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UAA-2013-051
UAA-2013-051 · Accession · 1974-2013
Part of Human Rights Institute of Canada fonds

Accession contains the records of the Human Rights Institute of Canada and the personal records of Dr. Marguerite E. Ritchie.

Human Rights Institute of Canada
LETTERS
File · 1995 - 2013
Part of Human Rights Institute of Canada fonds

Correspondence, memorandum, copies of newspaper clippings, government information, and supporting documents regarding requests made by the Human Rights Institute of Canada to the Department of Justice, the history and function of the Department of Justice, and requests for a reference for Persons Case II.

NEW DEMOCRATIC PARTY (NDP)
File · 1985 - 2012
Part of Human Rights Institute of Canada fonds

Copies of newspaper clippings, correspondence, newsletters, resolutions, speeches, convention documents, press releases, and memorandum regarding the New Democratic Party (NDP), NDP policies, Persons Case II, youth employment, poverty, equality, and arts and culture.

PROVINCE OF MANITOBA
File · 1987 - 2012
Part of Human Rights Institute of Canada fonds

Correspondence, memorandum, copies of newspaper clippings, reports, policies, and press releases regarding French language services in Manitoba, federal funding for French language institutes in Manitoba, and population breakdown by language for Manitoba and Saskatchewan.

CREDENTIALS
File · 1978 - 2012
Part of Human Rights Institute of Canada fonds

Correspondence, newspaper clippings, magazine articles, and greeting cards regarding ME Ritchie's accomplishments and things she participated or contributed towards, including the Nuclear Weaponds Convention, Access to Information requests for the plaque for the Famous Five on Parliament Hill, the Human Rights Institute, Persons Case II, and women's rights.

NEWSPAPER ARTICLES
File · 1949 - 2012
Part of Human Rights Institute of Canada fonds

Extracts from External Affairs conferences, conventions, and copies of newspaper clippings regarding United Nations policies on genocide, the declaration of human rights, Arab-Israeli conflicts, Palestine, criticism of Israel, support for Israel from the Canadian government, and anti-semitism.

File · 2001 - 2012
Part of Human Rights Institute of Canada fonds

Newsletters, pamphlettes, publications, correspondence, speeches, copies of newspaper clippings, and memorandum regarding the Alliance for the Preservation of English in Canada (APEC) Chairman Ronald Leitch and his wife Pauline Leitch, mutual support between APEC and the Human Rights Institute of Canada, bilingualism, and the death of Ronald Leitch. Also includes "Official Bilingualism: The Sell-out of English Canada," "Constitutions are for People," and "Freedom or Political Slavery" by Ronald Leitch.

File · 1988 - 2012
Part of Human Rights Institute of Canada fonds

Correspondence, memorandum, copies of newspaper clippings, newsletters from Civil Rights in Public Education, Inc., and a report to the United Nations Human Rights Commission from the Coalition for Public Education regarding publically funded Catholic schools in Ontario and actions taken by the Civil Rights in Public Education, Inc. and President Renton H. Patterson against the separate school board.

CHARLES DEGAULLE
File · 1992 - 2012
Part of Human Rights Institute of Canada fonds

Copies of newspaper clippings and notes regarding French President Charles de Gaulle's famous speech at Expo '67 which included "vive le Quebec libre" and its impact on the Quebec sovereignty movement, de Gaulle's role in World War II as a general, and de Gaulle's relationship with Prime Minister Pierre Elliott Trudeau.

NEWSPAPER ARTICLES
File · 2007 - 2012
Part of Human Rights Institute of Canada fonds

Copies of newspaper clippings regarding the relationship between Quebec and Canada, Quebec elections and politics, Quebec Premier Jean Charest on separatism, language laws in Quebec, Quebec's relationship to the monarchy and the Queen, and Quebec separatism.

DOUG ROCHE
File · 1998 - 2012
Part of Human Rights Institute of Canada fonds

Correspondence, memorandum, copies of newspaper clippings, newsletters, and Senate debates regarding Senate reform and Senator Dough Roche's work for nuclear disarmament.

File · 1996 - 2012
Part of Human Rights Institute of Canada fonds

Memorandum, correspondence, research, encyclopedia entries, and speeches regarding bilingualism, bigotry, the notion of Canada being founded by two nations, support for Persons Case II, and the work of the Alliance for the Preservation of English in Canada (APEC) which ME Ritchie and the Human Rights Institute of Canada supports.

