The Child Rights in the Community Context magazine is for anyone who works with children and families.  

This quick-read newsletter pulls material from the Canadian Journal of Children’s Rights of interest to family support practitioners and the organizations for which they work. Find tips, suggestions, and evidence-based practices that will encourage shared accountability for children’s well-being and increase the visibility of children as individuals in your community.

In Issue 1, practitioners can learn about:

• adopting a rights framework for action
• how to incorporate meaningful child participation into your organization’s practices
• “dos” and “don’ts” for supporting new Canadian families whose children may have been traumatized by war
• the importance of children’s rights

In Issue 2, practitioners can learn about:

• ideal learning spaces 
• child rights facts and myths
• child rights-based approaches (CRBA)
• how to practice a CRBA at the community level
• the importance of children’s rights in the context of indigenous experiences

In Issue 3, practitioners can learn about: 

• connecting families to child vaccine information
• a recent shift in childhood studies
• children’s books
• the right to play

In Issue 4 (a special issue on the rights of indigenous children), practitioners can learn about:

• action-oriented hopes for the future of First Nations youth living in remote communities
• information on supporting children’s rights
• a condensed memoir of living in a residential school
• indigenous early childhood programs
• exemplary Inuit early childhood programs