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A pivotal year for Canada’s engagement with global social justice
February 20 th is World Day of Social Justice, as recognized by the United Nations since 2007. The day is a call to observe social justice by supporting “efforts of the international community in poverty eradication, the promotion of full employment...
Canada and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights
This blog post was contributed for Human Rights Day, observed on December 10. December 10, 2014 is the 66 th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR). In his Why Canada Cares (McGill-Queen`s University Press, 2012, pp. 4-5)...
Executive Override of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms
Pearl Eliadis is a Montreal lawyer. She teaches at the Faculty of Law, McGill University and is a Full Member of the Centre for Human Rights and Legal Pluralism. This blog post was contributed for Human Rights Day, observed on December 10. This text...
Lyse Doucet - Working in a savage reality
Doug Junke Lyse Doucet, veteran BBC reporter, presenter and chief international correspondent has seen man at his worst. It wasn’t pretty. She shared a tiny slice of that with the Congress 2014 Big Thinking audience Saturday afternoon. It wasn’t for...
Promises fulfilled
Looking at the legacy of thousands of black slaves who fled to Canada in the 1800s Laura Czekaj, Canada Foundation for Innovation Visit Innovation.ca for more stories about humanities and social science research supported by the Canada Foundation for...
Adrien Arcand, Ernst Zundel and anti-Semitism
By Daniel Drolet A new book on Canadian journalist Adrien Arcand details his involvement in the rise of Holocaust deniers around the world. In fact, says author Hughes Théorêt, Arcand was a mentor to Ernst Zundel, a prominent German-Canadian...
Rethinking hate crimes: The hard work of creating social equity
Lucas Crawford and Robert Nichols, University of Alberta Guest Contributors Monday, May 10th was Alberta’s inaugural ‘Hate Crimes Awareness Day,’ an event that raised more questions than answers. Offered as an opportunity to ‘celebrate’ the successes...
The Humanities: Relationships with others and with the world are essential to freedom
Susan Babbitt, Queen’s University Guest Contributor “Humanities” refers to human beings and to the human condition. In the Humanities we raise questions about what it means to be human. But, at least in my discipline of Philosophy, we teach mostly...
Royal Commission on the Status of Women @ 40: Women's diversity and community leadership
Caroline Andrew, University of Ottawa Guest Contributor This blog post is part of the Federation Equity Portfolio’s ‘Equality Then and Now’ series, marking 40 years since the Royal Commission on the Status of Women. Look for more on this topic in...