Picture by Daniel Cha, grade 2, Garden Creek Elementary School

November 18th-25th
“Play Matters”

Children’s Rights Awareness Week

Based on Article 31 of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child; The Right to Rest, Leisure, Play and Recreation as well as The Right to Arts and Culture, the 4th annual State of Child Report will launch the inaugural provincial Children’s Rights Awareness Week, an annual celebration.

The Office of the Child and Youth Advocate has collaborated with community partners and organizations to roll out a variety of activities and events throughout the province that will promote the child’s right to rest, leisure, play, recreation, arts and culture, as well as all other inherent rights. Children’s Rights Awareness Week will also showcase the integral role that our youth play as community leaders in New Brunswick.

National Child Day

Each year on November 20th, Canadians from coast-to-coast celebrate National Child Day in commemoration of the United Nations’ adoption of the Convention on the Rights of the Child, on November 20, 1989.

• Click here to view information on National Child Day
• Click here to view United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child

2011 State of the Child Report:
A Children’s Rights and Wellbeing Framework

On Friday, November 18th, the New Brunswick Child and Youth Advocate, in partnership with the New Brunswick Health Council, will deliver the 4th annual State of the Child report and address. The report will be unveiled at a breakfast event with Premier David Alward on-hand to deliver the keynote address.

• “Play Matters”: 2011 State of the Child