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File · 1973 - 1980
Part of Human Rights Institute of Canada fonds

Correspondence, memorandum, notes, court documents, and copies of newspaper clippings from the Department of Justice regarding the Vivian Corbiere Lavell case over gender discrimination in the Indian Act with respect to aboriginal women losing band status if they marry a non-aboriginal man or someone from a different band. Specifically discussing the aftermath and fallout from the Supreme Court siding against Lavell and maintaining the old law.

CHARLOTTE PROVENCHER
File · 1990 - 1998
Part of Human Rights Institute of Canada fonds

Correspondence and supporting documentation regarding the continued membership to the Human Rights Institute of Canada from Charlotte Provencher of the Quebec Indian Rights for Indian Women organization following the death of Mary Two-Axe Earley.

EDITH WHETUNG
File · 1971 - 1984
Part of Human Rights Institute of Canada fonds

Correspondence, memorandum, notes, newspaper clippings, transcripts, and supporting documentation regarding Edith Whetung and fights for status rights of aboriginal women and ammending the Indian Act.

SUZANNE STRATTON
File · 1992 - 1995
Part of Human Rights Institute of Canada fonds

Correspondence, copies of newspaper clippings, promotional materials, speeches, and supporting materials regarding Suzanne Stratton Wood, Director and past Chairperson of the Friends of the Teaching Rocks Association claiming misuse of funds and conspiracy in the maintenance and research into the petroglyphs at Petroglyph Provincial Park in Ontario and the subsequent scandal.

NELLIE CARLSON
File · 1972 - 1992
Part of Human Rights Institute of Canada fonds

Correspondence with Nellie Carlson of the Alberta Committee on Indian Rights for Indian Women, memorandum, notes, and supporting documentation regarding gender discrimination by band leaders against aboriginal women, band finances and financial control, Persons Case II, and disagreements with Senator Walter Twinn over changes to the Indian Act.

NATIVE COUNCIL OF CANADA
File · 1993 - 1995
Part of Human Rights Institute of Canada fonds

Background remarks and court documents from the Federal Court of Canada case challenging the constitutionality of the 1985 ammendment to the Indian Act requiring bands to accept former band members back into the band member list.

Correspondence, copies of newspaper clippings, Senate debates, reports, and summaries regarding the treatment of the Yukon in the Meech Lake Accord and the Task force onm the Meech Lake Accord and the Yokon and Northwest Territories. Also includes "Meech Lake Frozen Over: The 1987 Constitutional Amendment and its Effect on the North" by Alexander M. Voudouris, Judicial Research Assistant of the Supreme Court of the Northwest Territories.

File · 1990 - 1992
Part of Human Rights Institute of Canada fonds

Speeches, reports, submissions, and background papers regarding the Meech Lake Accord and the Special Joint Committee of the Senate and the House of Commons on the Constitutional Accord. Also includes a copy of the 1982 constitution and "A Companion Resolution to the Meech Lake Accord" from the Federal-Provincial Relations Office.

File · 1998 - 2008
Part of Human Rights Institute of Canada fonds

Correspondence, legal research, articles, memorandum, Supreme Court law review, and legislation regarding the Nanoose Bay judgement, expropriation of provincial land, the Nuclear Liability Act, and implications of jurisdiction following the Nanoose Bay decision.

PAUL MARTIN
File · 1995 - 2008
Part of Human Rights Institute of Canada fonds

Correspondence and copies of newspaper clippings regarding Paul Martin's legacy as Prime Minister and information about taxation and the national debt when Paul Martin was Minister of Finance.

File · 2000 - 2006
Part of Human Rights Institute of Canada fonds

Copies of newspaper clippings regarding Stephen Harper's term as Prime Minister, his legacy, the question of Quebec as a nation, the 2005 election campaign, and Stephen Harper's positions within the Reform Part and the Canadian Alliance Party.

ADRIENNE CLARKSON
File · 1999 - 2006
Part of Human Rights Institute of Canada fonds

Correspondence, memorandum, and copies of newspaper clippings regarding Adrienne Clarkson's tenure as Governor General and titles used for the spouse of a Governor General.

LLOYD AXWORTHY-WOMEN ISSUES
File · 1980 - 2000
Part of Human Rights Institute of Canada fonds

Correspondence, copies of newspaper clippings, and notes regarding Lloyd Axworthy's position as Minister Responsible for the Status of Women, Nanoose Bay, militarism, and refugees. Also includes "The Perpetuation of a Myth" The Anderson-Axworthy Affair" by Bernice Sisler.

JIM FULTON-NATIVES

Information kit from Member of Parliament Jim Fulton on the Leonard Peltier extradition case, including House of Commons debates, correspondence, copies of newspaper clippings, and reports.

File · 1995 - 2001
Part of Human Rights Institute of Canada fonds

Correspondence, greeting cards, press releases, notes, biographies, memorandum, speeches, and House of Commons bills regarding Member of Beryl Gaffney's work to have the tax on child benefits removed, Persons Case II, and the Governor General's Persons Award. Includes a 2009 reflection of the work and legacy of Beryl Gaffney.

