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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.
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.
'''Heritage Minutes'''<br>
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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 [http://www.historicacanada.ca Historica Canada]. The following episodes have a strong human rights related focus/theme:
*[https://www.historicacanada.ca/content/heritage-minutes/jim-egan Jim Egan] An early gay rights activist who stood up to discrimination and blatant homophobia in the 1940s.
*[https://www.historicacanada.ca/content/heritage-minutes/boat-people-refugees "Boat People" Refugees] The story of a family fleeing persecution in Vietnam who found a welcoming home in Montreal.
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v_tcCpKtoU0&list=PL1848FF9428CA9A4A&index=1 Chanie Wenjack] His death sparked the first inquest into the treatment of Indigenous children in Canadian residential schools.
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ie0xWYRSX7Y&list=PL1848FF9428CA9A4A&index=3 Viola Desmond] An entrepreneur who challenged segregation in Nova Scotia in the 1940s
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SdbG6EIHrbs&list=PL1848FF9428CA9A4A&index=44 Nellie McClung] The famous suffragette fights for Manitoban women's right to vote (1916)
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=njAO38Og1-k&list=PL1848FF9428CA9A4A&index=51 Emily Murphy] As a member of the [http://www.swc-cfc.gc.ca/commemoration/pd-jp/five-cinq-en.html Famous Five], the first female magistrate in Canada (and in the British Empire), led the fight to secure the rights of women as persons throughout the Commonwealth (1929)
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VyD3iB2F_U4&list=PL1848FF9428CA9A4A&index=28 Jennie Trout] The first woman licensed to practice medicine in Canada faces prejudice in the classroom (1871)
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2W5DgXqaRU0&list=PL1848FF9428CA9A4A&index=57 Agnes Macphail] The first woman to be elected to the Canadian House of Commons in 1921 fights for penal reform
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rt9ZENZbe5w&list=PL1848FF9428CA9A4A&index=68 Jackie Robinson] Montréal Royals players and fans welcome the first African American player, marking the beginning of the end of major-league baseball's colour barrier (1946)
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iUN8-8BUHXk John Humphrey] A Montréal lawyer drafts and wins support for the United Nations' Declaration of Human Rights (1947)