Tara Collins
Principal investigator, International and Canadian Child Rights Partnership (ICCRP)
Professor
Faculty of Community Services
School of Child and Youth Care
Toronto, Ontario
tara.collins@torontomu.ca
Office:
(416) 979-5000 ext. 554563
Expert In
Anti-violence in schools
Child and youth participation
Child protection programs and policies
Human rights
Implementation of child rights
International and Canadian child rights
Monitoring of child rights
Theme: Democracy, justice and governance
Theme: Health and wellbeing
UN Convention on the Rights of the Child
Bio/Research
I am Associate Professor in the School of Child & Youth Care at Toronto Metropolitan University in Toronto, Canada. I am also Program Faculty with the graduate programs on Immigration & Settlement Studies, Early Childhood Studies and Policy Studies. I am Honorary Associate Professor at the Childr...
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Bio/Research
I am Associate Professor in the School of Child & Youth Care at Toronto Metropolitan University in Toronto, Canada. I am also Program Faculty with the graduate programs on Immigration & Settlement Studies, Early Childhood Studies and Policy Studies. I am Honorary Associate Professor at the Children’s Institute at the University of Cape Town in South Africa.
I have a PhD from the University of London. My professional experience since 1996 includes work for: universities in Canada, South Africa, Brazil, and Ireland; Canadian federal government (Department of Foreign Affairs and Canadian International Development Agency) and Parliament; and a non-governmental organization.
I have worked with young people in various ways in volunteer and professional capacities in community and recreational contexts since 1989.
In addition to serving as Principal Investigator for the International & Canadian Child Rights Partnership (ICCRP) (described further below), I am a member of: the Program Committee for Equitas: International Centre for Human Rights Education; the Child Rights Academic Network; Advisory Committee of the Landon Pearson Resource Centre for the Study of Childhood and Children’s Rights, Carleton University; and the International Child Protection Network of Canada. I also serve as an Editorial Board member for Canadian Journal for Children’s Rights.
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I have a PhD from the University of London. My professional experience since 1996 includes work for: universities in Canada, South Africa, Brazil, and Ireland; Canadian federal government (Department of Foreign Affairs and Canadian International Development Agency) and Parliament; and a non-governmental organization.
I have worked with young people in various ways in volunteer and professional capacities in community and recreational contexts since 1989.
In addition to serving as Principal Investigator for the International & Canadian Child Rights Partnership (ICCRP) (described further below), I am a member of: the Program Committee for Equitas: International Centre for Human Rights Education; the Child Rights Academic Network; Advisory Committee of the Landon Pearson Resource Centre for the Study of Childhood and Children’s Rights, Carleton University; and the International Child Protection Network of Canada. I also serve as an Editorial Board member for Canadian Journal for Children’s Rights.
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