Human Rights/Education
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INFORMATION & RESOURCES
History of Human Rights - Canada
Human Rights in Canada: A Historical Perspective
The fascinating story of human rights from 1900-2000 highlighting the highs and lows, big surprises and unexpected twists. Features an impressive array of historical background material, case studies, cross references and anecdotal information. Instructive and entertaining.
Human Rights Story Collection
Explore contemporary and historic human rights stories from Canada and around the world on the Canadian Museum of Human Rights’ website
Canada History Week 2017
The theme for Canada History Week 2017 was human rights and the Canada History Fund at Canadian Heritage engaged Historica Canada to produce this digital magazine
The Evolution of Human Rights in Canada
The fascinating story of human rights from 1900-2000 highlighting the highs and lows, big surprises and unexpected twists. Features an impressive array of historical background material, case studies, cross references and anecdotal information. Instructive and entertaining. |
Explore contemporary and historic human rights stories from Canada and around the world on the Canadian Museum of Human Rights’ website. |
The theme for Canada History Week 2017 was human rights. The Canada History Fund at Canadian Heritage engaged Historica Canada to produce this digital magazine on the theme of human rights |
This June 2012 report from the Canadian Human Rights Commission documents the rights revolution in Canada, and how it transformed social movements, politics, law and foreign policy. |
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These 60 second vignettes are dramatic interpretations of pivotal events in Canada’s history intended to entertain, educate and encourage further research into Canada's past. Classroom resources, including background information for each Minute and select lesson plans, can be found at Historica Canada. While all the Heritage Minutes are available online, the following episodes have a strong human rights related focus/theme:
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Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms / Canadian Human Rights Act
Visit Justice Canada’s webpage dedicated to the Charter for a wealth of information including images and learning resources. |
Created by the John Humphrey Centre for Peace and Human Rights, this guide discusses fundamental freedoms as well as democratic rights, mobility rights, legal rights and equality rights protected in the Charter. It also informs youth of how these rights and freedoms are enforced. |
This educational booklet, published by the Human Rights Program at Canadian Heritage in 2003, explains the purpose and meaning of each of the Charter’s sections. Although no longer available in print, the Guide was revised in 2018 and is available online on Canada.ca. |
The Canadian Human Rights Commission's series of videos will help you to learn more about the Canadian Human Rights Act and how to file a discrimination complaint. Information is provided in American Sign Language (ASL), captioning and voice-over. |
Human Rights Basics
Readers of all ages will enjoy this beautifully designed booklet |
This plain language booklet was produced by Estevan Diversified Services, Inc. with funding from the Government of Saskatchewan, to explain basic human rights in simple terms |
The Canadian Human Rights Act passed by Parliament in 1977 prohibits discrimination against a person or persons based on their race, ethnic origin, colour, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, family status or disability. This curated playlist from the National Film Board of Canada explores some of the best films dealing with these inalienable, fundamental rights to which all persons are entitled. |
Rights of Children
This WG provides a forum for communication and collaboration to:
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Watch these animated short films to learn more about children's rights |
Rights of Women
Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) |
This guide by UN WOMEN introduces and explains the Convention in plain language for young people |
Rights of Persons with Disabilities
Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) |
This UNICEF publication explains the CRPD to children. It's main purpose is to empower children, with and without disabilities, to play their part in challenging discrimination and promoting the Convention's principles.. |