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“How to Love a Child” the Janusz Korczak Lecture Series - Centennial Sessions
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“How to Love a Child”, the Janusz Korczak Lecture Series, is devoted to key issues crucial to the well-being and rights of children and young people today.

The goal of the lecture series is to foster conversations among academics, professionals and child advocates from diverse fields concerned with the welfare of the child. We hope that the lectures and panel discussions will provide fertile ground for a fruitful exchange of ideas and approaches to improving the situation of young people in all spheres of society.

A range of disciplines and expertise including law, medicine, child welfare and education are represented in this series, and a variety of perspectives and issues will be addressed.

Lectures are offered in the spirit of Dr. Janusz Korczak, a pioneer in child advocacy, a relentless fighter for children’s rights, and a worldwide symbol of commitment to the welfare of children and youth. The UN Convention of the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) is informed and inspired by his theories, and Korczak’s native country of Poland was a lead nation in the drafting and adoption of the UNCRC. His work and writings as a paediatrician and director of orphanages for 30 years have become inextricably connected with both the theory and the practice of child care and education and his book title, How to Love a Child, serves as the theme for this series.

Many speakers and panelists in the lecture series are long time champions of children’s rights themselves. The lecture series involves representatives from the Faculty of Education, the Faculty of Medicine, and the Faculty of Arts at UBC, the University of Victoria, McGill University, and the BC Children’s Hospital, and includes contributions from the BC Representative for Children and Youth, the Provincial Advocate for Children and Youth of Ontario, First Nations activists, a member of the Canadian Senate, and many other prominent Canadian children and youth rights activists, including children and youth.

Jerry Nussbaum
President
The Janusz Korczak Association of Canada


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Korczak Photobiography by Maciej Sadowsk
Korczak Photobiography by Maciej Sadowski

Download the Korczak Photobiography by Maciej Sadowski in PDF


Endorsements

Message from the Mayor (City of Vancouver, BC)


The Consulate General of the Republic of Poland is very proud to celebrate fourteen years of joint efforts in promoting the legacy of Janusz Korczak in Canada and is equally grateful to the Janusz Korczak Association of Canada for its immense job. The story of Janusz Korczak is not only the story about one man and his ideas. Read More ...
Krzysztof Olendzki, Ambassadeur Titulaire, Consul General, Consulate General of the Republic of Poland in Vancouver


I am honoured to add my voice to support the inspiring work of all those who are responsible for organizing the Janusz Korczak Lecture Series. Your tireless effort and dedication are fitting tributes to the legacy of Dr. Korczak and ensure his fight to protect the rights and well-being of children around the world continues.Read More ...
Prof. Arvind Gupta, President and Vice-Chancellor, University of British Columbia


The Faculty of Education at the University of British Columbia cherishes the work of Janusz Korczak. As a paediatrician, a researcher, a prolific writer, an advocate for children’s rights, an officer in the army, but most of all, an educator and a moral authority, his work is valued and celebrated.
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Dr. Blye Frank Dean and Professor, Faculty of Education, University of British Columbia


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