Certificate in Childhood and Advocacy at King's University College at Western University

Childhood and Youth Studies is an interdisciplinary program that examines the changing status of childhood and youth in Canada and internationally, with a critical view of institutions such as the home, schools, community programs and the legal system. Courses centre on children's voices, rights and participation, taught by faculty trained as educators, social workers, legal scholars, sociologists, policy analysts and historians.

Faculty: Social Sciences  |  Department: School of Policy, Law, and Social Change (Childhood and Youth Studies)  |  Study mode: full-time  |  Location: London, Ontario, Canada

What you will study

The Childhood and Advocacy certificate draws on Childhood and Youth Studies courses such as CYS 2214F/G Introduction to Advocacy, CYS 3355F/G Rights-Based Community Engagement with Children and Youth and CYS 4403E Senior Project in Childhood and Youth Studies.

Career pathways

Intermediate and secondary teaching, family mediation and counselling, child protection services, social and health services, and community program advocacy, development and leadership.

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