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.

• 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

“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

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.

• 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

“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

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.

• 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

“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