Chapter 5

Key Vocabulary

Human Right Discrimination Human Rights Codes Stereotyping Prejudice Complaint Prima Facie Gravamen Respondent Mediation Conciliation

Creating a Web

Create an idea web around the following statement

All Students are Alike

So what is a human right, then?

Citation to Ponder

Human Rights are your rights. Seize them. Defend them. Promote them. Understand them and insist on them. Nourish and nourish them... They are the best in us. Give them life.

- Kofi Annan, secretary general of the United Nations

Canada and Human Rights

"[W]e who live in fortunate lands where we have inherited good things, are prone to accept good things,are prone to accept freedom, the most important of these good things, with an indifference which is the greatest threat to its continuance"

Lester B. Pearson

Canada and Human Rights

In spite of enormous gains and the fact that Canada has one of the strongest rights records in the world, several groups continue to experience discrimination:

Disabled People Gay Community Aboriginal and Ethnic communities Name some more communities……

Charter v. Human Rights Codes

Canadian Charter

“Prohibited”

Under the prohibited discrimination ,one has to infer “discrimination based upon”

Race National or ethnic background Color Religion Age Sex Sexual orientation Mental and physical disability Family or Marital Status

Human Rights Legislation is used to correct and prevent injustice of discrimination

Human Rights Act( Quick facts) The idea behind the Human Rights Act is that

everybody should be treated with dignity, equality, respect and fairness. But that doesn't make good newspaper copy!

Passed in 1977 and applies to federal government department s, Crown corporations, and business and industries that are under the jurisdiction of the federal government.

All provinces have enacted human rights codes, they are amended periodically and are also subject to the Canadian Charter

Quick Facts about Human Rights they belong to everyone

they are based on principles of fairness, equality, dignity and respect

they are about how public authorities, including the Government, hospitals and social services must treat you

they prevent authorities from doing certain things to you, like treating you in a degrading way

they also sometimes force authorities to take certain actions, like taking steps to protect your life

Filing a Complaint/ Key Terms

Filing a Complaint/ Key Terms Complaint is the person making an

allegation of discrimination Prima Facie: legally convincing

unless disproved by contrary evidence( a case whose case first impression is legally convincing)

Gravamen: the most serious part of an accusation

Key terms

Respondent : the person or organization that the complaint alleges committed discrimination

Mediation: intervention between conflicting parties that promotes compromise or settlement of the dispute

Conciliation: bringing conflicting parties to a resolution of their differences