The right to inclusive education

Featuring Shivaun Quinlivan, Tara Flanagan, Teri Phillips and Tanja Beck. Part of the 2016-2017 Disability and Human Rights Initiative organized by the Centre for Human Rights and Legal Pluralism.

Based on the principle that all children have a right to education, this event will explore the gaps in access to inclusive education for children with disabilities from different perspectives and jurisdictions.

Participants will explore barriers to, and the status and successes of, inclusive approaches to education for children and youth with disabilities. Using the UN Conventions on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (art. 24) and on the Rights of the Child (arts. 23, 28 and 29) as a jumping-off point, the topic of inclusive education will be explored from diverse geographical and professional perspectives. The event aims to attract and engage members of the legal community, academics and professionals in other relevant fields, and McGill students from the Faculty of Law as well as other faculties.

This event will engage participants with multiple perspectives on the challenges that children with disabilities face in having their right to an education respected, including in Quebec, in other Canadian jurisdictions and in Europe.

The event will run as a discussion, with a break-out session, and will reconvene to share the findings.

Drop-ins are welcome between run 10:00-11:30 and 12:30-13:00. A light lunch will be served.

Accredited for 3 hours of continuing legal education for jurists by a recognized provider.