LION Program Featured in the Toronto Star
Toronto Star reporter, Vanessa Lu, visited the Learning In Our Neighbourhood vehicle at the Sheridan Centre in Erin Mills, on June 30, to talk to parents and children who are participating in the program. The story illustrates how this important outreach program is benefitting children and families in high density, under-services neighbourhoods in Peel.

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Children’s Charter Ambassador talks about Children's Rights at
Lancaster Public School
Students at Lancaster Public School learned that too many children are using homeless shelters in Peel at a rally to bring attention to the Peel Children’s Charter of Rights. On Friday, June 18, more than 500 students attended an assembly to hear Naomi Ishmael, the ten-year-old ambassador for the Charter talk about the importance of children’s rights and how life should be better for some children.

“When we were working on our Charter, some kids told us that they didn’t think they had the same rights as adults. They didn’t know that we have rights that are especially meant to protect and respect us as children. My hope is that when more of us learn about the Charter, life will get better for children in Peel”, said Naomi.

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For fixing the toys, teaching compassion and understanding,
and helping make things just right…we thank you.

This Father’s Day, June 20, Success By 6 Peel salutes fathers, the champions of a child’s right to a caring home environment.

Read the Right to a Caring Home fact sheet.
Read the Mississauga News Story


Peel Children's Charter of Rights

Using the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child and A Canada Fit for Children as guidelines, Success By 6 Peel embarked on a mission in 2006: to give all children in Peel a voice in matters that affect them and to increase understanding of the value of children. Along with the community, over 4,000 children were engaged in creating a charter that truly reflects the diversity of Peel Region and shines a light on their needs. The resulting Peel Children’s Charter of Rights is recognized as a model for community engagement and children’s advocacy.

On April 17, 2008, the Honourable William G. Davis introduced the first of a series of delegations on the twelve individual statements in the Peel Children’s Charter of Rights. Between April 2008 and May 2009, community members– including children and youth – came to the Regional Council of Peel to examine the Charter by highlighting each right in the context of the work of a Peel Region children’s service agency or organization.

Summaries and pictures of the delegations.


Peel Children's Charter of Rights Ambassador 2010
Naomi Ishmael

Naomi Ishmael is the 2010 Peel Children’s Charter of Rights ambassador. A Grade 5 student in the Dufferin-Peel Catholic District School Board, Naomi accepted the invitation to be the Children’s Charter ambassador because she wanted to be the voice for children in Peel and make sure that their rights are known and protected.

Naomi has participated in children’s rights delegations at Peel Regional Council and, in her role as Children’s Charter ambassador; she’s often out in the community talking about children’s rights to children and adults alike. Naomi hopes that when people learn about the Charter, they’ll work together to improve life for children in Peel.  Her message is that all children and youth need respect, caring support and guidance from their families and the community to do well in school and later on in life.

Download the Peel Children's Charter of Rights:
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French colour handout 
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French black and white handout
Chinese colour handout
Punjabi colour handout
Urdu colour handout
Polish colour handout
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Full Day Learning

Success By 6 Peel leadership is currently reviewing and discussing Dr. Charles Pascal’s full-day learning report. We are supportive of full day learning but are also aware of implications on Peel service providers. There are many issues that need to be addressed and we plan to continue to observe, gather information and confer with partners and stakeholders over the coming months.

Early Learning Report

Success By 6 Peel requested MPPs consider two key issues regarding Bill 242:

1.   Draft an amendment to allow school baords to partner with community-based    
      early learning and childcare organizations to provide the extended day portions    
      of the full day learning programs.
2.   Specific attention be given to children with special needs within the legislation for 
      this new and important program.

Read the Letter 

A Success By 6 Peel report, Status of Children in Peel 2009, reveals that children’s lives could be much better:

Economic Security

1 in 5, or 21,200 children in Peel are living in poverty.

49% of recent immigrant children in Mississauga and 39% in Brampton live in a low income situation.

Peel has the longest social housing waiting list in Ontario; of the 13,328 people on the waiting list in 2008, only 6% (773) were housed from the centralized waiting list.

Of the 12,000 clients per month at the Mississauga Food Bank, 68% are families with children.

Health

About 300 infants are born each year at below healthy weight levels.

School Readiness

The 2007 Early Development Instrument (EDI) data for Peel reports that 32% of children are not ready for school.

Child Care

In 2008, for every 1,000 children aged 0 to under 12, there were only 10.5 licensed child care spaces available in Peel.

Safety and Security

Between April 2008 and March 2009, Peel Children’s Aid investigated 5,000 calls from concerned citizens, teachers, doctors, families and the police in relation to children or youth who might be in need of protection.

Data from Status of Children in Peel 2009