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The following section is a portal to the entire collection of primary documents on this site, most of which are saved as PDF files.
Canadian Civil Liberties Association
The following collection of position papers were produced by the Canadian Civil Liberties between 1968 and 1998.
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Gouzenko
Documents relating to the defection of Igor Gouzenko, the RCMP investigation, the espionage commission, the spy trials, and the public...
Human Rights Activism
Documents relating to Canadian human rights and civil liberties groups that were active from the 1930s to the 1980s.
Civil liberties...
Human Rights in International Treaties
A list of international human rights treaties, including a list of those rights listed in some of the key treaties. For a more detailed l...
Human Rights Law
Landmark court cases in Canada’s human rights history, including early human rights decisions in British Columbia to accompany the bo...
Jewish Labour Committee
Few social movement organizations can equal the impact of the Jewish Labour Committee (JLC) in fighting discrimination. Such was its...
October Crisis
Documents regarding the federal government’s use of the War Measures Act in 1970. It also gives materials relating to the response f...
Special Joint Committee on the Constitution
The Special Joint Committee on the Constitution (1980-81) solicited feedback from Canadians about the government’s proposal to patriate t...
State Funding
The State Funding for Social Movements project is a five-year study that examines (a) the history of state funding for social movements...
Statutes and Declarations
Major federal and provincial human rights statutes and international declarations.
This section provides links to past legislation...
The readings lists available on this site deal with a range of topics from human rights to biographies and specific events.
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