IRLRC Training 2023

ONLINE

• Students: $75 + tax
• Professionals: $150 + tax

Instructions for payment will be sent upon confirmation of registration.
Inquiries can be answered by contacting [email protected].

At the end of this training, participants will be able to describe how to undertake a child rights impact assessment and understand the importance and function of this tool. Participants will improve their skills in reviewing, assessing, and communicating the impacts of laws, policies, and programs using the CRIA methodology. Participants should gain practical experience in applying the CRIA method to a variety of issues affecting the education sector.

With a focus on education, participants will gain a better understanding of the decision-making processes in education at different levels (provinces - school boards - schools) and the issues related to children's rights in education.

10:00 am — 12:30 pm

• Introduction to CRIA

• Decision-making in education

• Children's rights in education

Mona Paré | Moderator
Full Professor, Civil Law Section; Director of the IRLRC & Vice-Dean, Graduate Studies, Faculty of Law, University of Ottawa

Yves-Gérard Méhou-Loko
Equity and Human Rights Commissioner, Conseil des écoles publiques de l'Est de l'Ontario (CEPEO) and Vice President, Fédération des communautés francophones et acadiennes du Canada (FCFA)

Malika Saher
Director - Integrated Law, Dr. Julien Foundation and Substitute Student Protector, Centre de services scolaires de Montréal (CSSDM)

Christian Whalen
Deputy Ombudsman and General Counsel, New Brunswick Ombudsman's Office

The Child Rights Impact Assessment (CRIA) is a tool that pays attention to the rights guaranteed to children under national and international laws. It is an effective tool to analyze the potential impact on children and young people (below age 18) of any proposed legislation, policy, strategy, programme, or budgetary allocation. Knowledge of CRIA is an asset for those working on human rights, social impact assessment or gender-based analysis plus (GBA+), both inside or outside government, to develop an evidence base for decision-making, and to recommend adjustment to mitigate and remove negative impacts to children and young people.