This brochure provides information about the Teslin Tlingit Justice Council and Peacemaker Court. A tripartite agreement among the Teslin Tlingit Council, the Yukon government, and the Canadian government provided for the establishment of a Teslin…
In this paper, the author explores how we might understand law from an Aboriginal perspective. She makes a critical distinction between "legal systems" and "legal order". She explores the sources of law, the kinds of law, legal reasoning, and the…
This is a hyperlink to the 2014 Supreme Court of Canada decision in Tsilhqot’in Nation v. British Columbia. In Tsilhqot’in Nation v. British Columbia, the Supreme Court of Canada established Aboriginal title for the Tsilhqot’in Nation. The case…
IdleNoMoreMedia, the creator of this video, provides the following description:
"This summer the Supreme Court of Canada made a historic ruling that the Tsilhqot'in Indigenous nation in British Columbia holds Aboriginal title to its traditional…
This photograph captures a woman arguing with Joanne Siska during a protest against Sharia law in Toronto. At the time, the Ontario government was considering allowing Shariah law to be used as a form of faith-based arbitration in the province.…
This figure illustrates demographic changes in religious affiliation in Canada between 1971 and 2011. The figure is part of Pew Research Center's report, "Canada's Changing Religious Landscape". This report was prepared with data made available from…
This hyperlink leads to a Pew Research Center demographic study on the role of religion in Canadian life. Notwithstanding the historic place of the Protestant and Catholic churches in Canada, this 2013 reports that "more Canadians belong to minority…
This is a photograph of ohn George Lambton, First Earl of Durham. Lord Durham was the Governor General of British North America from 1837 to 1838. He was sent to British North America to investigate the causes of the 1837 rebellions in Upper and…
This film is a documentary about Bill 60, Quebec's Charter of Values, which was proposed in September 2013. This Bill would have banned public employees from wearing “ostentatious religious symbols” to work and prohibited such employees from…
This video reports on Premier LeSage's electoral victory in Quebec in 1960. Prior to this point, the province had been under the government of Premier Maurice Duplessis, and the Catholic church was deeply rooted in both the cultural and political…
Above, is an exact replica of the BNA Act, sent to Canada by the British government, in honour of Canada’s 150th Birthday. The BNA Act was a symbolic piece of Canadian History, especially one of religious significance, as it protected freedom of…
This is a photograph of the Treaty of Paris, 1763. Through the signatures of England, France and Spain, the French rule of the Québec colony was transferred to the British. Section 4 of the Treaty gives the French in Quebec the right to practice…
This is an excerpt from Fay Faraday's report, "Made in Canada : How the Law Constructs Migrant Workers' Insecurity" (Toronto: Metcalf Foundation 2012), p. 24. It illustrates the difficulties that temporary foreign workers have in getting permanent…
This report illustrates how the Canadian economy relies on low-wage migrant workers who are granted temporary residency rights in Canada. The legal framework underpinning the Temporary Foreign Workers Program leaves these workers vulnerable to…
This data from Citizenship and Immigration Canada (name of organization at time of publication) represents the five provinces with the highest number of temporary
foreign workers. The data illustrates how policy changes to the TFWP affected the…
This segment on The Stream by Al Jazeera provides insight on concerns about the Temporary Foreign Worker Programs and the direction reforms should take in order to fall in line with Canadian values. The video notes conflicting public views about the…
This image file is a screenshot of a post on the Liberal Party of Canada's website, which reported on a motion made by Liberal Party MP John McCallum in Canadian Parliament to amend the Temporary Foreign Worker Program. Note that the governing party…
This newspaper article reports on debates surrounding pay equity, as Ontario considered enacting equal pay legislation. This article highlights some of political issues related to employment that existed at the same time that foreign workers were…
