Certificate in Childhood and The Legal System 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

Sample courses include CYS 2212F/G Childhood, Youth and the Law, CYS 3320F/G Child Protection, Participation and Criminal Law, CYS 3346F/G Youth Criminal Justice and CYS 3370F/G A Right to Play.

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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