ISPCAN is closely monitoring the situation surrounding the COVID-19, and we are committed to keeping all participants updated on any new information that could impact ISPCAN 2022 scheduled in Québec City, Canada, March 28 – 30, 2022. At the moment, we are moving ahead with our plans to host the event in person at the Québec City Convention Center and we are also looking at hybrid options to bring the congress to you on-line for those who are unable to travel.

Restrictive border policies undermine the rights and dignity of children and families seeking asylum in the United States. Two years since the U.S. government invoked Title 42 — effectively blocking all legal pathways to safety for migrants fleeing violence, persecution and extreme poverty in their countries of origin — UNICEF USA is renewing the call for its termination.

This review will first highlight systemic/institutional inequities accentuated by the pandemic for subgroups of vulnerable children. These include Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders (AAPI), Black and Latinx, Indigenous populations, refugee communities, those with disability and LGBTQIA+ youth.

After escaping a highly traumatic childhood with her mom and her partner in Montague, Taylor Wilson spent the better part of her adolescence living in a group home in Charlottetown.

The Alaska House passed legislation Wednesday that would repeal a provision of law that allows a court to grant permission for someone as young as 14 to marry.

A family from India froze to death just yards away from crossing into the United States from Canada. Desperate migrants are trying their luck on the northern border.

A family from India froze to death just yards away from crossing into the United States from Canada. Desperate migrants are trying their luck on the northern border.

As many as 20% of all child deaths from Covid in the US have occurred during the Omicron surge of the pandemic. Children seem to be facing increasing risks from COVID-19 even as mask mandates drop across the country, and vaccination rates among children stall out at alarmingly low rates.

Children seem to be facing increasing risks as mask mandates are abandoned and vaccination rates stall.

Six people who were part of a failed 1950s social experiment have won compensation from Denmark's government and have received a face-to-face apology from the prime minister.