Awards & Scholarships

Awards & Scholarships

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.

2017

Cindy Blackstock awarded 2017 Janusz Korczak Medal

Cindy Blackstock was awarded the second annual Janusz Korczak Medal for Children’s Rights Advocacy at a moving ceremony  organized in her honour by the BC Representative for Children and Youth office […]

Dr. Gilles Julien and Hélène (Sioui) Trudel awarded 2017 the Janusz Korczak Statuette

Dr. Gilles Julien and Hélène (Sioui) Trudel  were awarded the inaugural Janusz Korczak Statuette established to honour an individual or organization that has taken a leadership role in promoting the […]

Dr. Judith Lynam Presented with the First Janusz Korczak Canadian Social Pediatrics Award

The Janusz Korczak Association of Canada and the Canadian Pediatrics Society Social Pediatrics Interest Group (SPIG) has awarded the inaugural Janusz Korczak Janusz Korczak Canadian Social Pediatrics Award for advancing […]

2016

Graduate Scholarship – Assadullah Sadiq

Assadullah Sadiq, a Master of Arts candidate at the UBC Faculty of Education, is this year’s recipient of the Janusz Korczak Association of Canada Graduate Scholarship in Children’s Rights and […]

Melanie Mark awarded 2016 Janusz Korczak Medal

The inaugural Janusz Korczak Medal for Children’s Rights Advocacy was presented to Melanie Mark, MLA, by Jerry Nussbaum, President of the Janusz Korczak Association of Canada and Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond, BC Representative for […]

2015

Graduate Scholarship – Claudia Diaz

Claudia Diaz, a Ph. D. candidate at the UBC Faculty of Education, is the second recipient of the Janusz Korczak Association of Canada Graduate Scholarship in Children’s Rights and Canadian […]

2014

Graduate Scholarship – Matthew Lee

Matthew Lee is a Ph. D candidate at the Faculty of Education. He is the first recipient of the Janusz Korczak Association of Canada Graduate Scholarship in Children’s Rights and […]