Transforming Rights : : Reflections from the Front Lines /

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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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Toronto Press eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013
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Yalden, Maxwell ,
Place / Publishing House:Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2016]
©2009
Year of Publication:2016
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (256 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • 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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