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WISHES CHILD [3 records]

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Record 1 2019-04-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Private-Sector Bodies and Committees
  • Sociology of Childhood and Adolescence
  • General Medicine, Hygiene and Health
OBS

[The Air Canada Foundation's] mission is to help connect sick children to the medical care they need, alleviate child poverty, and make the wishes of ill kids come true. It works toward this mission by supporting pediatric hospitals, providing assistance to charitable organizations, and raising funds.

OBS

Established in 2012.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités du secteur privé
  • Sociologie de l'enfance et de l'adolescence
  • Médecine générale, hygiène et santé
OBS

La Fondation Air Canada a pour mission d'aider les enfants malades à obtenir les soins médicaux dont ils ont besoin, de réduire la pauvreté infantile et de réaliser les rêves d'enfants malades. Pour ce faire, elle appuie des hôpitaux pédiatriques, prête assistance à des organismes caritatifs et amasse des fonds.

OBS

Établie en 2012.

Spanish

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Record 2 2016-03-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Family Law (common law)
  • Rights and Freedoms
CONT

If the child's wishes have not been or cannot be expressed or the child is incapable of understanding the nature of the choices that may be available to him or to her, the person shall make every effort to identify the child's interests and shall consider them as distinct interests, separate from those of any other person...

OBS

interest of the child; child’s interest: terms usually used in the plural (interests of the child, child’s interests.)

Key term(s)
  • interests of the child
  • child's interests

French

Domaine(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Droit de la famille (common law)
  • Droits et libertés
OBS

intérêt de l'enfant : terme normalisé par le Comité de normalisation, Promotion de l'accès à la justice dans les deux langues officielles (PAJLO).

Spanish

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Record 3 2008-02-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • National Bodies and Committees (Non-Canadian)
  • Sociology (General)
OBS

Formerly: (1983) Make-A-Wish Foundation.

OBS

Purposes are : to grant the wishes of children with life-threatening illnesses; to provide the family with special memories; to offer the child and the family a welcome respite from the daily stress of the situation

Key term(s)
  • Make a Wish Foundation

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités nationaux non canadiens
  • Sociologie (Généralités)
OBS

Renseignement confirmé auprès de l'organisme.

Spanish

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