Canadian Values

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Canadian Values

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This video provides a "walk through" of our exhibit on Canadian values. The video highlights some of the key Canadian values in our legal system. It was produced by The Eh Team, namely: Ben Barrett, Andre Fast, Brad Gould, Ben Fickling, four of the…
Toronto demand Inquiry G20 Canada day

This photograph captures peaceful protesters demanding an inquiry into the G20 arrests and policing tactics.
Infographic: Canadian Values

This image features a collection of quotes that are presented in the shape of a maple leaf, with red borders, as a way to replicate to Canadian flag. The quotes all pertain to key Canadian legal values.
Jacklaytoninascrum2006

This is a photograph of the late leader of the New Democratic Party of Canada, Jack Layton, in a media scrum outside a campaign rally at the Kent Street legion in Ottawa, Canada.
Idlenomore_Victoria

This photograph captures Idle No More protesters marching along Government Street in Victoria on December 21, 2012.
Idlenomore_Victoria

This photograph captures Idle No More protesters marching along Government Street in Victoria on December 21, 2012.
"First Syrian Refugee family landed in Toronto"

This photograph captures people gathered at an airport to welcome the first refugees to arrive from Syria in Canada following ongoing civil war and a major civilian crisis in Syria. Syrians were welcome with signs in both English and Arabic.
G20 Riots in Toronto: Burning police cruiser

G20 RIOTS SAT 26 JUNE 2010 - Burning police cruiser at the intersection of Bay and King Streets in the heart of Toronto's Financial District
"People boxed in by riot police at Queen and Spadina"

This photograph captures police using "kettling", a controversial crowd control technique that involves boxing people into an intersection and slowing moving inward so that people are crowded tightly together. Photographer Jonas Naimark provides this…
"John"

This image shows King John signing the Magna Carta in 1215. The Magna Carta is considered to be the first declaration in Western history to impose the rule of law.
Signage outside the Supreme Court, Canada

This photograph shows signage outside the Supreme Court of Canada in Ottawa, ON.
Signage outside the Supreme Court, Canada

This photograph shows signage outside the Supreme Court of Canada in Ottawa, ON.
North-West Mounted Police, 1886

This photo captures officers of the North-West Mounted Police at Fort Macleod, circa 1886.
Recruitment advertisement for North-West Mounted Police

This notice appeared as an advertisement in Halifax in 1873. In the advertisement, the government of Canada sought twenty young men for service in the North West Mounted Police. The men were required to be of good character, single, between the…
Interior of the Old Supreme Court of Canada

This is a photograph of the interior of Canada's Supreme Court of Canada in 1890. At this time, the Supreme Court of Canada was not the highest court in Canada. Decisions of the Supreme Court of Canada could be appealed to the Judicial Committee of…
Stained glass window, City Hall

This is a photograph of a stained glass window in Toronto's City Hall
Stained glass window, City Hall

This is a photograph of a stained glass window in Toronto's City Hall
Vancouver Sun (Re), [2004] 2 S.C.R. 332, 2004 SCC 43

This Supreme Court of Canada decision addresses the Open Court Principle in the context of a judicial investigative hearing pursuant to s. 83.28 of the Canadian Criminal Code. The case involved an accused person related to the Air India bombing case.…
Queen's Park Endorsements

This is a photograph of Cheri DiNovo, who performed the first legal same-sex marriage registered in Canada in 2001.
G20: Police

This is a photograph of police at the G20 protests in Toronto taken as the police were advancing on protesters. The protesters had gathered just south of Queens Park, Toronto, which had been designated a "Free Speech Zone". Police, however, ordered…
Police line, advancing Queens Park Circle West side

This is a photograph of police at the G20 protests in Toronto taken as the police were advancing on protesters. The protesters had gathered just south of Queens Park, Toronto, which had been designated a "Free Speech Zone". Police, however, ordered…

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