Revisiting human rights in Canadian history / edited by Jennifer Tunnicliffe and Stephanie Bangarth.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Tunnicliffe, Jennifer, editor.

Bangarth, Stephanie D. (Stephanie Danielle), 1972- editor.

EBSCOhost

Series:

Human rights and social justice series ; 5.

Human rights and social justice series ; 5

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Human rights--Canada--Historiography.

Human rights.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xv, 356 pages) : illustrations.

Place of Publication:

Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada : University of Manitoba Press, [2025]

Contents:

Reflections: Current Trends in Historical Writing on Human Rights in Canada / James W. St.G. Walker

A Child’s Right to be Civilised? Human Rights, Children’s Rights, and Indigenous Rights / Jasmine Holding Brown

Whose Rights Count? Antiracist Activists, Feminists, and Canada’s Human Rights Codes from the early 1950s to the early 1970s / Ruth Frager

On the Edge of Freedom: The Reenslavement of Elizabeth Watson in Nova Scotia / Franco Paz and Harvey Amani Whitfield

Internment is a Family Affair: One Pro-Communist Ukrainian-Jewish Extended Family’s Experiences with Political Incarceration in World War II Canada / Rhonda Hinther

“Injurious Effects on Mind and Body”: Solitary Confinement and the Limitations of Rights in Canadian Penitentiaries / Janet Miron

Performative Justice? Canada’s Response to Alleged War Criminals in the Country, the Case of the Minister of Citizenship and Immigration v. Vladimir Katriuk / Katelyn Arac

The Battle of Church Street: Queers, Police, and the Streets of Toronto, 1981 / Tom Hooper

From Demanding Exclusion to Joining the Human Rights Community: Labour, Human Rights, and Immigration Policy in 1940s Canada / David Goutor

Universal Rights in Local Contexts: Postwar Human Rights Debates in Quebec (1945–60) / Paul-Étienne Rainville

Native Non-Governmental Organizations: Grassroots Constructions of Aboriginal Human Rights in Canada / María Cristina Manzano-Munguia, Dan Smoke, and Mary Lou Smoke

Inside Out: The Rights Revolution and Canadian Foreign Policy since 1948 / Asa McKercher

“Eyes on the Prize”: Canada, Human Rights, and South African Apartheid in the Transition Years / Daniel Manulak

Pacific Flows: Asia, Canada, and Human Rights Norms Diffusion / David Webster.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Electronic reproduction. Ipswich, MA Available via World Wide Web.

Description based on print version record.

Other Format:

Online version: Revisiting human rights in Canadian history.

ISBN:

9781772841282 (electronic bk.)

1772841285 (electronic bk.)

Publisher Number:

40033058247

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.