Name: Janusz Korczak: His Legacy and Children’s Rights
Date: Friday, November 2
Time: 9:30am – 4:30pm
Location: St. John’s College, 2111 Lower Mall, UBC, Fairmont Social Lounge
Description: The conference “Janusz Korczak: His Legacy and Children’s Rights” is organized by the UBC Department of Education and the Janusz Korczak Association of Canada. The event is dedicated to the famous Polish-Jewish educator and champion of children’s rights Janusz Korczak (1878-1942), whose ideas inspired the authors of the UN Convention of the Rights of the Child (1989). The year 2012 is celebrated as the ”Korczak Year” in Poland in beyond. The conference is the Canadian component of this celebration. The goal of the event (lectures, discussions, screening of a feature film about Korczak and the unveiling of bronze relief) is to promote Korczak’s ideas in the academic community. Among the speakers are UBC professors as well as members of the Janusz Korczak Association of Canada.
Ticketing: FREE admission by invitation. Contact jerrynussbaum@gmail.com
Open to Undergraduate Students, Faculty, Staff, and General Public
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