Justice Department correspondence, memorandum, notes, background and conference papers, and reports regarding the relationship between international and national law and the effects domestic, constitutional, and international law have on one another, as well as the implementation of international conventions and treaties. File also contains a chart of the ratifications for the International Labour Conventions.
Correspondence, memorandum, and historical legal research regarding citizenship, land ownership, and dower (homestead) rights of married women. Also includes a copy of the Alberta Law Review with an article on "Reform of the Law of Dower in Alberta" by W.F. Bowker.
Correspondence, memorandum, transcripts of telephone conversations, and research materials regarding a proposed ammendment to the Family Court Act. Also includes 'Standards for Juvenile and Family Courts" booklet published by the U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare.
Correspondence, memorandum, court judgements, and case files regarding family law and especially the treatment of women within family law. Includes answers to a United Nations questionnaire from the Economic and Social Council entitled "The Legal Status and Treatment of Women."
Correspondence, memorandum, meeting minutes, notes, copies of newspaper clippings, and rules of the Supreme Court of Canada regarding gendered language used in the Government of Canada, Canadian military, medical institutions, and United Nations General Assembly committee minutes. M.E. Ritchie highlights areas where male pronouns and the male gender are used as the default and other instances where men are assumed to be the only people addressed.
Correspondence, memorandum, court documents, and notes regarding property rights of women and married women. Includes responses for United Nations questionnaire from the Economic and Social Council entitled "The Legal Status and Treatment of Women."
Correspondence, memorandum, notes, legal research, conventions, and resolutions regarding principles of freedom and non-discrimination in political rights and rights of women in foreign countries.
Correspondence, memorandum, notes, legal research, draft conventions, press releases, copies of newspaper clippings, and United Nations treaties regarding political rights of women and the status of women.
Correspondence, memorandum, notes, historical legal research, copies of newspaper clippings, extracts from complaints made to the Justice Department, briefs of the National Council of Women, and Encyclopedia Britannica, as well as House of Commons routine proceedures and orders of the day regarding the legal status of women. Some mention of property rights, bigamy, and inheritance rights of illegitimate children.
Correspondence, memorandum, newspaper clippings, transcripts of telephone conversations, and parliamentary briefing regarding family law, human rights, corporal punishment, women in government, and the legal status of women. File also includes a 2007 memo regarding a law student who worked for the Justice Department in the 1970s.
Correspondence, memorandum, reports, press releases, notes, copies of articles, and newspaper clippings regarding gender roles, purgery, the salary of ombuds, the appointment of female judges, women in academia, human rights, women in government, and equal treatment of women.
Correspondence and newsletter about the position of women in Turkey and the Public Personnel Association's "The Personnel Man" newsletter.
Memorandum, notes, and legal research regarding the implications of the constitution and British North America act (B.N.A.), specifically in respect to tort law, foreign policy, women, aboriginals, and governmental appointments.
Correspondence, memorandum, and notes regarding establishing a federal Human Rights Commission, the Continental Shelf Act, and a boundary disputes between Labrador and Quebec.
Correspondence, memorandum, notes, and extracts regarding ME Ritchie's work for the Department of Justice on the Reparations and Enemy Assets case for the Ambrican trust of Heinrich Koppers. Includes a 2008 reflection on the Michael Magda vs. the Crown legal case for reparations of wartime imprisonment for refusing to join the military.
Correspondence, memorandum, and notes regarding ME Ritchie's work for the Department of Justice on the Reparations and Enemy Assets case for the Ambrican trust of Heinrich Koppers.
Correspondence and letters to the editor from Reginald Richard Dixon regarding the government and Canadian politics.
Newspaper clippings regarding World War II.
Correspondence, certificates, awards, transcripts, and diplomas awarded to ME Ritchie for her education, service, participation, and contributions. These include service awards for time spent at the Department of Justice, enrollment certificates, university diplomas, acceptance into the Alberta Bar, and student awards.
Correspondence, copies of newspaper articles, greeting cards, newsletters, and a photograph of the certificate regarding ME Ritchie being the first woman to be appointed the Queen's Council.
ME Ritchie being awarded the Woman of the Week award from CFRN Radio.
Correspondence, memorandum, and information on the nomination of ME Ritchie for the Order of Ontario.
Correspondence, Supreme Court documents, copies of newspaper clippings, and government documents regarding language rights and the access to information request made by ME Ritchie for documents relation to her nomination for the Order of Ontario.
Correspondence, magazine articles, and newspaper clippings regarding articles ME Ritchie wrote on the expropriation of Nanoose Bay and reprinting various article ME Ritchie has written about women in the law, women's equality, and women and poverty, including "Alice Through the Statutes."