LIBERAL PARTY
File · 2005 - 2012
Part of Human Rights Institute of Canada fonds

Copies of newspaper clippings regarding Michael Ignatieff as Liberal Party leader, Liberal Party election campaign policies, Quebec separatism, and coalition governments.

File · 1956 - 2012
Part of Human Rights Institute of Canada fonds

Copies of newspaper clippings, correspondence, biographies, and minutes of proceedings of the joint committee of the Senate and House of Commons on the 1987 Constitutional Accord regarding Eugene Forsey's work on the Constitution and as a Senator, articles written by Eugene Forsey's daughter Helen Forsey about her father's legacy, government corruption, and the Meech Lake Accord. Also includes "Analysis of the Report of the Joint Committee on the Constitutional Accord, 1987" by Eugene Forsey.

NATIVES/INDIANS
File · 1973 - 2012
Part of Human Rights Institute of Canada fonds

Encyclodepia entries, copies of newspaper clippings, External Affairs and International Trade Canada consultations, correspondence, and transcripts regarding the First Nations of Canada, social issues in aboriginal communities, missing and murdered aboriginal women, the status of aboriginal peoples, Elijah Harper stopping the Meech Lake Accord, the Indian Act, residential schools, and discrimination against aboriginals. Also includes the National Indian Brotherhood General By-Laws.

DIALOGUE MAGAZINES
File · 2010 - 2012
Part of Human Rights Institute of Canada fonds

Dialogue Magazine: Canada's Independent Voices, published by Maurice J. King and Janet K. Hicks, volume 23, number 5, volume 24, number 3, 5, and 6, and volume 25, number 1, 2, 4, and 5.

UAA Fonds 0410 · Fonds · 1928-2012

The Human Rights Institute of Canada fonds contains the records of the Human Rights Institute of Canada and its founder and president, Marguerite Ritchie. The Human Rights Institute of Canada is an independent, not for profit, non-partisan research group which conducts and promotes research into issues that impede equality for Canadians, as per the United Nations’ Universal Declaration of Human Rights, with a specific focus on women’s equality. This Institute was founded by Ottawa based lawyer, Marguerite Ritchie, a former lawyer for the Department of Justice and Vice-Chair of the Anti-Dumping Tribunal. The fundamental premise of the Institute was to provide expert legal research to the Canadian people in the same way that the Department of Justice gives legal advice to the Government of Canada. As founder and President, Marguerite Ritchie set the tone for the Institute and this fonds also contains her papers from before she founded the Human Rights Institute of Canada.

The materials in this fonds date from 1934 to 2013. Materials from the Human Rights Institute of Canada are from 1973 to 2013, while legal research materials date back to the 1700s. The fonds pertains predominately to Canada, with some research on the United States of America (USA), Europe, the Soviet Union (USSR), the Middle East, and Africa. With the exception of United Nations conferences and research on Israel, most of the research on other nations and regions is for a point of comparison for rights, equality, and politics.

The fonds contains three types of materials: those of Marguerite Ritchie from her personal life and career before she founded the Human Rights Institute of Canada, those relating to the functioning of the institute, such as administrative records, and those relating to the work of the Institute produced mainly by President Marguerite Ritchie. Documents from the work of the Human Rights Institute of Canada is the largest portion of the fonds. Materials produced by the Institute were generated mostly by the projects it was involved with, including tracking issues over the course of years and its efforts to publicise its research in the media and the government. This fonds does not contain working papers of volunteers. Function based Institute records document the Human Rights Institute of Canada’s founding, its procedures, funding, support, and organisation. Materials of founder Marguerite Ritchie contain research from her work at the Department of Justice and the Anti-Dumping Tribunal, Anti-Dumping Tribunal procedures, her personal experiences facing sexism and gender discrimination while working for the federal government. It also includes her personal research on women’s issues which she began while working for the Department of Justice and which became a life-long passion.

The Human Rights Institute of Canada addresses issues of women’s equality, human rights, the United Nations and international law, Canadian laws and equality, the functioning of government, equality in the justice system, the relationship between the federal governments and the provinces, and funding and support for the Institute. Major projects the Institute worked on to address these issues include Persons Case II, Senate reform, the Meech Lake Accord and Charlottetown Accord, status equality for aboriginal women, the Expropriation of Nanoose Bay, the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples and the high arctic relocations, the Royal Commission on the Status of Women and following the development of the status of women, Quebec separatism, and the Official Languages Act and bilingualism. The most common document types are newspaper clippings, memorandum, correspondence, press releases, reports, legislation, House of Commons and Senate debates, committee minutes and proceedings from Parliament, promotional materials, and government publications. Newspaper clippings are mostly annotated with citations and marginalia. The fonds also contains a significant number of Dialogue magazines; Marguerite Ritchie was a long time contributor to this magazine, which publishes reader contributed articles on political and social issues from a variety of perspectives.

