National Child Day Art Submissions

Canada's national "Child Day" is held on November 20th each year. It commemorates the United Nations adoption of two landmark documents concerned with the human rights of children and youths: The United Nations Declaration on the Rights of The Child on Nov 20th, 1959, and the The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child on Nov 20th, 1989.

Canada's Child Day was enacted in Bill C-371, otherwise known as the Child Day Act, by the Parliament of Canada in 1993.

In the spirit of this year's theme -- "A Child's Right to Freedom of Expression" -- we have posted the artwork of children throughout Nova Scotia.

See the art as a slideshow
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Learn more about the Rights of the Child on the UNICEF site.