"Crimes Abord Aircraft: Book II (Footnotes and Appendices)" by ME Ritchie as part of the LL.M thesis at the Institute of International Air Law at McGill University.
"Appendix B to Study Crimes Abord Aircraft" by ME Ritchie as part of the LL.M thesis at the Institute of International Air Law at McGill University.
Correspondence, lecture notes, tests, memorandum, reading lists, newspaper clippings, legislation, and employment contracts regarding ME Ritchie teaching a Constitutional Law course at the Carlton University law school, letters of reference for former students, and cases discussed in course.
Correspondence, memorandum, and newspaper clippings regarding work ME Ritchie conducted on the rights of criminal, human rights violations, political rights of women, and translations for the Official Languages Act.
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.
Event invitations for various galas, awards ceremonies, talks, dinners, government events, the Senate, and celebrations.
Access to Information request made by ME Ritchie for all materials held by the government on the Human Rights Institute of Canada and ME Ritchie's employment with the Department of Justice.
Personal correspondence with Millie Gillen and draft short stories and poetry by Mollie Gillen.
Personal correspondence to ME Ritchie from various family, coworkers, and friends.
Personal correspondence to ME Ritchie from various family, coworkers, and friends.
Personal correspondence, greeting cards, newspaper clippings, and postcards to ME Ritchie from various family, coworkers, and friends.
Newspaper clippings, notes and drafts of short stories and plays by ME Ritchie, based on notable works of literature.
Sheet music with lyrics and music book for vocals.
Speeches and excerpts by J. Alex Edmonson regarding women's rights, parole, female criminals, and women's prisons.
Speeches and lectures by J. Alex Edmonson from the Department of Criminology at the University of Ottawa as well as various conferences regarding women's rights, parole, female criminals, and women's prisons.
The Jews, Israel, Anti-Semitism series contains two subseries, the second of which is an addendum to the first. Materials were created between 1971 and 2011, and also includes research materials dating from 1902. This series predominately contains research materials such as newspaper clippings, newsletters, legal research, reports, articles, legislation, Parliamentary debates, treaties, and United Nations conventions, as well as correspondence. Topics covered include Holocaust deniers, Nuremberg Trials and other Nazi war crimes trials, border disputes and land claims surrounding Israel, conflicts between Israel and its Arab neighbours, conflicts and politics involving Israelis and Palestinians, the oil crisis in the 1970s, Israel’s foreign relations with Europe, the Middle East, and North America, anti-Semitism in Europe and Russia, hate propaganda and hate speech laws in Canada, treatment of women in Israel, Israeli economics, and the history of the Holy Land and Jerusalem. Many issues are tracked over multiple decades. Marguerite Ritchie was a strong supporter of Israel and Zionism and had ties to Zionist Jewish organisations in Canada.
The Jews, Israel, Anti-Semitism subseries contains 156 files of research discussing Israeli politics and conflicts, anti-Semitism, Jews, and Zionism, as well as some articles and opinion pieces Marguerite Ritchie wrote on the same subjects. Research files are arranged by source of research and correspondence is arranged chronologically. This subseries contains a variety of document types including newsletters, journals, legal research, book chapters, articles, reports, United Nations reports, encyclopedia articles, maps, newspaper clippings, magazine articles, speeches, House of Commons debates, press releases and statements, conventions, Senate debates, legislation, handbooks, state papers, treaties, law reviews, memorandum, correspondence, research notes, policy papers, Parliament debates from the United Kingdom, resumes, fact sheets, lectures, letters to the editor, timelines, United Nations General Assembly summary and meeting minutes, and a United Nations Charter. Specific topics in this subseries cover a broad range of issues affecting Jews and Israel. They include: land claims and conflicts in the middle east, Palestinian-Israeli conflicts, Palestinian refugees, political and cultural history of Palestinians, discrimination and racism, anti-Semitism, terrorism, oil, skyjacking/hijacking of airplanes, history of anti-Semitism in Europe and Russia, emigration of Jews out of Europe and Russia, peace talks, Palestinian political groups, Hamas, Hezbollah, the Palestinian Liberation Organisation (PLO), guerrilla warfare, the 1973 Israeli War, Iraq civil war, conditions of statehood, prisoners of war, Zionism, Canada’s relationship with Israel and the middle eastern Arab states, trials of Nazi war criminals, apartheid and racism, boycotts of Israel, Israel‘s international relations and independence, Muslims in Britain, succession of states, partition of India and Pakistan, child soldiers, the Six-Days War, the RCMP being charged with racism, foreign policy of the United States towards Israel and the middle east, hate propaganda and hate propaganda laws in Canada, Israeli economics, women in Israel, public support for Israel, history of Jerusalem and the Holy Land, treatment of Christians in the middle east, the Holocaust, Holocaust deniers, and the Armenian genocide.
