Author of the article: Erik Leijon • Postmedia Content Works Publishing date: Mar 03, 2021 • March 8, 2021 • 4 minute read Photo by University of New Brunswick Article content The University of New Brunswick (UNB) is the new international home of an important pilot project for the future of children’s health. GlobalChild is a child rights monitoring platform that will allow countries to implement the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC), an important treaty that standardizes a number of factors for children and forces governments to uphold those standards so that children can grow up to become healthy, productive members of society. New Brunswick is the first location where GlobalChild will be used.