From November 2012

Activities for Kids when the power goes out…

Here’s something to tuck into your Family Emergency Kit for a power outage…..In response to Hurricane Sandy, the National Child Traumatic Stress Network (NCTSN) has created these activity sheets, which offer ideas to parents and caregivers on ways to keep children and adolescents entertained while waiting out a power outage or help youth from getting bored if stuck inside. These tips sheets provide ideas for games and activities youth can play without supplies, with limited supplies when they have light, or with limited supplies in the dark.
http://nctsn.org/sites/default/files/assets/pdfs/activities_for_children_and_adolescents.pdf

(source: www.nrcpfc.org )

Does Canada Need A National Children’s Commissioner?

In 1991, Canada ratified the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC). In doing so, it promised to establish standards and monitoring mechanisms to  advocate for the protection of children’s rights, to help meet their basic needs and to expand their opportunities to reach their full potential.
 
In Canada we have provincial and territorial child and youth advocates with limited jurisdiction to protect and monitor children’s rights. They are unable to advocate on behalf of children that fall under federal jurisdiction, such as immigration, youth justice, Aboriginal children’s health, education and welfare and divorce law. While there is an Interdepartmental Working Group on Children’s Rights, it is simply an ad hoc committee that facilitates the coordination of policies and programs across government departments, provinces and territories with no statutory authority or power, nor security of tenure…… Read more: http://eepurl.com/q-BXD

(source: www.eycdi.ca )