On February 27, 2024, the University of Ottawa’s Interdisciplinary Research Laboratory on the Rights of the Child (IRLRC) held an informative and engaging virtual program titled, “Parents, Schools and Children's Rights.” The IRLRC was created in March 2007 with the purpose of fostering interdisciplinary research on issues related to children’s rights and well-being.[1]
The program was moderated by Jean-Frédéric Hübsch, a Ph.D. candidate in the University of Ottawa’s Faculty of Law who currently serves as the IRLRC Steering Committee's Student Member Representative.
The program’s panel was comprised of Dr. Paul Clarke, a Professor in the Faculty of Education at the University of Regina; Dr. Jess Whitley, a Professor and Vice-Dean in the Faculty of Education at the University of Ottawa; and Alex Battick, Principal Lawyer at Battick Legal Advisory.
The panelists drew on their expertise and extensive experience in education law to explore the ways in which recent discourse around parents’ rights in the education system has brought to light the complex nature of the relationships between parents, educators, and students. This topic was examined in the context of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, and provincial human rights legislation.
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