Human and Civil Rights

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Your Guide to the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms

This booklet is published by the Human Rights Program of the Department of Canadian Heritage. Its aims is to increase understanding of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms and to heighten awareness of its importance in our daily lives.

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Grade Level: 7-9, 10-12
Publisher: Canadian Heritage
Published Date: 2008
Taking IT Global

This site houses an online community that connects youth from grades nine to twelve  to find inspiration, access information, get involved, and take action in their local and global communities. Designed and maintained in Canada, this site is the [more]
Grade Level: 7-9, 10-12
Publisher: TakingITGlobl
Published Date: 2008
Do driver's licence photos infringe on religious freedom?

There is a law in Alberta which states that all people who have a driver's licence must have their photo on it. Members of the Hutterite community appealed this law and took it to the Supreme Court of Canada because they believed that the law infringed on their [more]
Grade Level: 4-6, 7-9, 10-12
Publisher: Educaloi.qc.ca
Published Date: 2009
Landmark Decisions: Cases that Have Changed Society

This site discusses a variety of landmark decisions from the Law Courts of Canada. They include issues dealing with Aboriginal Rights and the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms to name a few. Each case is explained in detail using plain [more]
Grade Level: 10-12
Publisher: Ontario Justice Education Network
Published Date: 2020
Rights Angle

Human rights is the focus of this downloadable 136 page PDF document that provides excellent background for teachers as well as a variety of activities for students in Social Studies and CTS: Legal [more]
Grade Level: 4-6, 7-9, 10-12
Publisher: Alberta Civil Liberties Research Centre
Published Date: 2008
Children’s Rights

This curricular resource, an 18 page PDF document, is applicable to students studying the rights of children and youth around the world. The objective of this resource is to educate others on the rights of children, the role of the Canadian Coalition for the [more]
Grade Level: 10-12
Publisher: Canadian Coalition for the Rights of Children
Published Date: 2002

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