Historic injustices and redress in Canada
Overview of the set
This set provides a paired set of briefing sheets on five historic injustices in Canada. For each injustice, one sheet describes the historical context, details of the event and and its significance. The other sheet chronicles the efforts to seek regress for the injustice, the official government response and reactions to the official response.
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Background to Canada's first national internment operations |
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Response to Canada's first national internment operations |
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Background to Chinese head tax |
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Response to Chinese head tax |
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Background to Japanese internment |
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Response to Japanese internment |
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Background to the Komagata Maru incident |
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Response to the Komagata Maru incident |
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Background to residential schools |
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Response to residential schools |
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Changes to the War Measures Act |
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Charter of Rights and Freedoms |
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Context of the World War I internment operations |
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Overview of the War Measures Act |
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Reasonable limits on Charter rights |