Transforming Rights : : Reflections from the Front Lines / / Maxwell Yalden.
Maxwell Yalden began his career in the Department of External Affairs; he was posted to Moscow and Paris, and later as ambassador to Belguim. As Canada's Language Commissioner from 1977-1984, he worked to reinforce the Official Languages Act, and language equality, encouraging Canadians to beco...
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Yalden, Maxwell , author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut Transforming Rights : Reflections from the Front Lines / Maxwell Yalden. Toronto : University of Toronto Press, [2016] ©2009 1 online resource (256 p.) text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- PART ONE: INTRODUCTION -- 1. Personal File -- 2. School, University, Graduate Studies -- 3. A Public Service Career -- PART TWO: LANGUAGE RIGHTS -- 1. The Background to Language Reform -- 2. The Origins of the Royal Commission on Bilingualism and Biculturalism -- 3. The Royal Commission Recommendations and Government Reactions -- 4. Summary of Commission Proposals and Government Reactions -- PART THREE: HUMAN RIGHTS -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The Universality of Human Rights Norms -- 3. Perspectives on Human Rights -- 4. The Canadian Experience -- 5. Discrimination -- 6. Multiculturalism -- 7. Employment Equity -- 8. Pay Equity -- 9. Aboriginal Rights -- PART FOUR: HUMAN RIGHTS AND INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS -- 1. International Human Rights Machinery -- 2. The High Commissioner for Human Rights -- 3. Regional Human Rights Machinery -- 4. The Human Rights Covenants and the Treaty Bodies -- 5. Canada and International Human Rights Machinery -- 6. Canada and Human Rights Violations -- PART FIVE: SUMMING UP AND CONCLUSIONS -- 1. Language Rights -- 2. Human Rights -- Appendix: Official Languages and Human Rights Commissioners -- Notes -- Select Bibliography -- Index restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec online access with authorization star Maxwell Yalden began his career in the Department of External Affairs; he was posted to Moscow and Paris, and later as ambassador to Belguim. As Canada's Language Commissioner from 1977-1984, he worked to reinforce the Official Languages Act, and language equality, encouraging Canadians to become more inclusive in their attitudes towards both official languages. Chief Commissioner of the Canadian Human Rights Commission from 1987-1996, he also served for eight years as a member of the United Nations Human Rights Committee. Transforming Rights draws on Yalden's extensive experience in rights work to provide a personal assessment of how issues of human rights and language rights have evolved over the past forty years, both within Canada and internationally.Transforming Rights contends that Canadian rights principles reflect a unique history and character and examines the interplay of historical and contemporary Canadian standards with comparable international norms. Yalden argues that Canada's rights achievements demonstrate that though it may not be possible to change beliefs and attitudes through policy and legislation, it is certainly possible to change behaviour - facilitating the expansion of rights. Authoritative and anecdotal, Yalden offers an informed insider's opinion on continuously evolving human rights norms and the impact they have had on the way that people live their lives. Issued also in print. Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. In English. Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 30. Aug 2021) Human rights Canada. Language policy Canada. POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Freedom. bisacsh Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Toronto Press eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013 9783110490954 print 9781442640078 https://doi.org/10.3138/9781442670167 https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9781442670167 Cover https://www.degruyter.com/cover/covers/9781442670167.jpg |
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- PART ONE: INTRODUCTION -- 1. Personal File -- 2. School, University, Graduate Studies -- 3. A Public Service Career -- PART TWO: LANGUAGE RIGHTS -- 1. The Background to Language Reform -- 2. The Origins of the Royal Commission on Bilingualism and Biculturalism -- 3. The Royal Commission Recommendations and Government Reactions -- 4. Summary of Commission Proposals and Government Reactions -- PART THREE: HUMAN RIGHTS -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The Universality of Human Rights Norms -- 3. Perspectives on Human Rights -- 4. The Canadian Experience -- 5. Discrimination -- 6. Multiculturalism -- 7. Employment Equity -- 8. Pay Equity -- 9. Aboriginal Rights -- PART FOUR: HUMAN RIGHTS AND INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS -- 1. International Human Rights Machinery -- 2. The High Commissioner for Human Rights -- 3. Regional Human Rights Machinery -- 4. The Human Rights Covenants and the Treaty Bodies -- 5. Canada and International Human Rights Machinery -- 6. Canada and Human Rights Violations -- PART FIVE: SUMMING UP AND CONCLUSIONS -- 1. Language Rights -- 2. Human Rights -- Appendix: Official Languages and Human Rights Commissioners -- Notes -- Select Bibliography -- Index |
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- PART ONE: INTRODUCTION -- 1. Personal File -- 2. School, University, Graduate Studies -- 3. A Public Service Career -- PART TWO: LANGUAGE RIGHTS -- 1. The Background to Language Reform -- 2. The Origins of the Royal Commission on Bilingualism and Biculturalism -- 3. The Royal Commission Recommendations and Government Reactions -- 4. Summary of Commission Proposals and Government Reactions -- PART THREE: HUMAN RIGHTS -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The Universality of Human Rights Norms -- 3. Perspectives on Human Rights -- 4. The Canadian Experience -- 5. Discrimination -- 6. Multiculturalism -- 7. Employment Equity -- 8. Pay Equity -- 9. Aboriginal Rights -- PART FOUR: HUMAN RIGHTS AND INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS -- 1. International Human Rights Machinery -- 2. The High Commissioner for Human Rights -- 3. Regional Human Rights Machinery -- 4. The Human Rights Covenants and the Treaty Bodies -- 5. Canada and International Human Rights Machinery -- 6. Canada and Human Rights Violations -- PART FIVE: SUMMING UP AND CONCLUSIONS -- 1. Language Rights -- 2. Human Rights -- Appendix: Official Languages and Human Rights Commissioners -- Notes -- Select Bibliography -- Index |
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