Tara M. Collins, Ph.D. is Associate Professor at the School of Child and Youth Care at Ryerson University in Toronto, Canada, and Honorary Associate Professor for 2019-2024 at the Children's Institute, University of Cape Town, South Africa. She has most recently been Visiting Professor at the Pontifical Catholic University in Rio de Janeiro and the Children's Institute at the University of Cape Town. At Ryerson, she is also Program Faculty with the Graduate Programs on: Immigration and Settlement Studies, the Early Childhood Studies, and Social Policy Faculty, Policy Studies PhD Program. She has a Ph.D. from the University of London and has worked on international human rights since 1996. Her professional experience includes work in different sectors including: universities in Canada, South Africa, Brazil, and Ireland; Canadian federal government (Department of Foreign Affairs and CIDA) and Parliament; and a national non-governmental organization. Research interests and expertise include the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child, child and youth participation, child protection, monitoring, rights-based approaches, anti-violence efforts in schools, business, and play.