Revisiting human rights in Canadian history / edited by Jennifer Tunnicliffe and Stephanie Bangarth.
| Other author | Tunnicliffe, Jennifer, editor |
| Other author | Bangarth, Stephanie D. (Stephanie Danielle), 1972- editor |
| Format | Book |
| Publication | Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada : University of Manitoba Press, [2025] |
| Copyright Date | ©2025 |
| Description | xv, 356 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
| Subjects |
| Series | Human rights and social justice series, 2291-6024 ; Human rights and social justice series ; 5. |
| 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 Re-enslavement 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. |
| Abstract | "Through insightful essays, Revisiting Human Rights in Canadian History challenges the national myths that celebrate Canada's inclusivity, frame this country as a global human rights leader, and minimize persistent inequalities at home. Contributors to this volume critically examine how Canadian citizens and governments have historically understood and mobilized human rights, as well as who has fought for, benefitted from, and been excluded from them. Spanning topics such as incarceration and criminalization, women's rights, labour movements, Indigenous sovereignty, grassroots activism, immigration, and foreign policy, this collection reflects the diversity of research driving the rapidly developing field of human rights. Both a timely intervention and call to mobilize for social justice, Revisiting Human Rights in Canadian History offers a nuanced reassessment of Canada's history and historiography of human rights."-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references. |
| Other forms | Issued also in electronic format. |
| Issued in other form | Online version: Revisiting human rights in Canadian history. Winnipeg, Manitoba : University of Manitoba Press, 2025. 1772841293 9781772841299 |
| Genre/form | Essays. |
| Genre/form | Essais. |
| ISBN | 9781772841268 |
| ISBN | 9781772841275 (hardcover) |
| ISBN | 1772841277 |
| ISBN | 1772841269 |
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