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Report of the Royal Commission on Bilingualism and Biculturalism, Book IV: The Cultural Contributions of the Other Ethnic Groups
This report is Book Four of the Royal Commission on Bilingualism and Biculturalism. It focuses on the contributions of other ethnic groups to the Canadian confederation. The terms of reference of this Commission included the direction to consider…
Representations of Diversity in Canadian Television Entertainment Programming: Case Studies
This report empirically studies the degree to which Canadians embrace diversity and the degree of inclusion and tolerance experienced by various groups, especially minority groups in Canada. The report engages in this study by examining Canadian…
"Canadian Multiculturalism"
This document is a background paper on Canadian multiculturalism. It outlines the sociology of multiculturalism in Canada, as well as the legal and policy dimensions of multiculturalism.
Queen's Park Endorsements
This is a photograph of Cheri DiNovo, who performed the first legal same-sex marriage registered in Canada in 2001.
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.…
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
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…
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…
North-West Mounted Police, 1886
This photo captures officers of the North-West Mounted Police at Fort Macleod, circa 1886.
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.
"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.
"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…
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
"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.