Biographies
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Biographical information on individuals referenced in this site.
Encyclopaedia - Biographies
- Agatha Chapman
- Alan Borovoy
- Alan Nunn May
- Arthur Roebuck
- Biswarup Bhattacharya
- C. W. Harvison
- D. W. Mundell
- David Shugar
- Durnford Smith
- E. K. Williams
- Edward Mazerall
- Emma Woikin
- Eric Adams
- Frank Scott
- Fred Rose
- Fred W. Poland
- Gérald Fauteux
- Gordon Lunan
- Harold Gerson
- Igor Gouzenko
- Irving Himel
- Israel Halperin
- J. L. Cohen
- J. R. Cartwright
- J.S. Benning
- James C. McRuer
- John Humphrey
- John Leopold
- Kalmen Kaplansky
- Kathleen Ruff
- Kathleen Willsher
- Matt S. Nightingale
- Maurice Champagne
- Maurice Duplessis
- Maurice Duplessis
- R.L. Kellock
- Raymond Boyer
- Reg Robson
- Robert Taschereau
- Sam Carr
- Shelagh Day
- Events and Issues
- 1760 British Conquest (Colonial Rule)
- 1837-38 Rebellions
- 1867 Confederation
- 1896 Manitoba Schools Question
- 1914-18 First World War
- 1919 Section 98
- 1919 Winnipeg General Strike
- 1936 Christie v York
- 1937 Padlock Act
- 1939-45 Second World War
- 1945 Japanese Canadians
- 1945-46 Gouzenko Affair
- 1953-59 The Supreme Court of Canada
- 1959 Newfoundland and the IWA
- 1960 Canadian Bill of Rights
- 1968 International Year for Human Rights
- 1969 Bylaw 3926 (Montreal)
- 1969 White Paper on Indian Policy
- 1970 October Crisis
- 1970 Royal Commission on the Status of Women
- 1971 Gastown Riot
- 1976 Montreal Olympics
- 1977 Task Force on Canadian Unity
- 1977 The G.A.T.E. Case
- 1981 Bathhouse Raids (Toronto)
- Aboriginal Peoples
- Africville
- Anti-Semitic Riots (Toronto)
- Capital Punishment
- Censorship
- Charter of Rights and Freedoms
- Corporal Punishment
- Denominational Education in Newfoundland
- Dresden and Racial Discrimination
- Duplessis Orphans
- Eugenics
- Freedom of Information
- Georgia Straight
- Hutterites
- Jehovah’s Witnesses
- Privacy
- Restrictive Covenants
- Sexual Orientation
- Spouse-in-the-House
- War Measures Act
- Women’s Rights
- Social Movements
- Rights Associations: First Generation
- Rights Associations: Second Generation
- Alberta
- British Columbia
- Canadian Human Rights Foundation
- Case Study: British Columbia Civil Liberties Association
- Case Study: Canadian Civil Liberties Association
- Case Study: Ligue des droits et libertés
- Federation of Civil Liberties and Human Rights Associations
- Jewish Labour Committee (1936-1980s)
- Manitoba
- National Committee on Human Rights
- New Brunswick
- Newfoundland
- Nova Scotia
- Ontario
- Prince Edward Island
- Quebec
- Saskatchewan
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