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 […]

We are proud to announce that the 2020 Janusz Korczak Medal has been awarded to Dr. Kimberly Schonert-Reichl. Dr. Kimberly Schonert-Reichl, NoVo Foundation Endowed Chair in Social and Emotional Learning; Professor […]

The 2019/2020 Janusz Korczak Association of Canada Scholarship in Children’s Rights and Indigenous Education has been awarded to Cayley Burton. The award ceremony took place at the Dean’s Distinguished Lecture […]

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. […]

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 […]

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 […]

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, […]

Thank you to all the participants, organizers and the wonderful audience at the Dean’s Distinguished Lecture at UBC. For those of you who were unable to join us, here is […]

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 […]

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. […]

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 […]

The audience at the Dean’s Distinguished Speaker Lecture was treated to a memorable and inspiring lecture by Marta Santos Pais, the Special Representative of the Secretary General of the United […]