UNICEF as the entity to protect and pro-
mote those rights.
“What we do is talk with governments at
all levels to make them aware of the Con-
vention on the Rights of the Child,” Mor-
ley said. “We are advocating for a National
Children’sCommissioner, which would be
a person at the federal government level.”
Just as governments today look at the en-
vironmental impact of certain legislation,
the commissioner would play a similar
role by investigating the government’s ef-
fect on children’s rights. That’s one of the
biggest changes UNICEF Canada has un-
dergone in recent history, by advocating
for Canada’s youngest citizens along with
those around the world.
SUMMER JOB TURNS INTO A
LIFELONG CAREER
Morley joined UNICEF Canada four years
ago but has spent an entire career work-
ing in the not-for-profit sector. It began in
the late 1970s when he travelled to Costa
Rica with an organization called Pueblito,
intending to stay for the summer and then
return to Canada. Pueblito had founded a
children’s village in the Central American
country as an alternative to government
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