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November 14, 2019

Senator Murray Sinclair at the UBC Dean’s Distinguished Lecture

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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

UBC SUMMER INSTITUTE: CHILD ADVOCACY IN ACTION – THE LEGACY OF JANUSZ KORCZAK

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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

How to Love a Child and Other Selected Works – Janusz Korczak in English

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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

Selected Works of Janusz Korczak named by Culture.pl 10 + 7 Polish Books in Translation to Read in 2018

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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 […]

October 6, 2017

The King of Children by B. J. Lifton

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A new edition of The King of Children by Betty Jean Lifton is due to be published within the next few days. It has been many years since the previous edition. The […]

August 22, 2017

Little Review (Mały Przegląd) at the 57th Art Biennale in Venice

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The Polish Pavilion at the 2017 Venice Biennale features an impressive exhibit by Sharon Lockhart, centering around Janusz Korczak’s “Little Review”. Visit the Exhibit  to enjoy five issues of the English […]

March 12, 2017

The Janusz Korczak Medal for Children’s Rights Advocacy – Ceremony 2017

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We are delighted to announce the recipient of the 2017 Janusz Korczak Medal for Children’s Rights Advocacy, Dr. Cindy Blackstock. We would like to warmly invite you to join us at […]

Roman Wroblewski Wasserman’s Review of Lea Lipiner’s Biography of Shlomo Nadel

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To review a work when it is written by two authors, can present a dilemma. The one author who tells the story, and the other who writes it. I also […]

January 8, 2017

D. L. Berek’s Review of “Janusz Korczak: A Bibliography” by Galina Sanaeva and Olga Medvedeva-Nathoo

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Bringing English-Language Sources of Janusz Korczak Together at Last A review by Daniel L. Berek There is an old piece of Hassidic wisdom that at any given time there are […]

December 15, 2016

Review of “White House in a Grey City” by Itzchak Belfer

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By Dr. Robert Oppenheimer. December 2016. This portrayal of a Jewish child’s life in the 1920s and 30s in Warsaw is a very moving and detailed autobiography by a gifted […]

November 13, 2016

International Korczak Association General Council Meeting

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International Korczak Association General Council Meeting took place in Lage Vuursche, Holland, at a Janusz Korczak conference entitled “Trust as Foundation of Emotional Safety”. The conference was organized by the […]

August 9, 2016

Janusz Korczak at Camp Miriam

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At Camp Miriam, on picturesque Gabriola Island off the coast of British Columbia, a beautiful new pavilion was dedicated in honor of Dr. Janusz Korczak. Below is an account of […]