A Children & Prisons Resource Kit for Primary/Junior and Intermediate/Senior classrooms was launched on November 20, 2006, National Child Day, from 4:00 to 6:00 PM. in the Teacher Resource Centre at McArthur College, Faculty of Education, Queen's University.

Funding of $1,455.00 to purchase resources was received from the Kingston Community Foundation, Queen's Faculty of Education, CVP-Kingston Inc., the Archdiocese of Kingston and 4 individuals.

Speaker was the Rev. Canon Chris Carr, retired Director-General Chaplaincy, Corrections Canada and founding board member of CFCN.

New resources included are:
Jakeman by Deborah Ellis
My Daddy is in Jail by Janet M. Bender, M.Ed.
Daddy's Home from Jail.
Visiting Day, DVD Video (35 min)

A bibliography is available from [email protected] or [email protected]. You can also download the bibliography here.

The goal of the kit is to sensitize teachers and pupils to the challenges that children of inmates encounter in school, in the playground and in their daily lives.

Contact Joyce Waddell-Townsend at Bridge House, 333 Kingscourt Avenue, Kingston, ON., K7K 4P4, (613) 549-6303 for more information.
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