Canadian Human Rights Champions

The Arduous Journey

Peter Globensky, Beverly Sabourin (Autoren)

Buch | Softcover

320 Seiten

2025
University of Toronto Press (Verlag)
978-1-4875-5062-2 (ISBN)

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This book highlights the remarkable stories of Canadian heroes – both celebrated and unsung – whose passion, dedication, and commitment have shaped the nation’s history and secured the human rights all Canadians now depend on.

Canadian Human Rights Champions recounts the inspiring stories of a select group of advocates who have fought to secure civil, social, and political rights for all Canadians. The book profiles thirty-eight remarkable individuals, delving into their motivations, the challenges they overcame, and the opportunities they seized, while underscoring the crucial importance of defending human rights. It reveals how these champions devoted themselves to an often arduous and challenging struggle, making lasting contributions to building a more just and equitable society in Canada.

Adopting a comprehensive approach, the book focuses on a "basket of rights" drawn from the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, highlighting fundamental freedoms such as the right to association, expression, and equality protections against discrimination based on race, gender, sexual orientation, and disability. It also explores the existing and evolving rights of Indigenous peoples in the context of treaties and international agreements, the Canadian Constitution, reconciliation, as well as the crucial emerging right to a clean environment.

In addition to honouring Canadian heroes, the anthology also highlights those who have championed human rights on the international stage. Canadian Human Rights Champions celebrates the next generation of young activists who are leaving their mark in shaping our collective future and providing hope in these challenging times.

Peter Andre Globensky is a former adjunct professor of political science at Lakehead University, a lecturer at the University of Winnipeg, a Laubach Literacy instructor, and a facilitator and consultant with Indigenous and non-profit organizations. Beverly Anne Sabourin is a fellow and former vice-provost of the Office of Indigenous Initiatives at Lakehead University, an Indigenous education counsellor at the University of Calgary and Confederation College, and director of the Access Program at Red River College.

Acknowledgments

1. Introduction
Peter Andre Globensky and Beverly Anne Sabourin

2. Champions for Racial Harmony
Introduction
Carl Cadogan
Viola Desmond
Neil Armstrong
Khadija Haffajee
Neil Armstrong
Lee Maracle
Neil Armstrong
Arthur K. Miki
Neil Armstrong
Beverley Noel Salmon
Neil Armstrong

3. Champions for Gender and Orientation
Introduction
Alexandra Giesbrecht
Doris Anderson
Alexandra Giesbrecht
Thérèse Casgrain
Alexandra Giesbrecht
Marie-Gerin Lajoie
Alexandra Giesbrecht
George Hislop
Alexandra Giesbrecht
Chaviva Hosek
Alexandra Giesbrecht

4. Champions for a Clean Environment
Introduction
Graham Saunders
Patrick Bonin
Graham Saunders
David Boyd and Ecojustice
Graham Saunders
Tzeporah Berman
Graham Saunders
Josephine Mandamin
Graham Saunders
Merrell Ann Phare
Graham Saunders

5. Champions for Indigenous Rights
Introduction: Residential Schools and Reconciliation
Shirley Stevens
Treaty Rights and Constitutional Protections
UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
Phil Fontaine
Shirley Stevens
Xavier Michon
Marlene Pierre
Louis Riel
Peter Andre Globensky
Mary Two-Axe Earley
Shirley Stevens
Siila Watt-Cloutier
Shirley Stevens

6. Champions for the Freedoms of Expression and Association
Introduction
Peggy Smith
Helen (Ma) Armstrong Dr. Peggy Smith.
Alan Borovoy and The Canadian Civil Liberties Association
Peggy Smith
Maurice Champagne
Louise Blanchard
Walter Tarnopolsky
Shirley Stevens
The Political Equality League
Shirley Stevens

7. Champions for Peoples with Disabilities
Introduction
Charles "Skip" Brooks
Jim Derksen Jasmine Sandham
Dr. Gustave Gingras
Jasmine Sandham
Dr. Bruce Halliday
Jasmine Sandham
James Smokey Tomkins
Jasmine Sandham
Mona Winberg
Jasmine Sandham

8. Champions for International Human Rights
Introduction
Peter Andre Globensky
Irwin Cotler
Carl Cadogan
John Peters Humphrey
Peter Andre Globensky
George Manuel
Beverly Anne Sabourin

9. The Dedication, Passion, and Promise of Youth
Introduction
Shaylynn Loewen
Stella Bowles
Shaylynn Loewen
Albert Lalonde
Shaylynn Loewen
Sophia Mathur
Shaylynn Loewen
Autumn Peltier
Shaylynn Loewen
Abhayheet Singh Sachal
Shaylynn Loewen

10. Human Wrongs and Human Rights
Peter Andre Globensky

References
Editor Biographies
The Champions Writers Collective Biographies
Index

Erscheinungsdatum	28.05.2025
Verlagsort	Toronto
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Gewicht	1 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
	Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Kulturgeschichte
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Ethnologie
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
ISBN-10	1-4875-5062-6 / 1487550626
ISBN-13	978-1-4875-5062-2 / 9781487550622
Zustand	Neuware