Childhood Arrivals Support & Advocacy Program (CASA) Equitable Education Access Project Lead
Justice for Children and Youth works to protect and advance the legal rights and dignity of children and youth. We are a specialty legal clinic and child rights organization, funded primarily by Legal Aid Ontario. We are the only organization in Canada focused exclusively on the legal rights of children and youth across a range…
Should the Covid-19 Vaccine be Required for Eligible Students Ontario?
Guest post by Eric M. Roher, BLG Law Firm, National Leader of the Education Law Group On September 27, 2021, the Toronto Board of Health asked the province to add COVID-19 vaccines to the list of mandatory vaccines for students under the Ontario Immunization of School Pupils Act. Dr. Eileen de Villa, Medical Officer of…
Reflection on My Summer Fellowship at Justice for Children and Youth
By Adrianna Mills, 2L, University of Toronto Faculty of Law Like most law students choosing a placement for summer, I was interested in an internship that would provide me with an introduction to legal work, an overview of exciting legal fields, and hands-on client experience. I certainly received this at Justice for Children and Youth…
Reflections on My Summer at Justice for Children and Youth
By Tony Sun, incoming 2L, Harvard Law School My summer at Justice for Children and Youth (JFCY) has been an incredibly rewarding experience. Coming into law school, I had never expected to have the opportunity to work with young people as clients, and nothing during my first year of law school highlighted the fact that…
Reflections on my Summer Fellowship at JFCY
By Meaza Damte, incoming 2L at the University of Toronto Faculty of Law. My time with Justice for Children and Youth (JFCY) has been uniquely interdisciplinary and I am endlessly grateful for the opportunities it has presented. Coming into law school with exposure to the non-profit sector in Calgary I knew that JFCY’s mandate would…
My Summer at Justice for Children and Youth
By: Enniael Stair, an incoming 2L student at the Schulich School of Law at Dalhousie University. I learned about Justice for Children and Youth (JFCY) after reading the “spanking case” (Canadian Foundation for Children Youth and the Law v Canada (AG)) for my criminal law class. In this case, JFCY challenged the constitutionality of section…
Reflection on my Summer Internship at JFCY
By Samantha Gob, Osgoode Hall Law School, incoming 2L student. As someone very familiar with the non-profit sector and youth work, JFCY’s mandate of providing legal assistance to low-income children and youth immediately caught my interest. Before law school, I worked for over ten years in the non-profit sector, at one point managing multiple child…
What do we owe Ontario’s Children? A reflection on a semester’s major research paper.
Contributed by Ashley Ash Ashley Ash is a 2L Student at the University of Windsor, Faculty of Law. As a child welfare survivor, she has been a long advocate for children’s rights in Ontario but has now moved her advocacy to the legal realm. She hopes to continue her research outlined in this article one…
Placement at JFCY as a JD/MSW Student
By Deborah Willoughby, a JD/MSW student and incoming 3L at the University of Windsor. I would never have expected that during a global pandemic I would have the opportunity to work at an organization which I have admired and hoped to engage with at some point during my law school career. As a summer law…
Reflection: My Summer Experience at JFCY
By Aditi Iyer, University of Victoria, incoming 3L student Despite all of the challenges that came with working remotely through the COVID-19 pandemic, I could not have imagined a better summer experience than my time with Justice for Children and Youth. Students are given countless opportunities for interesting and relevant work in a large variety…