US-based Women’s Commission for Refugee Women and Children, with funding from the Pearson Foundation, has released a publication aimed at children and their teachers on every child’s right to education.
Your Right to Education is a second in a series developed to improve access to quality education for displaced communities. The first book, Right to Education during Displacement: A resource for organizations working with refugees and internally displaced persons, was developed for international and local organizations, the United Nations and governments working with displaced communities.
The book is illustrated by R. Gregory Christie, Coretta Scott King Honor Award-winner. The book has been translated into several languages. For information on the handbook, including where and how to download it, see the Child Rights Information Network website/webpage.
Category: School System
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Your right to education: A handbook for refugees and displaced communities
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Ontario education minister hosts diversity forum in Toronto
Ontario Minister of Education and MPP for Don Valley West, the Honourable Kathleen Wynne, will host a forum on diversity along with the Minister of Citizenship and Immigration, the Honourable Michael Chan, Jehad Aliweiwi, Harold Brathwaite, Shabnum Budhwani, Tarek Fatah, Alia Hogben, Abdul Ingar, Mandeep Kaur Mucina, Barbara Landau.
From her E-News Bulletin, Jan 27/08 edition Wynne says Ontario has an “opportunity is to be an example for the world of how people from different backgrounds live together in a climate of peace and mutual respect and understanding. To realize that opportunity we must learn from each other about how best to live together“.
The event will be held Wed. Jan 30th, 6:00-8:30 at Valley Park Middle School, 130 Overlea Blvd in Toronto. Contact information:416-425-6777 or info@kathleenwynne.com. -
'For our kids', video from settlement.org
For Our Kids is a video that features nine parents talking about their – and their children’s experiences – as newcomers to the Ontario school system.
The video is a resource for immigrant parents and addresses several ways that parents are and can be involved in their child’s school. Teachers also talk about the importance of parent involvement.
See the video (and other supporting resources) at settlement.org.