Ailsa M. Watkinson is Professor Emerita of Social Work, University of Regina, and a human rights advocate. She is the mother of three sons and grandmother to two grandchildren. She lives in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.

“Spare the Child is a serious and timely recounting of the advocacy work to challenge section 43 of the Criminal Code.” —Cheryl Milne, Executive Director of the David Asper Centre for Constitutional Rights

• DedicationAcknowledgementsA Note on TerminologyPrefaceChapter 1. A Brief History of Childhood Corporal PunishmentChapter 2. Colonialism, Disruption and Indigenous ChildhoodChapter 3. Child WelfareChapter 4. Legal Arguments In the Case of Canadian Foundation for Children, Youth and the Law v Canada (Attorney General)Chapter 5. The Supreme Court’s DecisionChapter 6. The Aftermath of the Supreme Court’s DecisionChapter 7. Current Research and Child Well BeingChapter 8. Where to From Here?Appendix A: Canadian Charter of Rights and FreedomsAppendix: B: UN Convention on the Rights of the ChildBibliographyIndex

Ailsa M. Watkinson is Professor Emerita of Social Work, University of Regina, and a human rights advocate. She is the mother of three sons and grandmother to two grandchildren. She lives in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.

“Spare the Child is a serious and timely recounting of the advocacy work to challenge section 43 of the Criminal Code.” —Cheryl Milne, Executive Director of the David Asper Centre for Constitutional Rights

• DedicationAcknowledgementsA Note on TerminologyPrefaceChapter 1. A Brief History of Childhood Corporal PunishmentChapter 2. Colonialism, Disruption and Indigenous ChildhoodChapter 3. Child WelfareChapter 4. Legal Arguments In the Case of Canadian Foundation for Children, Youth and the Law v Canada (Attorney General)Chapter 5. The Supreme Court’s DecisionChapter 6. The Aftermath of the Supreme Court’s DecisionChapter 7. Current Research and Child Well BeingChapter 8. Where to From Here?Appendix A: Canadian Charter of Rights and FreedomsAppendix: B: UN Convention on the Rights of the ChildBibliographyIndex

Ailsa M. Watkinson is Professor Emerita of Social Work, University of Regina, and a human rights advocate. She is the mother of three sons and grandmother to two grandchildren. She lives in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.

“Spare the Child is a serious and timely recounting of the advocacy work to challenge section 43 of the Criminal Code.” —Cheryl Milne, Executive Director of the David Asper Centre for Constitutional Rights

• DedicationAcknowledgementsA Note on TerminologyPrefaceChapter 1. A Brief History of Childhood Corporal PunishmentChapter 2. Colonialism, Disruption and Indigenous ChildhoodChapter 3. Child WelfareChapter 4. Legal Arguments In the Case of Canadian Foundation for Children, Youth and the Law v Canada (Attorney General)Chapter 5. The Supreme Court’s DecisionChapter 6. The Aftermath of the Supreme Court’s DecisionChapter 7. Current Research and Child Well BeingChapter 8. Where to From Here?Appendix A: Canadian Charter of Rights and FreedomsAppendix: B: UN Convention on the Rights of the ChildBibliographyIndex