviewing Conference Themes and Outcomes
Jo Boyden, University of Oxford (15 min.)
Additional Resources