Articles, copies of book chapters, House of Commons debates, and encyclopdeia entries regarding refugees in the middle east as a result of Arab-Israeli conflicts, land ownership in Palestine before the 1948 war, and conditions of living in Iraq as a Jew. Also includes copies of Canadian Middle-East Digest regarding Arab-Israeli conflicts and "Report on the Consultations between Non-Governmental Organizations and External Affairs and International Trade Canada in preparation for the 49th session of the United Nations Commission on Human Rights" by External Affairs and International Trade Canada.
Copies of newspaper and magazine clippings (including Elie Wiesel), Reform Judaism volume 11, number 1, Israeli-Syrian general armictice [sic] agreement (bilingual Hebrew-English), "Revolutionary Violence and Canadian Policy" by M.E. Ritchie, Jewish Civil Rights Educational Foundation of Canada president's message, correspondence, Report to the National Conference on Soviet Jewry "Who May Leave: A review of Soviet practice restricting emigration on grounds of knowledge of "state secrets" in comparison with standards of International Law and the policies of other states: A summary" by White and Case, "The Jordan -Negev Project of Israel" by Louis Bloomfield (reprinted from the Canadian Yearbook of International Law 1964), copies of The Handbook of Palestine and Trans-Jordan" by Harry Luke and E. Keith-Roach, information briefs, The Leuchter Report: The end of a myth: An engineering report on the alleged execution gas chambers at Auschwitz, Birkenau and Majdenek, Poland" by Fred Leuchter, "Canada's Israel Policy: A Brief" by Sabine Luedtke (p. 1-3), lists of reviewed imported material, and reports regarding anti-semitism and Jewish civil rights.
"The Arab-Israeli Conflict: A Brief Presentation" prepared by the the League of Arab States (New York), "L'Organisation de Liberation de la Palestine: Seul Representant Legitime du Peuple Palestinien" prepared by the Departement de l'Information et de l'Orientation Nationale, speeches, View from Ottawa volume X, number 17, "The Racism of International Organizations" by Jean Pierre Bloch, extracts from the Evening Citizen re: Arab Aggression on State of Israel, "The Middle East Slave Trade" by Adrea Rosenberg (reprinted from the Middle East Review volume IX, number 2), National Broadcasting Corporation's broadcast of "No More Vietnams But: U.S. Intervention in the Middle East" by David Saikaley (volunteer at the Human Rights Institute of Canada), Encyclopedia Brittanica articles, "Israel's mistakes are never forgiven: Amidst a sea of hatred and hypocrisy it is a miracle that Israel is still alive" by Dan Nimrod, and Japan Newsletter volume 1, number 9 regarding Arab-Israeli conflicts.
"Questions Concerning the Middle East" chapters from the United Nations Yearbooks 1956, 1964, 1968, "Part One: The United Nations" chapters from the United Nations Yearbooks 1956, 1963, 1964, Commission on Human Rights: Report on the Twenty-Sixth Session" by the United Nations regarding Arab-Israeli conflicts, and human rights in the Middle East.
British and Foreign State Papers, handbooks, treaties, and encyclopedia articles regarding British rule over Palestine and Lebanon. Also includes a copy of the treaty of Versailles
Copies of book chapters, United Nations declarations, and international law regarding Arab-Israeli conflicts, human rights, anti-semitism, nationalism, terrorism, and peace in the middle east.
Correspondence, speeches, newsletters, encyclopedia articles, copies of book chapters, and speeches regarding the history of Palestine, international mandates, Libya, Israeli courts, the Holocaust, and social tolerance.
"The Middle East Situation: Crisis in Understanding and Truth" speech by Heath Macquarrie, Funny, You Don't Look Christian by Robert Herhold, The Arab-Israeli Conflict: The 1967 Campaign by Keesing's Research Report, "Chapter XVI: From Balfour to Bevin" from Promise and Fulfillment by Arthur Koestler, Cross Currents by Arnold Foster and Benjamin Epstein, extracts from The Palestine Problem Today: Israel and its Neighbours by Carl Voss, Commons debates volume 119, number 175, "Chapter 8: Immigration and Citizenship" from the Report of the Royal Commission on the Status of Women in Canada, extracts from The SIren Years: A Canadian Diplomat Abroad 1937-1945 by Charles Ritchie, "Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees (Geneva 1951)," notes, "The Handbook of Palestine and Trans-Jordan" by Harry Luke and E. Keith-Roach, various book chapters, and encyclopedia articles regarding Arab-Israeli conflict and international relations with the Middle East.
