CCLA McGill Law Chapter Presents Discussion on Charter of Quebec Values
WHERE: Moot Court, New Chancellor Day Hall, 3644 Rue Peel WHEN: Monday, December 2nd, 2013, 5:30 PM ADMISSION: Free The Canadian Civil Liberties Association chapter at McGill Law is co-sponsoring a...
View ArticleMedia Advisory: CCLA to Discuss Discrimination in Varsity Collegiate Sports
TO: ASSIGNMENT EDITORS MEDIA ADVISORY – CANADIAN CIVIL LIBERTIES ASSOCIATION TO DISCUSS DISCRIMINATION IN VARSITY COLLEGIATE SPORTS Ottawa, June 6, 2013—Nathalie Des Rosiers, General Counsel for...
View ArticleThe Ashley Smith Inquest: 5 Months In
In October 2007, Ashley Smith died tragically at the age of 19 inside her prison cell at the Grand Valley Institution in Kitchener after tying a ligature around her neck, while prison guards –...
View ArticleSaudi Arabia sentences women for helping Canadians Nathalie Morin and her...
CCLA has for years been calling for the right of Canadian Nathalie Morin and her Canadian children, to be able to freely travel from Saudi Arabia to Canada, in accordance with international legal...
View ArticleCCLA Joins Trans March at Toronto Pride 2013
On June 28th, 2013 CCLA joined over 1,000 trans people and allies at the Toronto Pride Trans March. This was CCLA’s second year participating in the March, which has been held annually since 2009....
View ArticleThe Ashley Smith Inquest Resumes
In October 2007, Ashley Smith died tragically at the age of 19 inside her prison cell after tying a ligature around her neck, while prison guards – instructed not to intervene before she stopped...
View ArticleCCLA addresses the Toronto Police Services Board on “carding” and racial...
On April 8th, 2014, CCLA presented submissions to the Toronto Police Services Board on the issue of police carding and racial profiling. To its credit, the Board is working to develop its first-ever...
View ArticleCCLA Awaits Release of Police Encounters with People in Crisis Report
July 24, 2014 – The CCLA eagerly awaits the release of Justice Iacobucci’s report tomorrow, Police Encounters with People in Crisis. The CCLA made written submissions, found here, and Executive...
View ArticleCall to Action – Please help us take a stand for equal rights for trans...
Canada’s Senate is about to take a decision on whether to extend important human rights protections to trans individuals in Canada. Bill C-279 seeks to recognize the right of trans people to be free...
View ArticleCCLA calls for recognition of Deepan Budlakoti’s citizenship
CCLA has again written to the Honourable Chris Alexander, Minister of Citizenship and Immigration, requesting that he recognize the citizenship of Deepan Budlakoti. Read our letter here. Deepan...
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