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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Place / Publishing House: | Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2016] ©2009 |
Year of Publication: | 2016 |
Language: | English |
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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