Commons debates, The Blood of Israel: The Massacre of the Israeli Athletes: The Olympics, 1972 by Serge Groussard, "From Palestine to Suez" from Mike: The Memoirs of the Rt. Hon. Lester B. Pearson, Volume 2, 1948-1957, and Canada at the United Nations 1947 published by the Department of External Affairs regarding Arab-Israeli conflict and the history of the crisis in the Middle East.
Palestine: The Arab-Israeli Conflict: A Rampart Press Reader edited by Russell Stetler, The United Nations Emergency Force by Gabriella Rosner, "Chapter IV: Territory and Territorial Jurisdiction" from The Law of Nations by Herbert Briggs, encyclopedia articles, The Road to War 1967: The Origins of the Arab-Israel Conflict by Walter Laquer, "The Arab Refugees: Arab Statements and the Facts" published the Israel Ministry for Foreign Affairs regarding Arab-Israeli conflicts.
Research materials regarding Jews in Arab countries, Arab-Israeli conflicts, anti-semitism, terrorism, the Palestine Liberation Organization, human rights, women's rights, the effectiveness of the United Nations, and sources of research.
Research notes and materials, copies of book chapters, and correspondence regarding Jews in Arab nations, refugees, anti-semitism, hate propaganda, Palestinian and Israeli territory, terrorism, and Arab-Israeli conflicts.
Newspaper clippings regarding anti-semitism in Canada, criticism of Israel, Canada's human rights record, Harper government of Canada's support of Israel, and public support of Palestine and Israel.
Correspondence, newspaper clippings, legislation, memorandum, research papers, and supporting documentation regarding hate propaganda and hate propaganda criminal laws in Canada.
Correspondence, transcripts of broadcasts, articles, copies of Dialogue Magazine, and copies of newspaper clippings regarding Harry A.L. Stephen and his views on Israel and the middle east. Also includes copies of ME Ritchie's resume and the incorporation documents for the Human Rights Institute of Canada.
Speeches made by Israeli Ambassador Michael Comay and Israeli Foreign Minister Golda Meir to the United Nations Security Council, the Special Political Committee, and the General Assembly regarding Arab-Israeli relations and conflicts, as well as refugees.
House of Commons debates and indices regarding Arab-Israeli conflicts, foreign policy, Egypt and the Suez Canal, and the Middle East.
House of Commons debates and indices regarding Arab-Israeli conflicts, foreign policy, and the Middle East.
Notes, memorandum, Convention on Offences and Certain Other Acts Committed on board Aircraft (Tokyo), Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Seizure of Aircraft (the Hague), International Civil Aviation Organization: Convention to Discourage Acts of Violence against Civil Aviation (Montreal), copies of the Criminal Code chapter C-34, Bill C-2 An Act to amend the Criminal Code, "Legal Aspects of the Middle East Situation" by Quincy Wright, "International Law and the Outbreak of War in the Middle East, 1967" by William O'Brien, "United Nations Action with Respect to the Middle Eastern Conflict" prepared by the United Nations Security Council, correspondence, and a "Report by Canada on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination" regarding foreign policy, law and the Middle East, and Arab-Israeli conflicts.
Copies of newspaper clippings, "Antisemitism and the Canadian Government," "History versus Arab claims to 'homeland'," and Revolutionary Violence and Canadian Policy" by M.E. Ritchie, and correspondence regarding anti-semitism and Arab-Israeli conflicts
Memorandum and On Fighting Oblivion - about reading old books on new problems: Palestine: about politics and semantics by Michael Aryeh regarding the origin of Israel.
Newspaper clippings, copies of magazine articles, pamphlets, and notes regarding Arab-Israeli conflicts, oil, terrorism, skyjacking/airplane hijacking, refugees, boycotts, the Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO), and global effects of unrest in the middle east.
Newspaper clippings, memorandum, and United Nations General Assembly notes regarding terrorism, the UN Convention of the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination, the history of Israel, and skyjacking/ airplane hijacking.
Correspondence, notes, press releases, and copies of newspaper clippings regarding hate speech laws, Arab-Israeli conflicts, Perspectives on Israel and Palestine, and conflicts in the middle east.
Newspaper clippings regarding Arab-Israeli conflicts, the role of the United Nations, and Muslims in Britain.
