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Bestanddeel · 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
Bestanddeel · 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.

The Constitution of Canada – Government of Canada – Parliament – Falsification of History and Constitution subseries contains 16 files discussing Canadian history and modernising traditions. Files are arranged by topic. This subseries contains a variety of document types including newspaper clippings, correspondence, research, notes, memorandum, reports, press releases, and magazine articles. The specific topics this subseries covers are Canadian history including the On to Ottawa Trek and the Winnipeg General Strike, whitewashing history, censorship to avoid offending minorities and francophones, the importance of the Magna Carta, hanging portraits of French monarchs from the age of “New France” in Canadian Parliament, changing the lyrics of “O Canada” to be gender neutral, renaming federal departments, honouring French historical figures with statues on Parliament Hill, changing immigration tests to reflect modern political ideology, bilingual health care services, changing the flag of Canada from a Union Jack to a maple leaf, Canada distancing itself from Britain, and proposals to remove the Queen of England as the Head of State.

TREASON
Bestanddeel · 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.

Bestanddeel · 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
Bestanddeel · 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
Bestanddeel · 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
Bestanddeel · 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
Bestanddeel · 1995
Part of Human Rights Institute of Canada fonds

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.

Bestanddeel · 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.

BOUNDARIES
Bestanddeel · 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.

FRENCH INVOLVEMENT IN CANADA
Bestanddeel · 1976 - 2009
Part of Human Rights Institute of Canada fonds

Copies of newspaper clippings, correspondence, and House of Commons debates regarding the relationship between Quebec and France, the French language in Canada, and disagreements between French President Nicolas Sarkozy and separatist politicians and sovereignists.

NEWSPAPER ARTICLES-LANGUAGE
Bestanddeel · 1970 - 2004
Part of Human Rights Institute of Canada fonds

Copies of newspaper clippings regarding bilingualism, the Official Languages Act, anglo-Quebecois history, and comparisons between bilingualism in Belgium and Canada. Also includes "Language Standards, Ethnicity and Discrimination" by Teresa Scassa and "The Writing's on the Wall (Quebec Separatist movement may lead to violence)" by Robert Lecker.

SELECTIVE DEBATES
Bestanddeel · 1985 - 1988
Part of Human Rights Institute of Canada fonds

Senate debates regarding the Meech Lake Accord, the Constitution, aboriginal rights, child abuse, the status of women, banking, fisheries and oceans, and status rights for aboriginal women.

PAT CARNEY
Bestanddeel · 1969 - 1999
Part of Human Rights Institute of Canada fonds

Correspondence and copies of newspaper articles regarding Pat Carney's term as a Senator, Nanoose Bay, and newspaper articles written by Pat Carneyon arctic tanker ships.

THERESE CASGRAIN
Bestanddeel · 1965 - 1999
Part of Human Rights Institute of Canada fonds

Correspondence, memorandum, copies of book chapters, and copies of newspaper clippings regarding Therese Casgrain's activism for women's equality and the right to vote in Quebec.

SHARON CARSTAIRS
Bestanddeel · 1988 - 1997
Part of Human Rights Institute of Canada fonds

Correspondence, copies of newspaper clippings, press releases, and memorandum regarding the New Brunswick constitutional amendment, Sharon Carstairs' term as Senator, discrimination against women, and the Meech Lake Accord.

ROYCE FRITH
Bestanddeel · 1992 - 1995
Part of Human Rights Institute of Canada fonds

Correspondence, Senate debates containing speeches by Royce Frith, and memorandum, regarding Royce Firth's term as Senator, his questioning of the record of the Mulroney government, and the New Brunswick constitutional amendment.

PAUL LUCIER
Bestanddeel · 1988 - 1990
Part of Human Rights Institute of Canada fonds

Senate debates, correspondence, and memorandum regarding Senator Paul Lucier's term in Senate, the Meech Lake Accord, and Paul Lucier's support for the Human Rights Institute of Canada.

DONALD OLIVER
Bestanddeel · 1999
Part of Human Rights Institute of Canada fonds

Correspondence, memorandum, Senate committee proceedings, and submissions to the Standing Senate Committee on Legal and Constitutional Affairs by Senator Donald Oliver and the Human Rights Institute of Canada regarding criminal anti-stalking laws.

PAUL YUZK
Bestanddeel · 1980 - 1992
Part of Human Rights Institute of Canada fonds

Correspondence, memorandum, greeting cards, press releases, and Senate debates regarding Senator Paul Yuzk's support of the Human Rights Institute of Canada, the death of Paul Yuzk, and Senator Paul Yuzk's work on the Constitution and the North Atliantic Treaty Organization (NATO).

PROVINCE OF MANITOBA
Bestanddeel · 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.

CTI - WOMEN - DIVORCE
Bestanddeel · 1982 - 1983
Part of Human Rights Institute of Canada fonds

Correspondence, newspaper clippings, final judgements, memorandum, questions, outlines, resumes, notes, recommendations, votes and proceedings of the House of Commons and Senate, and reports regarding Bill C-187 (An Act respecting Divorce), property rights, family law, and divorce law. Also includes a copy of a report for the Special Joint Committee of the Senate and House of Commons on Divorce and of the book Listen to their Tears: How Canadian Divorce Law Abuses our Children (1982, 156 p.) by Donald Peacock.

