Roundtable / Table Ronde: 鈥淎 Space for Research on Children and Law 鈥� Espace de recherche sur l鈥檈nfance et le droit鈥�

La table ronde Regards & Jeux est une occasion de pr茅senter une recherche ayant un lien significatif avec les enfants ou le droit de la jeunesse et qui est effectu茅e par un(e) 茅tudiant(e). 脌 l鈥檕ccasion de cette table ronde, chaque participant doit faire un bref r茅sum茅 de son essai ainsi que pr茅senter une r茅flexion quant 脿 son essai. La pr茅sentation peut se faire en anglais ou en fran莽ais.

To Look and to Play鈥檚 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 R茅flexion 2020-2021 Reflection Essays

Am茅lia Souffrant:听Au-del脿 de la loi 15 : Repenser la 芦 protection 禄 de la jeunesse au Qu茅bec 脿 la lumi猫re des exp茅riences des enfants, des familles et des communaut茅s noirs听
En s鈥檃ppuyant sur la th茅orie critique de la race, la recherche d鈥橝m茅lia Souffrant illustre l鈥檌nad茅quation de la protection de la jeunesse au Qu茅bec ainsi que l鈥櫭ヽhec de la derni猫re r茅forme de la Loi de la protection de la jeunesse pour les enfants, les familles et les communaut茅s noirs. De plus, sans avoir la pr茅tention d鈥櫭﹖ablir un cadre juridique alternatif parfait, cet essai propose des pistes de solution pour repenser radicalement ce syst猫me.
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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鈥檚 Juvenile Justice Act
April Amanda Nutakor's research project investigates Ghana鈥檚 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:听The Law Concerning Child Supervision
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Etienne Madelein:听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:听Concussions in Youth Sports 鈥� 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:听Balancing the Best Interests of the Child and Cultural Rights in Canada
Julia Green鈥檚 term paper focuses on the inherent tension in both international and Canadian law between children鈥檚 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:听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听Wijeyasuriyar: Motherhood as Exclusion: Dissecting Corporate Feminism, Equality, and the Myth of the Ideal Worker in Private Practice听
Vino Wijeyasuriyar鈥檚 research uses the phenomenon known as the 鈥渕otherhood penalty鈥� 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.
vino_wijeyasuriyar_-_reflexive_essay_and_annotated_bibliography.pdf