History of Human Rights in Canada

3 credits · Undergraduate

(3 hrs Lecture) This course examines the history of human rights within the Canadian context including key federal, provincial and municipal legislation as well as critical human rights institutions. The course explores the evolution of the human rights in Canada in relation to their international RIGHTS counterparts, and historical discrimination in Canada in areas such as immigration, employment and housing, internment of minority populations, gender, sexuality, antisemitism and treatment of Indigenous peoples. Cross-listed: HIST-2512(3). Restrictions: Students may not hold credit for this course and HIST-2512.