Ritchie, Marguerite E.
CANADIAN HISTORY
File · 1963 - 2012
Part of Human Rights Institute of Canada fonds

Copies of newspaper clippings, encyclopedia entries, and notes regarding various events in Canadian history including the On to Ottawa Trek and riots in Regina, the Winnipeg General Strike, and the Durham Report, as well as claims of history being white washed and censored to avoid offending minority groups and francophones.

NATIONAL ANTHEM
File · 2001 - 2012
Part of Human Rights Institute of Canada fonds

Copies of newspaper clippings, correspondence, Senate debates, Senate bills, and a petition regarding changing the lyrics to the national anthem, O Canada, to be gender neutral.

QUEBEC HISTORY

Copies of newspaper clippings, historical documents, and encyclopedia entries regarding the Treaty of Paris and the subsequent relationship between Haiti and France, including Haitian independence.

File · 2009 - 2012
Part of Human Rights Institute of Canada fonds

Correspondence, copies of newspaper clippings, memorandum, newsletters, public meeting agendas, and press releases regarding support from Canadians for Language Fairness (CLF) for the Human Rights Institute of Canada, public meetings of CLF, historical revisionism, bilingualism in Ottawa and in Canada more broadly, and the Official Languages Act.

VARIOUS ARTICLES
File · 2006 - 2012
Part of Human Rights Institute of Canada fonds

Copies of newspaper clippings regarding whistleblowers who exposed government scandals related to health care, science research, and foreign affairs, and legislation meant to protect whistleblowers.

SECRECY
File · 1970 - 2011
Part of Human Rights Institute of Canada fonds

Copies of newspaper clippings, correspondence, and Senate debates regarding Access to Information, Privacy Acts, redacted documents, and government secrecy as a result of censoring documents.

File · 1972 - 2011
Part of Human Rights Institute of Canada fonds

Copies of newspaper clippings, correspondence, and notes regarding pension plans for politicians, severance pay for Members of Parliament, the power of the Prime Minister, and Judith Anne Booth's suspension from the Canadian Radio-Television Commission (CRTC) for running for a seat in Parliament while holding a sensitive public service position.

AIR CANADA
File · 1992 - 2011
Part of Human Rights Institute of Canada fonds

Copies of newspaper clippings, correspondence, and memorandum regarding a legal case against Air Canada for failure to provide service in French.

BOUNDARIES
File · 1971 - 2011
Part of Human Rights Institute of Canada fonds

Copies of newspaper clippings, correspondence, and background information regarding redefining Quebec boundaries if Quebec separated from Canada and Quebec territory and boundaries from French settlement up to the 1927 boundary dispute between Quebec and Labrador.

CORRESPONDENCE
File · 1994 - 2011
Part of Human Rights Institute of Canada fonds

Copies of newspaper clippings, correspondence, memorandum, reports, booklets, and Senate bills regarding the statue of the Famous Five on Parliament Hill, racist and eugenics believe of the Famous Five, violence against women, female genital mutilation, discrimination against women, honour killings, and the Persons Case.

File · 1980 - 2011
Part of Human Rights Institute of Canada fonds

Newspaper clippings, quotes, extracts, memorandum, notes, and research regarding the constitution, compromises for Quebec, and the roles played by Quebec Premier Rene Levesque and Prime Minister Pierre Elliott Trudeau in negotiations. Also includes a 2006 reflection on the confrontation between Rene Levesque and Pierre Elliott Trudeau.

GOVERNMENT OF NEW BRUNSWICK
File · 1987 - 2011
Part of Human Rights Institute of Canada fonds

Copies of newspaper clippings and correspondence regarding bilingualism and language policies in New Brunswick, politics in New Brunswick, confederation, and health care. Also contains "The Conspiracy and Fraudulent Political Deception of Canada" by the New Brunswich Association of English Speaking Canadians.

CHRONOLOGICAL LETTERS

Predominately outgoing correspondence as well as memorandum regarding the activities of the Human Rights Institute of Canada, the positions taken by the HRI on political and human rights issues, and communications with HRI members.