JUDY LAMARSH-WOMENS RIGHTS
File · 1966 - 1999
Part of Human Rights Institute of Canada fonds

Correspondence, House of Commons debates, indexes, reports, copies of newspaper clippings, and magazine articles regarding Member of Parliament Judy LaMarsh on women in politics, state visits to Canada, and being an outspoken politician.

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.

BRIAN DICKSON
File · 1985 - 1998
Part of Human Rights Institute of Canada fonds

Copies of newspaper clippings, correspondence, encyclopedia entries, memorandum, and notes regarding Brian Dickson's legacy, bilingualism, Persons Case II, national unity and Quebec as a distinct society, and the Meech Lake Accord.

MACK MACGUIGAN

Correspondence with Judge Mark MacGuigan, copies of newspaper clippings, and an article regarding jusdicial activism, Persons Case II, and limits of federal government power,

BERTHA WILSON
File · 1980 - 2007
Part of Human Rights Institute of Canada fonds

Copies of newspaper clippings, memorandum, notes, correspondence, and speeches regarding Bertha Wilson being the first woman appointed to the Supreme Court of Canada, her retirement, her death, Persons Case II, the cancellation of the Court Challenges Program by Prime Minister Kim Campbell, Bertha Wilson being appointed Chair of the Task Force on Gender Equality for legal professionals, family violence, and the impact of women as judges. Also includes a copy of an article in the McGill Law Journal entitled "Democracy, Judging and Bertha Wilson" by Robert E. Hawkins and Robert Martin.

EXTERNAL AFFAIRS
File · 1983 - 1990
Part of Human Rights Institute of Canada fonds

Correspondence, press releases, memorandum, speeches, copies of newspaper clippings, and supporting documents regarding bilingualism at Canadian Embassies, conflicts in Sri Lanka, foreign policy, the middle east, rights of children, international trade, racism, apartheid, human rights, and freedom of speech.

FOREIGN AFFAIRS-CONSULTATION
File · 1982 - 1992
Part of Human Rights Institute of Canada fonds

Correspondence, reports, essays, lists, notes, and annual reports regarding racism, torture, human rights day, international trade, foreign affairs, non-governmental organisations (NGOs) participating with United Nations actions, and military spending.

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.

VARIOUS DOCUMENTS
File · 1956 - 2002
Part of Human Rights Institute of Canada fonds

Box contains proposals, reports, press releases, statements, open letters, First Minister conference papers, speeches, working document pamphlettes, cultural agreements, and copies of book chapters regarding Senate reform, Supreme Court reform, constitutional revisions, diversity, legislative powers, government services, languages, monarchy, Charter of Rights and Freedoms, Franc-Canadian cultural agreements, provinces and international agreements, the Royal Commission of Inquiry on Constitutional Problems - Quebec, and civil liberties. Also contains The Constitutional Amendment Bill: Text and Explanatory Notes by the Government of Canada, Constitutional Decisions from the Supreme Court of Canada, and "Equality: The Heart of A Just Society" by the Government of Canada in celebration of the 20th anniversary of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms.

LETTERS TO PRIME MINISTERS
File · 1980 - 2003
Part of Human Rights Institute of Canada fonds

Correspondence and copies of newspaper clippings regarding research requests from the Human Rights Institute of Canada to the Offices of Prime Ministers Pierre Elliott Trudeau, Brian Mulroney, and Jean Chretien, including questions about the Official Languages Act and the Meech Lake Accord.

NATIONAL SYMPOSIUM

Correspondence, notes, working group documents, summaries, and background documents regarding the Department of Justice's National Symposium on Woman, Law and the Administration of Justice. Also includes an "Overview of recent activites" by the Department of Justice.

NATIONAL SYMPOSIUM

Correspondence, panel presentations, and keynotes speeches from the Department of Justice's National Symposion on Women, Law and the Administration of Justice, as well as follow up regarding actions taken by the Department of Justice after the symposium.

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.

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).

DONATED CARTOONS
File · 1985 - 2001
Part of Human Rights Institute of Canada fonds

Correspondence, copies of political cartoons, and notes regarding cartoons mailed in to the Human Rights Institute of Canada on Canadian politics, patronage, constitutional reform, and women's rights.

CABINET MEETINGS
File · 1969 - 2009
Part of Human Rights Institute of Canada fonds

Access to Information requests and Cabinet documents regarding the Cabinet meeting held January 14, 1969 wherein Prime Minister Pierre Elliott Trudeau presented his proposal for the Official Languages Act and documents following up on this proposal.

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.

EQUALITY PARTY

Correspondence, memorandum, press releases, court documents, speeches, and copies of newspaper clippings regarding the Equality Party, language rights in Quebec, discrimination against anglophones in Quebec, Quebec separatism, and the 1995 Quebec referendum.

File · 1995 - 2005
Part of Human Rights Institute of Canada fonds

Correspondence, copies of newspaper clippings, and press releases regarding McGill University psychology professor Don Donderi's support for the Human Rights Institute of Canada, his work with the Canadians for Language Fairness, and language rights in Quebec.