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SDS 210RChildren's Rights in Canada

Units
0.50
Faculty
Arts
Subject
Social Development Studies
Cross-listed
LS 273

When it runs

  1. F24
  2. W25
  3. S25
  4. F25
  5. W26
  6. S26
  7. F26
  8. W27
  9. S27

Ran in 7 of the last 7 terms. Winter 2027: scheduled, 2 lecture sections. Spring 2027: schedule not out yet.

This course examines children's rights from a moral and comparative legal perspective. Students explore the welfare and developmental interests of children; the corresponding duties of parents, custodians, educators, and social workers; and the nature and scope of public educational authority in the common law jurisdictions of Canada.

Prerequisites

None listed.

Antirequisites

None listed.

Leads to

No course lists it as a requisite.

Fall 2026 sections

Enrolment from UW Open Data, which can trail Quest by up to two days. Instructors and rooms: Schedule of Classes.
SectionClassEnrolledMeets
LEC 081690760 / 60Online or by arrangement

Winter 2027 sections

Enrolment from UW Open Data, which can trail Quest by up to two days. Instructors and rooms: Schedule of Classes.
SectionClassEnrolledMeets
LEC 08165620 / 60Online or by arrangement
LEC 701246342 / 9999Online or by arrangement

Reviewed on UW Flow

75% liked it60% easy71% useful

From 20 ratings and 8 comments on UW Flow. The most helpful comments, quoted as written, without names. Read them all on UW Flow.

  • I took this courses online with Professor J.C Blokhuis. There's 6 short essays (48%), weekly discussions (12%), and a final worth 40 percent. The material for each week usually consists of a documentary, a reading, and some slideshows. Course is pretty easy and he's a fair marker. I would recommend it to anyone that's interested in social work.

    Jul 2018 · liked it · 1 found this helpfulOn UW FlowRemove this

  • Took this online, if you don't read most/any of the readings you'll be fine because he breaks it down in his lectures perfectly. Very clear, easy to understand material. It got a bit tricky around the parts more about law for me, but if you listen and make notes on his lectures and do the assignments you will do great. Had a 93 going into the exam. His exams are tough, so make sure you do well during the term.

    Aug 2016 · liked it · 1 found this helpfulOn UW FlowRemove this

  • this course requires A LOT of writing. thank god for GPT cuz otherwise i would've been cooked

    May 2025 · didn’t like itOn UW FlowRemove this

  • The reflections for this course can be difficult and time-consuming, depending on the TA; they can be tough markers.

    Apr 2025 · liked itOn UW FlowRemove this

  • I found this to be one of the more difficult courses I've taken. The 6 reflection discussions (each 700-750 words) are heavy, and you are not allowed to use outside sources, which prevents you from exploring the topic and considering varying perspectives. The textbook and lecture content are super redundant so you don't even need both, but you will need to get the textbook to refer to it for papers. The prof is an easier marker than the TA was this term. The long videos we had to watch each week were bleh. I would not recommend this course unless you have to take it, even if you think it will be interesting.

    Aug 2024 · didn’t like itOn UW FlowRemove this

Discussed on r/uwaterloo

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Fall 2022

BIRDIEST courses of all time 24 points, 38 comments

“Hi folks. What courses would you say are the BIRDIEST of all time? I won't need to pick courses till Winter but I'm trying to start getting a list together. …”

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u/Mr-Goose-: “LS 273 vs SDS 210R? are they the same course? i was looking at SDS as my elective next term”

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Winter 2019

Too Many Elective Spots... 5 points, 6 comments

“Kin major Fall 2019 - Winter 2020 Long story short I guess, my fourth year has one mandatory course and that's it. …”

u/12345goose: “I liked SDS210R online. It's about Children's Rights in Canada. You have to do the work but if you put the effort in then you can get a very high mark.”

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Spring 2018

Fall 2017

Any way to disable UWCourseLinker from posting? 16 points, 26 comments

“posting a reply to my comment I find the bot annoying.”

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