November 5, 2021
The Janusz Korczak Association of Canada and Access to Justice BC (A2JBC) – a network of justice sector leaders chaired by the Chief Justice of BC, Robert Bauman – are co-hosting an […]
November 4, 2021
About This Course Recognizing children as ‘rights holders’ – as social agents in their own right – has historical origins in the work of Dr. Janusz Korczak, an early 20th century pioneering […]
August 20, 2021
We are delighted to announce the publication of Pani Stefa and the Orphans, Out of the Shadow of Korczak by Magdalena Kicinska, translated into the English by Sean G. Bye. The project has […]
February 7, 2021
The 2020 recipients of The Janusz Korczak Association of Canada Interprofessional Certificate and Medallion of Excellence in Leadership and Sustained Engagement in Social Pediatrics are: For British Columbia:Dr. Wilma Arruda and the […]
January 29, 2021
In partnership with the Janusz Korczak Association of Canada and British Columbia’s Representative for Children and Youth, the UBC Faculty of Education presented the Dean’s Distinguished Lecture: Janusz Korczak the Father of Children’s Rights. […]
January 22, 2021
With a great sorrow and a heavy heart we are mourning the passing of a dear friend and mentor, Icchak Belfer (z”l), the Last Korczak Boy. Our deepest condolences to […]
December 30, 2020
The Janusz Korczak Association of Canada is happy to announce the recent opening of the Korczak Digital Archive, the first openly-accessible online repository honoring the legacy of the esteemed Dr. Janusz […]
January 20, 2020
Edward N. “Ted” Hughes, OC, a highly influential public servant and a former judge, passed away on January 17, 2020. Ted Hughes led an overhaul of BC’s child welfare system, […]
November 14, 2019
Please join us at the Dean’s Distinguished Lecture: Janusz Korczak the Father of Children’s Rights. Turning Rights into Action with the distinguished speaker The Honourable Senator Murray Sinclair. The lecture will take […]
July 14, 2019
The Summer Institute, a first of its kind offering in North America, is a result of a collaboration between the Janusz Korczak Association of Canada and UBC’s Faculty of Education. […]
November 5, 2018
We are happy to announce that two volumes of Janusz Korczak’s How to Love a Child and Other Selected Works have been published and can be ordered at a discounted price from […]
September 8, 2018
The Janusz Korczak Association of Canada is proud to announce the upcoming publication of How to Love a child and other Selected Works of Janusz Korczak in English. The publication date is […]