Bringing in more voices: A comparative analysis of Canadian provincial child welfare legislation as it relates to the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child

Do Canada's provincial and federal child welfare acts and practices satisfy the conditions of the United Nations Charter on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC), which Canada ratified in 1991 (Canadian Coalition for the Rights of the Child, 2003, P. 3)? This study is an exploratory comparison of Canada's provincial child welfare legislation (n=12), to examine how these policies and practices afford children in care six major rights of citizenship, namely: equal treatment regardless of age, identity, family and cultural access, mobility, liberty and due process, the right to legal recourse and financial support.