Copies of newspaper clippings regarding Arab-Israeli conflicts, United Nations peace talks in the middle east, Canadian international relations, Canada and the United Nations, and the United Nations conference against racism in Durban.
Newspaper clippings, United Nations Economic and Social Council reports, and newsletters regarding Arab-Israeli conflicts, anti-semitism, the protection of minorities, the Suez Canal, and the United Nations.
Newspaper clippings and bulletins regarding Arab-Israeli conflicts and the occupation of Jordan.
The United Nations Charter, notes, memorandum, and newspaper clippings regarding Arab-Israeli conflicts, analogies for refugees, the 1973 Israeli war, and international relations with Israel.
Newspaper clippings regarding oil, terrorism, skyjacking/ airplane hijacking, the 1973 Israeli war, and Israeli-American relations.
Newspaper clippings, copies of magazine articles, and supporting documentation regarding Arab-Israeli conflicts, anti-semitism, Canadian opinions on Israel, refugees, skyjacking/ airplane hijacking, zionism,Canadian middle eastern politics, and the 1973 Israeli war.
Newspaper clippings and United Nations reports regarding Canada and the United Nations resolutions, peace talks, and international support in Israel-Palestine conflicts.
Newspaper clippings regarding terrorism, Arab-Israeli conflicts, peace talks, and the United Nations stance on Israel.
Newspaper clippings regarding terrorism, Arab-Israeli conflicts, oil, and peace talks.
Newspaper clippings regarding Arab-Palestinian conflicts, United Nations stance on Israel, peace talks, terrorism, and the 1973 Israeli war.
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.
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.
Speeches, interview transcripts, and press releases by Pierre Elliott Trudeau regarding relations between Ottawa and Quebec, the constitution, the Charter of Rights and Freedoms, Quebec separatism, Liberal Party election win, referendum on separation in Quebec, and national unity.
Speeches, interview transcripts, draft legislation, and press releases by Pierre Elliott Trudeau regarding the constitution, the Charter of Rights and Freedoms, and language rights.
Speeches, interview transcripts, and press releases by Pierre Elliott Trudeau regarding the constitution, the Charter of Rights and Freedoms, the budget, and language rights.
Correspondence, copies of newspaper clippings, and memorandum regarding the selection process for the Dean of the Diplomatic Corps.
Correspondence, magazine articles, legislation, copies of newspaper clippings, speeches, House of Commons proceedings, encyclopedia articles, and press releases regarding Quebec separatism, metric conversion, Canada Post logo, the Freedom of Information Act, the Charter of Rights and Freedoms, elections, and Canadian Indentity.
Copies of newspaper clippings, speeches, and a copy of the signed proclaimation of the Constitution regarding the signing of the constitution on April 17, 1982.
Correspondence, copies of newspaper clippings, and the resolution by Parliament for the Canadian Constitution 1981 regarding the proceedings of Parliament and the British government in passing the Constitution.
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.
Correspondence, newsletters, and copies of newspaper clippings regarding Irene Marchand's support for the Human Rights Institute of Canada.
Political cartoons, poems, correspondence, and letters to the editor by Reginald Dixon regarding bilingualism, as well as Canadian history and politics.
Correspondence, memorandum, copies of newspaper clippings, public meeting agendas, and press releases regarding support from Canadians for Language Fairness for the Human Rights Institute of Canada, bilingualism in the city of Ottawa, the effect of bilingualism in the western part of Canada, and the Official Languages Act.
Correspondence, copies of newspaper clippings, 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, rights for anglophone majorities, and the Official Languages Act.
Affidavits for the Ontario Superior Court of Justice, correspondence, copies of newspaper clippings, newsletters, and promotional materials regarding a lawsuit filed by the Canadians for Language Fairness (CLF) against the city of Ottawa over the bilingualism by-law.
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.
Correspondence, speeches, House of Commons debates, notes, and Dialogue Magazine regarding the formation of Heritage Canada, presentations made by the Chateauguay Valley English-Speaking Peoples Association (CVESPA) to the Official Languages Committee, government speeches for the Acadian World Congress, mutual support between the CVESPA and the Human Rights Institute of Canada, and legal action considered by ME Ritchie against the mayor of Chateauguay for innapropriate comments.
Correspondence, memorandum, meeting materials, and newsletters regarding the Chateauguay Valley English-Speaking Peoples Association (CVESPA)'s work on Quebec's language laws, CVESPA annual meetings, CVESPA Executive Director Janet Hicks and President Maurice King, mutual support between CVESPA and the Human Rights Institute of Canada, and articles in CVESPA's Dialogue magazine.
Frequently asked questions and basic information on the Canadian Constitution Foundation from their website.