VARIOUS
File · 1990 - 2011
Part of Human Rights Institute of Canada fonds

Memorandum, correspondence, programmes, newsletters, and promotional materials regarding speeches by ME Ritchie on bilingualism, the Meech Lake Accord, and women's rights.

ACADIANS
File · 1964 - 2011
Part of Human Rights Institute of Canada fonds

Copies of newspaper clippings, correspondence, notes, speeches, and research regarding the settlement of Acadia, the Acadian expulsions, and the Acadian World Congress.

File · 1977 - 2011
Part of Human Rights Institute of Canada fonds

Legislation, court documents, extracts, correspondence, encyclopedia entries, copies of newspaper clippings, transcripts, and open letters regarding Quebec's Charter of the French Language, Bill 101, Quebec's language policies, and the response of Prime Minister Pierre Elliott Trudeau and the federal government to Bill 101.

GOVERNMENT OF ONTARIO
File · 1984 - 2011
Part of Human Rights Institute of Canada fonds

Correspondence, copies of newspaper clippings, and statutes regarding politics in Ontario, government funding for francophone cultural groups in Ontario and Ottawa, franco-ontarian culture in Ontario, women judges in family court, and the Meech Lake Accord.

AUDITOR GENERAL
File · 1986 - 2011
Part of Human Rights Institute of Canada fonds

Correspondence, copies of newspaper clippings, debates on Auditor General annual report, standing committee evidence, and supporting documents regarding the Auditor-General of Canada, the cost of bilingualism, audits of federal government departments, Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples, and federal spending.

IBERVILLE
File · 2002 - 2011
Part of Human Rights Institute of Canada fonds

Correspondence, copies of newspaper clippings, biographies, and research regarding Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville being honoured with a statue in Ottawa and simplification of his historical role in the 17th century battles between the French and English creating a false impression of his actions.

BUYING QUEBEC LOYALTY
File · 2000 - 2011
Part of Human Rights Institute of Canada fonds

Copies of newspaper clippings, encyclopedia entries, and correspondence regarding federal funding for culture, heritage, and elections, including holiday celebrations and a hockey arena in Quebec City.

NEWSPAPER ARTICLES
File · 1976 - 2011
Part of Human Rights Institute of Canada fonds

Senate debates, correspondence, and copies of newspaper clippings regarding Arab-Israeli conflicts, Palestine, Holocaust deniers, criticism of Israel, support for Israel from the Canadian government, and anti-semitism.

File · 1971 - 2011
Part of Human Rights Institute of Canada fonds

Copies of newspaper clippings, correspondence, magazine articles, and memorandum regarding Pierre Elliott Trudeau's legacy, Trudeau's relationship with Fidel Castro, the restructuring and shrinking of the Canadian military under Trudeau, and communism in Canada. Also includes a 2010 reflection on Trudeau's relationship with the military.

GOVERNMENT OF NEWFOUNDLAND
File · 2005 - 2011
Part of Human Rights Institute of Canada fonds

Copies of newspaper clippings, correspondence, and memorandum regarding relations between Newfoundland and the federal government, politics in Newfoundland, fishing and offshore resources, bilingualism, and equalisation payments. Also includes The Globe and Mail "Report on Business" featuring an article entitled "The Making of 'Danny Chavez': How Newfoundland's revolutionary Premier beat Big Oil."

OTTAWA CITIZEN-KURT JOHNSON
File · 2002 - 2011
Part of Human Rights Institute of Canada fonds

Correspondence, memorandum, and copies of newspaper clippings regarding the Famous Five statue on Parliament Hill and a distortion of the legal case, relocations of Inuit people to the High Arctic and the Royal Commission on the relocations, celebrations of francophone culture in Newfoundland & Labrador, and letters to the editor of the Ottawa Citizen written by ME Ritchie on bilingualism in the City of Ottawa.

LETTERS TO MEMBERS
File · 1997 - 2011
Part of Human Rights Institute of Canada fonds

General correspondence to all Human Rights Institute of Canada members regarding politics, women's rights, bilingualism, Quebec seperatism, the Knowledge Project, and the activities of the HRI.

MICHAELLE JEAN
File · 2005 - 2011
Part of Human Rights Institute of Canada fonds

Copies of newspaper clippings, correspondence, and supporting documents regarding Michaelle Jean's tenure as Governor General, the role of the Governor General as prepresentative of the Queen, social activism and aboriginal rights, and Michaelle Jean's replacement by David Johnston. Also includes the Order of Canada newsletter Celebrating Excellence! from Fall 2008.

