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Bridging our Diversities: Building Equitable and Inclusive Communities

Published in 2022

This chapter of Bridging our Diversities: A Compendium of Good Practices in Human Rights Education provides effective human rights education strategies for enabling the meaningful participation of all people in their communities, regardless of their status or position, ethnicity, age, income, sexual orientation, gender identity, language or ability. Also available in French

Peace Days activity 2022 : Exclusion by numbers

Published in 2022

This activity, taken from Equitas’ Building Inclusive Communities guide and adapted in the context of Peace Days 2022, asks children to think about situations of racism, discrimination and exclusion, to explore what it feels like to be treated unfairly, and to discuss how to adopt more inclusive behaviors. Also available in French.

Youth at the Heart of Change: How we can influence local decision-makers using global goals

Published in 2022

An interactive workbook for youth and youth serving organizations to explore how the human rights issues impacting their lives are connected to SDGs, and how to use SDGs to communicate with decision-makers to influence positive change and promote children’s rights. Also available in French.

5 tips for recognizing and dealing with online hate

Published in 2022

Tip sheet summarizing means of recognizing and dealing with online hate. Also available in French.

Droits et libertés : L’importance d’une approche fondée sur les droits de l’enfant, p.51

Published in 2021

An article explaining the children’s rights approach, written for a special feature on children’s rights in Droits et libertés magazine.

“The pandemic is galvanizing change”: Shifting to a critical and decolonial approach to human rights education with youth

Published in 2021

Published in the The Canadian Journal of Children’s Rights , this article considers the interdependence of the rights to participation and non-discrimination and the need to recalibrate youth programs to consider age alongside race and other aspects of identity.