CTI - WOMEN - EXCISION
Bestanddeel · 1980 - 1985
Part of Human Rights Institute of Canada fonds

Notes, papers, newsletters, reviews, copies of newspaper clippings and journal articles, memorandum, correspondence, news releases, statements, lecture outlines, reports, and resumes regarding apartheid, the Women's International Network, the Excision Project, and female circumcision.

Bestanddeel · 1982 - 1992
Part of Human Rights Institute of Canada fonds

Inter-African Committee on Traditional Practices Affecting the Health of Women and Children newsletters (number 1-3, 7, 12), reports, and World Health Organization bibliographies regarding female circumcision. Also includes the book Woman, why do you weep?: Circumcision and its consequences (ca. 130 p.) by Asma El Dareer, published by Zed Press.

Bestanddeel · 1949 - 1961
Part of Human Rights Institute of Canada fonds

Quotes, copies of newspaper clippings and articles, notes, extracts from papers, reports, memorandum, proceedings, legislations, transcripts of broadcasts and addresses, "new dictionaries of thoughts," proceedings, copies of Bank and Income Tax Acts, extracts from Supreme Court reports, copies of the International Association of Women Police Annual Conference reports, and supporting materials regarding labour equality, property law, family law, and the status of women.

RESEARCH-WOMEN IN CRISIS
Bestanddeel · 1973 - 1984
Part of Human Rights Institute of Canada fonds

Copies of newspaper clippings, Human Rights Institute of Canada research, extracts from books, memorandum, schedules, delegation reports, corrspondence, copies of job postings, copies of revised Statutes, biographies, grievances, notes, discussion papers, and draft programs regarding International Women's Year (1975), equal pay, and discrimination against women's employment.

Bestanddeel · 1963 - 1968
Part of Human Rights Institute of Canada fonds

Memorandum, correspondence, questionnaires, historical surveys, copies of newspaper clippings, press releases, book reviews, notes, and law reports regarding various women's conferences, M.E. Ritchie's commitments and reviews, women's employment, and the Equal Rights Amendment.

Bestanddeel · 1975 - 2004
Part of Human Rights Institute of Canada fonds

Copies of newspaper clippings, profiles, memorandum, and Human Rights Institute of Canada research regarding child sexual abuse and women and the Catholic Church. Also contains a booklet called "The Truth about Catholics" published in Toronto by Protestant Action.

RESEARCHING THE PUZZLES
Bestanddeel · 1999 - 2002
Part of Human Rights Institute of Canada fonds

Research on the original Persons Case. Correspondence, memorandum, notes, background research, copies of articles, and narrative histories of the Persons Case regarding the Famous Five, misrepresentation of the Persons Case, and the appointment of Senators. Also includes the Supreme Court of Canada Act.

Bestanddeel · ? - 2000
Part of Human Rights Institute of Canada fonds

Correspondence, memorandum, notes, press releases, draft speech, and copies of newspaper clippings regarding Senator Jayce Fairbairn's support for Persons Case II, Senate reform, and a commemorative statue to the Famous Five being erected at Parliamt. Some references to the rights of aboriginal women.

PERSONS CASE II-SENATORS L-Z

Correspondence with various Senators, memorandum, notes, newspaper clippings, and background materials inquiring about speeches made in the Senate that specifically addressed women's issues and requesting support for Persons Case II. Also includes copies of various texts written by Senator Jean Le Moyne on women in Quebec.

Bestanddeel · 1991 - 1993
Part of Human Rights Institute of Canada fonds

Correspondence, memorandum, grant applications, and background materials regarding funding applications to the federal government to support Persons Case II. Funding applications were not successful. Also includes a proposal for two additional positions at the Human Rights Institute of Canada: a Librarian/Office Mnanager and a Researcher.

Bestanddeel · 1990 - 1993
Part of Human Rights Institute of Canada fonds

Funding request from the Charter Challenges Program. Correspondence with board member Cynthia MacFarlane, meeting minutes of the Human Rights Institute of Canada, and an application to the Charter Challenges Program. Also includes a copy of the Human Rights Treaty convention on the elimination of all forms of discrimination against women.

Bestanddeel · 1998 - 1999
Part of Human Rights Institute of Canada fonds

Correspondence, memorandum, notes, press releases, affidavits, and supporting documentation regarding a proposed lawsuit brought against the Attorney General of Canada in the Court of Queen's Bench of Alberta by the Human Rights Institute of Canada, Shirish Chotalia of Pundit and Chotalia law firm preparing litigation materials under the Court Challenges Program for Persons Case II and subsequent attorney-client issues. Also includes a copy of the second application to the Court Challenges Program after the withdrawl of the first.

PERSONS CASE II-MEETINGS
Bestanddeel · 1997 - 1999
Part of Human Rights Institute of Canada fonds

Correspondence, memorandum, notes, meeting minutes, promotional materials, and press releases regarding meetings for support for Persons Case II and other legal issues affecting women's equality.

PERSONS CASE II-REFORM PARTY
Bestanddeel · 1998 - 1999
Part of Human Rights Institute of Canada fonds

Correspondence, memorandum, copies of newspaper clippings, court documents, press releases, and supporting documentation regarding Senate reform, the injunction sought by the Reform Party in favour of an elected Alberta Senator, and requesting support from the Reform Party of Canada and Reform Party Leader Preston Manning for Persons Case II.

Bestanddeel · 1994 - 1995
Part of Human Rights Institute of Canada fonds

Correspondence, memorandum, transcripts of telephone conversations, copies of newspaper clippings, notes, press releases, and supporting documentation regarding Canadian Research Institute for the Advancement of Women (CRIAW), research and support for Persons Case II.