Political control and freedoms

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In Search of A Better World

Part memoir and history as well as a call to action, In Search of a Better World, the 2017 CBC Massey Lecture, is a powerful and essential work on the major human rights struggles of our times by internationally ...

Human Rights in Canada

Is there such a thing as a Canadian rights culture? There are virtually no limits to how people employ rights-talk today, from the most profound violations of individual freedom to the mundane realities ...

Nothing to Lose but Our Fear

While the scale of recent uprisings may be unprecedented, the refusal of fear is not unique to our time.

As the Egyptian revolution gained momentum, a common refrain echoed across Tahrir Square: “The ...

Speaking Out on Human Rights

By (author) Pearl Eliadis
Categories: Human rights, civil rights

Canadians like to see themselves as champions of human rights in the international community. Closer to home, however, the human rights system in Canada - particularly its public institutions such as ...

Disinherited Generations

This oral autobiography of two remarkable Cree women tells their life stories against a backdrop of government discrimination, First Nations activism, and the resurgence of First Nations communities. ...

Whose Streets?

In June 2010 activists opposing the G20 meeting held in Toronto were greeted with arbitrary state violence on a scale never before seen in Canada. Whose Streets? is a combination of testimonials from the ...

Narratives of Citizenship

Examining various cultural products?music, cartoons, travel guides, ideographic treaties, film, and especially the literary arts?the contributors of these thirteen essays invite readers to conceptualize ...

The Freedom of Security

By (author) Colleen Bell
Categories: Human rights, civil rights
Series: Law and Society

Post-9/11 security measures have sparked fears that the West is violating the very civil rights it strives to protect. Debates centre on the United States, but how have the politics of security influenced ...

The Canadian Regime

Lucid and readable, The Canadian Regime is a well-established, well-known introduction to Canadian government. By explaining the inner logic of parliamentary government, as well as the underlying rationale ...

The October Crisis, 1970

By (author) William Tetley
Categories: Human rights, civil rights

William Tetley, professor of international law, McGill University, was serving as a minister in Robert Bourassa’s cabinet when the October Crisis broke out.