Copies of newspaper clippings and correspondence regarding the life and legacy of Prime Minister Brian Mulroney.
Accession contains the records of the Human Rights Institute of Canada and the personal records of Dr. Marguerite E. Ritchie.
Sem títuloCorrespondence, 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.
Correspondence, newsletters, copies of newspaper clippings, and reports regarding bilingualism in New Brunswick, language laws in Quebec, the Knowledge Project by the Human Rights Institute of Canada, HRI support from the Anglo Society of New Brunswick (ASNB), and Canadian government.
Correspondence, copies of newspaper clippings, and legislative acts regarding the National Capital Commission (NCC) and criticisms of the NCC.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Frequently asked questions and basic information on the Canadian Constitution Foundation from their website.
Copies of newspaper clippings and correspondence regarding politics in Saskatchewan, the Meech Lake Accord, oil revenues, and elected Senate positions.
Memorandum, copies of newspaper clippings, press releases, and speeches regarding the life and legacy of Prime Minister John Turner.
Copies of newspaper clippings regarding the Charlottetown Accord and the legacy of the Meech Lake Accord.
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.
Correspondence, copies of newspaper clippings, bruchures, and research regarding Canada as a Constitutional Monarchy and political debates on whether Canada stop having a monarch.
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.
Copies of newspaper clippings, House of Commons debates, memorandum, and correspondence regarding Quebec separatism and sovereignty, the Bloc Quebecois in Parliament, and the policies and politics of the Bloc Quebecois.
Copies of newspaper clippings regarding bilingualism, the Official Languages Act, and hiring practices in the federal government as a result of language requirements.
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.
Correspondence, memorandum, copies of newspaper clippings, newsletters, and Senate debates regarding Senate reform and Senator Dough Roche's work for nuclear disarmament.
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.
Copies of newspaper clippings regarding Michael Ignatieff as Liberal Party leader, Liberal Party election campaign policies, Quebec separatism, and coalition governments.
Correspondence, newletters, and copies of newspaper clippings regarding research requests from the Human Rights Institute of Canada to Library and Archives Canada, including requests for citations for research materials.
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.
Correspondence and reports by Jim S. Allan regarding the cost of official bilingualism for the federal, provincial, and municipal governments as well as equalisation payments, Canadian history and confederation, and Canadian politics.
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.
Copies of newspaper clippings and Senate proceedings regarding World War II, Canadian armed forces in World War I, and veteran affairs.
Invitation, programme, tickets, correspondence, and photographs from ME Ritchie being awarded the Queen's Golden Jubilee Medal and the Queen's Diamond Jubilee Medal and the ceremonies for each.
Copies of newspaper clippings regarding drug tests, health care cuts and underfunding, and cases of death as a result of inadequate health care.
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.
Financial Statements of the Humam Rights Institute of Canada.
Copies of newspaper clippings and notes regarding Stephen Harper's term as Prime Minister, federal government ethics, policies, scandals, and language legislation.
Copies of newspaper clippings regarding Stephen Harper's position on Senate reform.
Copies of newspaper clippings regarding Stephen Harper's term as Prime Minister, his legacy, federal deficits, civil service cuts, federal programs, and Stephen Harper's plan for government.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Sem títuloCopies of newspaper clippings and notes regarding Stephen Harper's prorogation of parliament and the proposed Liberal, Bloc Quebecois, and New Democratic Part (NDP) coalition.
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.
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.
Correspondence, copies of newspaper clippings, encyclopedia entries, and legislation regarding oaths taken by various elected officials and public servants and efforts made to remove the Queen from oaths and addresses.
Copies of newspaper clippings, correspondence, and memorandum regarding a legal case against Air Canada for failure to provide service in French.
Copies of newspaper clippings regarding Quebec politics, international relations between France and Quebec, and Quebec sovereignty and separatism.
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.
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.
Encyclopedia entries, copies of newspaper clippings, correspondence, House of Commons debates, House of Commons reports, and speeches regarding bilingualism and the Royal Commission on Bilingualism and Biculturism.
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.
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.
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.
Memorandum, correspondence, programmes, newsletters, and promotional materials regarding speeches by ME Ritchie on bilingualism, the Meech Lake Accord, and women's rights.
Articles written by ME Ritchie for Dialogue magazine on various topics including bilingualism, women's rights, and the expropriation of Nanoose Bay.
Photo album of Human Rights Institute of Canada annual meetings with annotations to name the people in the photographs. Also includes correspondence regarding photograph licensing.
Copies of newspaper clippings regarding Stephen Harper's legacy as Prime Minister, his style of polics, partisanship, the cancellation of the long-form census, relationship between Stephen Harper and the media, and conservatives appointed to Senate and as federal judges.
Copies of newspaper clippings, correspondence, notes, speeches, and research regarding the settlement of Acadia, the Acadian expulsions, and the Acadian World Congress.
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.
Copies of newspaper clippings regarding opinions on the effectiveness and impact of Bill 101, Quebec's Charter of the French Language.
Copies of newspaper clippings regarding Pierre Elliott Trudeau as Prime Minister, Canadian politics, the constitution, Brian Mulroney's opinion on Trudeau, and the legacy of Pierre Elliott Trudeau.
Copies of newspaper clippings, correspondence, memorandum, legislation, reports, historical background materials, and encyclopedia entries regarding the legality of the signing of the constitution by Queen Elizabeth II.
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.
Copies of newspaper clippings, biographies, and obituaries regarding individuals who fought for human rights.
Meeting documents from the Annual Board of Directors meeting of the Human Rights Institute of Canada, including meeting minutes and financial statements.
Copies of newspaper clippings, correspondence, legal policy, and magazine articles regarding the Liberal Party Sponsorship Scandal and court case involving Jean Chretien.
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.
Correspondence regarding recommendations made by ME Ritchie for various people nominated for the Order of Canada.
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.
Copies of newspaper clippings and the criminal code regarding anglophones in Quebec, Canadian language policies, Quebec nationalism, and bilingualism.
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.
Copies of newspaper clippings, correspondence, newsletters, press releases, and House of Commons debates regarding separatism, Quebec sovereignty, and bilingualism.
ME Ritchie's day planners and agendas from 1973-2011, not inclusive.
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.
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.
Correspondence and copies of newspaper clippings regarding articles William Johnson wrote about bilingualism in the federal government and in the City of Ottawa.
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."
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.
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.
Copies of newspaper clippings regarding a Rights & Democracy governmental human rights organisation scandal.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Copies of newspaper clippings and correspondence regarding the Clarity Act setting out the requirements for Quebec sovereignty. Also includes the Clarity Act legislation.
Newspaper clippings regarding Senate reform, the cost of the Senate, and equality in representation in the Senate.
Copies of newspaper clippings, postcards, greeting cards, and correspondence regarding Ivan Drake's experiences in World War II, the deaths of Ivan Drake and Elizabeth (Liz) Drake, and support from the Human Rights Institute of Canada for veteran Ivan Drake.
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.
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.
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.
Correspondence with Coalition of English Speaking Citizens of Ottawa (CESCO) President Jurgen Vollrath, memorandum, and speeches regarding bilingualism in Ottawa, Dialogue magazine, and English language rights in Ontario and Canada.
Copies of newspaper clippings regarding politics in Alberta and western university rankings and endowments.
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.
Financial Statements of the Humam Rights Institute of Canada.
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.
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.
Legislation regarding treason, as well as correspondence and copies of newspaper clippings regarding Cabinet ministers for franchophone culture for the province of Ontario.
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).
Copies of political cartoons regarding the Meech Lake Accord and constituional reform.
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.
