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 […]
October 6, 2017
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
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
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 […]
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
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
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 took place in Lage Vuursche, Holland, at a Janusz Korczak conference entitled “Trust as Foundation of Emotional Safety”. The conference was organized by the […]