Event
The 40th Anniversary of the Canadian Charter: Unfinished Business
Centre for Human Rights and Legal Pluralism, 缅北强奸. A roundtable, co-hosted by Colleen Sheppard & Vrinda Narain
Event Program听(All times are for Montreal, Eastern Daylight Time; all sessions will be hosted on Zoom and recorded.)
09:15 am (ET)
Welcome and Introduction听
Colleen Sheppard
听09:30 鈥 11:00 am
Session 1:听 Missing Rights?
Moderator:听Nandini Ramanujam
Speakers:
- Mirja Trilsch: 鈥淭he Charter at 40 鈥 Who鈥檚听still听afraid of social rights?鈥
- S茅bastien Jodoin: 鈥淚ncluding the Right to a Healthy Environment in the Charter鈥
- Fran莽ois Cr茅peau:听鈥淭he human rights of migrants: a blind spot everywhere鈥
11:00-11:15听 -- BREAK --
11:15 鈥 12:45 pm
Session 2: Interpretive Complexities
Moderator: Vrinda Narain
Speakers:
- Tamara Thermitus:听 芦听Le droit 脿 l鈥櫭ゞalit茅 et l鈥檃cc猫s 脿 la justice听: une utopie pour les personnes racis茅es鈥?听禄
- Joshua Nichols:听"Section 35 is not in the听Charter: A Review of the Constitutional "Background" of R. v. Sparrow"
- Colleen Sheppard: 鈥淩etrospective on Substantive Equality: Fissures & Fracture鈥
12:45 鈥 13:00 pm
Closing remarks听:Vrinda Narain听
More information:听听human.rights [at] mcgill.ca
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