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
Amélia Souffrant: Au-delà de la loi 15 : Repenser la « protection » de la jeunesse au Québec à la lumière des expériences des enfants, des familles et des communautés noirs
En s’appuyant sur la théorie critique de la race, la recherche d’Amélia Souffrant illustre l’inadéquation de la protection de la jeunesse au Québec ainsi que l’échec de la dernière réforme de la Loi de la protection de la jeunesse pour les enfants, les familles et les communautés noirs. De plus, sans avoir la prétention d’établir un cadre juridique alternatif parfait, cet essai propose des pistes de solution pour repenser radicalement ce système.
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April Nutakor:The Right of the Juvenile to Legal Representation at Pre-trial Stages: An Argument for the Amendment of Ghana’s Juvenile Justice Act
April Amanda Nutakor's research project investigates Ghana’s Juvenile Justice Act with regard to the communication of the right to legal representation of arrested or detained juveniles. In her reflection essay, April explains the personal experience that shaped her interest in the topic, reflects on the challenges she encountered writing on a subject largely unexplored by scholars in Ghana and highlights some interesting discoveries she made during the research and writing process.
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Cassandra Morris: The Law Concerning Child Supervision
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Etienne Madelein: Indigenous Children and Child Protection Law: How British Columbia and Canada Stand on the International Stage
In Canada today, Indigenous children are disproportionately removed from their families and put into care. Using the Convention on the Rights of the Child as a guide, this essay addresses the shortcomings in B.C. child protection law.
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Julia Cerone: Concussions in Youth Sports – Lawsuits: Too Little, Too Late
The comparative nature of my research paper makes it clear that using the law proactively to minimize the risk of concussions in youth sports, as done in the United States, is clearly an attainable and necessary initiative that Canadian legislators ought to take more seriously.
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Julia Green: Balancing the Best Interests of the Child and Cultural Rights in Canada
Julia Green’s term paper focuses on the inherent tension in both international and Canadian law between children’s rights and the right to culture, particularly when it comes to deciding what is considered the best interests of the child. Her reflection essay explains how her experience working with immigrant communities prior to law school inspired her to write on this topic.
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Mathilde Mournier: Protecting Queer Childhood: Bill C-6 through the lens of childhood ethics and queer theory
This reflection essay describes how I situate myself within my research, how childhood ethics and queer theory can enrich works of different kinds, and how readers from all backgrounds can draw lessons from this interdisciplinary approach.
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Vino Wijeyasuriyar: Motherhood as Exclusion: Dissecting Corporate Feminism, Equality, and the Myth of the Ideal Worker in Private Practice
Vino Wijeyasuriyar’s research uses the phenomenon known as the “motherhood penalty” as a lens through which to explore the tension between work norms in legal private practice and the developmental needs of the child. In this essay, she summarizes how the juxtaposition of the billable hour model and the time required to be an engaged caregiver create a zero sum game between the ideal worker and the realities of parenthood. The essay closes by affirming the longterm importance of implementing an accessible, reliable, and child-centering care infrastructure as a means of bridging this gap.
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