January 30, 2021
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 […]
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 23, 2019
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 […]
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 16, 2018
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 […]
September 11, 2018
The Faculty of Education and the Janusz Korczak Association of Canada are pleased to welcome Marta Santos Pais, United Nations Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Violence against Children who […]