CCLA Intervenes In Case Challenging Public Funding Of Catholic Schools In...
Toronto – October 16, 2012 - The Canadian Civil Liberties Association (CCLA) will be participating this week in litigation challenging the public funding of Ontario’s Catholic schools. The hearing in...
View ArticleYork University Chapter of CCLA to host Panel Discussion on Refugee Rights in...
On November 20, 2012 from 1pm to 2:30pm, CCLA at YorkU will be hosting a panel discussion on the topic of immigration/refugee rights! On June 28, 2012, Parliament passed Bill C-31, the new “Protecting...
View ArticleAshley Smith Inquest began last week
The coroner’s inquest into the death of Ashley Smith resumed in Toronto on Monday January 14th, 2013. An earlier inquest was discontinued after the retirement of the first coroner. Ashley Smith died...
View ArticleUpcoming Toronto Event: Voting Rights for Permanent Residents in Municipal...
Hundreds of thousands of Toronto residents pay local taxes and use city services, but have no say in who represents them, because they are not yet Canadian citizens. Recently, the City of Toronto’s...
View ArticleAn Update on the Ashley Smith Inquest
Ashley Smith died tragically at the age of 19 inside her cell at Grand Valley Institution for Women in Kitchener in 2007 after tying a ligature around her neck while guards, instructed not to...
View ArticlePetition Against Announced Cuts to Social Security in Quebec
Up to now, nearly 9000 people have signed a petition for the National Assembly of Quebec supporting the abandonment of announced cuts to social security for elderly people from 55 to 58 years and for...
View ArticleToronto Event: FROM LOCAL TO INTERNATIONAL Challenging Canada’s Human Rights...
The United Nations Human Rights Council is now conducting its comprehensive review of Canada’s compliance with international human rights laws – its Universal Periodic Review (UPR). A delegation of...
View ArticleLIVE BLOG: From local to international, Challenging Canada’s human rights...
Can’t make it to our “From Local to International: Challenging Canada’s Human Rights Record at the UN” event? We’ll be live blogging the event today – check it out below! More information about the...
View ArticleUpdate on the Ashley Smith Inquest – May 2013
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 breathing – watched....
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 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 ArticlePetition Against Announced Cuts to Social Security in Quebec
Up to now, nearly 9000 people have signed a petition for the National Assembly of Quebec supporting the abandonment of announced cuts to social security for elderly people from 55 to 58 years and for...
View ArticleToronto Event: FROM LOCAL TO INTERNATIONAL Challenging Canada’s Human Rights...
The United Nations Human Rights Council is now conducting its comprehensive review of Canada’s compliance with international human rights laws – its Universal Periodic Review (UPR). A delegation of...
View ArticleLIVE BLOG: From local to international, Challenging Canada’s human rights...
Can’t make it to our “From Local to International: Challenging Canada’s Human Rights Record at the UN” event? We’ll be live blogging the event today – check it out below! More information about the...
View ArticleUpdate on the Ashley Smith Inquest – May 2013
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 breathing – watched....
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...
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