File · 2001 - 2011
Part of Human Rights Institute of Canada fonds

Copies of newspaper clippings, encyclopedia entries, correspondence, and notes regarding Member of Parliament Scott Reid, his election campaign, criticisms on inequality in bilingualism enforcement, and policy platforms.

CONTEMPT OF PARLIAMENT
File · 1993 - 2011
Part of Human Rights Institute of Canada fonds

Copies of newspaper clippings, correspondence, and minutes of proceeding of the joint committiee of the Senate and House of Commons on Scrutiny of Regulations regarding the power of the Prime Minister, proroguing of parliament, regulations of Parliament, contempt of Parliament, and a case study on "Privilege in the House of Commons" by Allan Lawrence.

File · 2002 - 2011
Part of Human Rights Institute of Canada fonds

Copies of newspaper clippings, background information, correspondence, and newsletters regarding the cost of implimenting the Official Languages Act, the City of Ottawa being officially bilingual, and concerns over the implications of Ottawa having two official languages. Also includes a performance report of the Office of the Commissioner of Official Languages.

CLARITY ACT
File · 1998 - 2011
Part of Human Rights Institute of Canada fonds

Copies of newspaper clippings and correspondence regarding the Clarity Act setting out the requirements for Quebec sovereignty. Also includes the Clarity Act legislation.

BIOGRAPHIES
File · 1984 - 2011
Part of Human Rights Institute of Canada fonds

Correspondence and biography for Canadian Who's Who, Who's Who of Canadian Women, research centres directories which include the Human Rights Institute of Canada, and ME Ritchie's resume.

File · 1947 - 2011
Part of Human Rights Institute of Canada fonds

Copies of newspaper clippings, encyclopedia entries, House of Commons debates, and statutes regarding Prime Minister John Diefenbaker's term in office, the Canadian Bill of Rights, Diefenbaker's legacy, the Diefenbunker, and the official languages act. Also includes "The Case for a Canadian Bill of Rights" by W. Glen How.

LESTER B. PEARSON-GENERAL
File · 1964 - 2011
Part of Human Rights Institute of Canada fonds

Copies of newspaper clippings, encyclopedia entries, copies of book chapters, press releases, and House of Commons debates regarding bilingualism and biculturalism, biographies of Lester B. Pearson, and the role and functioning of government. Also includes "Federalism and International Relations" by Paul Martin, Secretary of State for External Affairs.

File · 1980 - 2011
Part of Human Rights Institute of Canada fonds

Copies of newspaper clippings and correspondence regarding politics in British Columbia, relations between BC and Alberta, fishing rights in BC, Nanoose Bay, bilingualism, french language schools in BC, polygamy in the Mormon community in Bountiful, BC, and the Meech Lake Accord.

File · 1994 - 2010
Part of Human Rights Institute of Canada fonds

Correspondence, memorandum, copies of newspaper clippings, encyclopedia entries, and House of Commons debates regarding Member of Parliament Bob Ringma, bilingualism, the expropriation of Nanoose Bay, and the New Brunswick constitutional amendment.

ELECTIONS CANADA
File · 1992 - 2010
Part of Human Rights Institute of Canada fonds

Correspondence, copies of newspaper clippings, notes, legislation, court decisions, and memorandum regarding the rules and regulation for federal elections, Elections Canada, court cases on elections and funding, candidate selection and party nomination, criminal law in the United States, referendum results, and the Royal Commission on Electoral Reform and Party Financing.

TREASON
File · 1993 - 2010
Part of Human Rights Institute of Canada fonds

Legislation regarding treason, as well as correspondence and copies of newspaper clippings regarding Cabinet ministers for franchophone culture for the province of Ontario.

File · 1990 - 2010
Part of Human Rights Institute of Canada fonds

Correspondence, memorandum, and research regarding name, logo, and emblem changes to federal services and departments such as Library and Archives Canada and Canada Post, as well as Quebec being the only province to use the term 'national' to describe its provincial institutes, such as the Bibliotheque et Archives nationale du Quebec (BAnQ).

DR. E. MARGARET FULTON
File · 2000 - 2010
Part of Human Rights Institute of Canada fonds

Correspondence, memorandum, newspaper clippings, reports, speeches, and magazine articles regarding Margaret Fulton's work for women's rights, support for the Human Rights Institute of Canada, the death of Margaret Fulton's brother Lockhart R. Fulton, Nanoose Bay, bilingualism, and Canadian politics.