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Canada's active involvement in the UN World Summit for Children (1990) and in the development of UN Convention on the Rights of the Child served as a catalyst for increased governmental and non-governmental efforts on behalf of children in Canada and around the world.
- In May, 1992, the Canadian Government tabled its Action Plan for Children, Brighter Futures. The Plan includes over 30 different steps and programmes to address the well-being of children, particularly young children at risk and their families.
- As a follow-up to Brighter Futures, the Government of Canada called on all sectors – families, other governments, non-governmental organizations, business, labour and others – to join the efforts to meet the challenges that children and families will face in the years to come.
- The Government of Canada has also taken measures of a constitutional, legislative, and administrative nature to implement the rights set forth in the Convention.
- Senator Landon Pearson is known as the Senator for Children and Youth and has been appointed as the Minister of Foreign Affairs' advisor for children's rights. She publishes a regular newsletter, Children and the Hill, which deals with Canadian legislation affecting children.
- The National Children's Agenda is a federal/ provincial/ territorial strategy designed to improve the well-being of children and youth through a collaborative approach. The purpose of the Agenda is to ensure that all Canadian children have the best possible opportunity to realize their full potential.
- The Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) is helping to provide educational opportunities and basic social services for child workers in India and is involved in primary education projects in Haiti, Bangladesh, Guyana, Ghana, Bhutan, Burkina Faso, Brazil and Egypt.
- Through Health Canada, the Government organizes an annual array of special activities and events to celebrate National Child Day. Health Canada also produces a National Child Day Activity Guide on a yearly basis.
- The celebration of a special day for children in Canada is owed to the efforts, in 1991 of Our Kids Foundation and Results Canada. Their action was supported by individuals and community groups, including the Canadian Coalition for the Rights of Children (CCRC).
- CCRC is a coalition of over 50 national and provincial non-governmental organizations (NGOs) that formed shortly after the adoption of the Convention to promote its signature and ratification. The mandate of CCRC is to ensure a collective voice for Canadian organizations and youth concerned with the rights of children in Canada and abroad.
