Roundtable / Table Ronde: “A Space for Research on Children and Law – Espace de recherche sur l’enfance et le droit”
La table ronde Regards & Jeux est une occasion de présenter une recherche ayant un lien significatif avec les enfants ou le droit de la jeunesse et qui est effectuée par un(e) étudiant(e). À l’occasion de cette table ronde, chaque participant doit faire un bref résumé de son essai ainsi que présenter une réflexion quant à son essai. La présentation peut se faire en anglais ou en français.
To Look and to Play’s roundtable is an opportunity for students to present their research on intersections between children and the law. During this roundtable, each participant reflects on and summarizes their research. The presentation can either be done in English or in French.
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Essais de Réflexion 2020-2021 Reflection Essays
Arnela Kovac, « La non-admissibilité à la RAMQ pour les enfants issus de parents au statut migratoire précaire »
Dans sa recherche, Arnela Kovac présente les enjeux entourant le refus d’admissibilité de certains enfants au régime d’assurance maladie et médicament public en raison du statut migratoire de leurs parents. Son essai réflexif met en avant quelques préoccupations quant au projet de loi 83 qui vise à changer cette pratique de la RAMQ.
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Claire Lawrence, “Children Self-Advocating in Legal Proceedings: How Children Can Advance their Interests and Rights in Divorce and Gender Transition”
Claire Lawrence’s research explores children’s self-advocacy in the context of divorce proceedings and gender transitions, taking into account the law’s concern with children’s autonomy, protection, and best interests. This reflection essay describes how an understanding of the barriers children face in expressing their interests will help Lawrence become a more sensitive family lawyer.
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Andrew Clubine, “Critiquing The Christening Contract: Towards a canon law critique of Mary McAleese’s analysis of canonical and international children’s rights”
Andrew Clubine’s research provides a survey and critique of Mary McAleese’s book on the conflict between the Holy See and the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child. Clubine’s reflection essay describes the evolution of this research topic and explains its contribution both to comparative international and religious law scholarship as well as to scholarship related to law and children.
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Anaïs de Yparraguirre, « L’aide médicale à mourir pour les mineurs »
Par le biais de son essai, Anaïs de Yparraguirre tente d’illustrer que l’aide médicale à mourir pour les mineurs, plus particulièrement les adolescents, est une option réalisable au Québec dans le cadre législatif actuel. Son essai réflexif présente une critique de la place trop limitée qu’occupent les mineurs dans la société québécoise, en plus de souligner la vision trop protectionniste du législateur quant aux mineurs surtout d’âge mature.
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Ji Eun Lee, “Legally Protecting Children from Video Games”
Ji Eun Lee’s research investigates the negative impact of addictive video games on children, comparing the more robust regulation of video games in South Korea to the lack of such regulation in Canada. In this reflection essay, Lee discusses some of the more surprising discoveries this research uncovered and considers whether legislative reforms are needed to adequately protect children from the video game industry’s predatory tactics.
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DJ Tokiwa, “The Return to Ontario Elementary Schools: Surveying the Responsibilities of Teachers, Principals, and Students Amidst COVID-19”
DJ Tokiwa’s research concerns the legal rights and responsibilities of teachers, principals, and students in the context of the return to in-person learning during the COVID-19 pandemic. In this reflection essay, Tokiwa explains the personal connection that inspired this project, describes the challenges of writing about an issue that was evolving in real time, and reflects on some unanswered questions about the implications of Ontario’s health policy choices.
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Arsalan Ahmed, “Navigating eSports Law in Canada”
Arsalan Ahmed’s research addresses the Canadian legal implications of professional eSports leagues recruiting underaged players. Ahmed’s reflection essay focuses on the enforceability of contracts signed by minors in the eSports context. As this niche field becomes more sophisticated, Ahmed observes that players, leagues and teams will need to work together to safeguard the rights of the industry’s most vulnerable members.
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Juliette Mestre, “Impacts of Youth-Led Climate Litigation In and Out of the Courtroom”
Juliette Mestres’s research explores three recent landmark lawsuits filed by youth plaintiffs against their governments on the grounds that their constitutional and human rights have been violated by complacent climate policies. In this reflection essay, Mestre discusses personally identifying with the young plaintiffs, the connection between these judicial initiatives and the broader climate justice movement, and the role of social media in youth-led climate litigation.
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Kayla Maria Rolland, “Ticking Time Bombs’ or Victims First?: Children in the Former Islamic State”
Kayla Maria Rolland’s research addresses the children of the former Islamic state, now detained in camps in northeast Syria, who have been alternately depicted as victims and as national security threats. Rolland’s reflection essay discusses the challenge of establishing legal arguments for repatriation, the evolving approaches to the extraterritorial application of human rights treaties, and the important role insights from the social sciences played in contextualizing this project.
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Stephanie Belmer, “Losing the Private Self: Cyberspace and Children’s Privacy”
In this research project, Stephanie Belmer expands upon the tort of intrusion upon seclusion to develop a relational account of spatial privacy, which can be used to interrogate cultural and legal attitudes towards children’s online privacy. This reflection essay describes how writing this paper challenged Belmer’s own preconceptions as a parent and argues that the law should avoid demonizing cyberspace at young people’s expense.