July 20, 2024
It is with a heavy heart that we announce the passing of Gina Dimant, a cherished founding member of the Janusz Korczak Association of Canada (JKAC), on July 19, 2024. […]
July 19, 2024
The Representative for Children and Youth (RCY) is calling for a collective commitment to “stop tinkering at the edges of an outdated system that does not work for too many […]
June 19, 2024
The Janusz Korczak Association of Canada is happy to announce three new books available online at no charge. These are the two volumes of How to Love a Child: Selected […]
For many years, in cooperation with the Faculty of Education at the University of British Columbia, we have organized a series of lectures and university courses related to Korczak and his teachings. These include the Summer Institute Course for Teachers and the Interdisciplinary Studies Graduate Program (ISGP) Course at the UBC – Janusz Korczak’s Legacy: Children’s Rights are Human Rights.
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The association, in co-operation with other institutions, annually honors outstanding activists in the field of children’s rights, social work or paediatrics with a medal, a statuette, a Korczak Medallion and a Distinguished Social Worker Award; JKAC also funds the Janusz Korczak Graduate Scholarship in Children’s Rights and Canadian Indigenous Education at the UBC Faculty of Education.
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The Janusz Korczak Association of Canada co-created two exhibitions, available for presentation by interested parties.
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