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Through insightful essays, Revisiting Human Rights in Canadian History challenges the national myths that celebrate Canada's inclusivity, frame this country as a global human rights leader, and minimize persistent inequalities at home. Contributors to this volume critically examine how Canadian citizens and governments have historically understood and mobilized human rights, as well as who has fought for, benefitted from, and been excluded from them. Spanning topics such as incarceration and criminalization, women's rights, labour movements, Indigenous sovereignty, grassroots activism, immigration, and foreign policy, this collection reflects the diversity of research driving the rapidly developing field of human rights. Both a timely intervention and call to mobilize for social justice, Revisiting Human Rights in Canadian History offers a nuanced reassessment of Canada's history and historiography of human rights.

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Author:   Jennifer Tunnicliffe ,  Stephanie Bangarth
Publisher:   University of Manitoba Press
Imprint:   University of Manitoba Press
ISBN:  

9781772841268

ISBN 10:   1772841269
Pages:   328
Publication Date:   13 November 2025
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Introduction by Jennifer Tunnicliffe and Stephanie Bangarth Chapter . Reflections: Current Trends in Historical Writing on Human Rights in Canada by James W. St. G. Walker   Part I. Human Rights for Whom? Chapter 2. A Child's Right to be Civilised? Human Rights, Children's Rights, and Indigenous Rights by Jasmine Holding Brown Chapter 3. Whose Rights Count? Antiracist Activists, Feminists, and Canada's Human Rights Codes from the early 95 s to the early 97 s by Ruth Frager Chapter 4. On the Edge of Freedom: The Re-enslavement of Elizabeth Watson in Nova Scotia by Franco Paz and Harvey Amani Whitfield Part   II. Incarceration, Criminalization, and Human Rights in Canada Chapter 5. Internment is a Family Affair: One Pro-Communist Ukrainian-Jewish Extended Family 82 7 s Experiences with Political Incarceration in World War II Canada by Rhonda Hinther Chapter . 822 Injurious Effects on Mind and Body 822 : Solitary Confinement and the Limitations of Rights in Canadian Penitentiaries by Janet Miron Chapter 7. Performative Justice? Canada 82 7 s Response to Alleged War Criminals in the Country, the Case of the Minister of Citizenship and Immigration v. Vladimir Katriuk by Katelyn Arac   Part III. Human Rights Activists and Activism in Canada Chapter 8. The Battle of Church Street: Queers, Police, and the Streets of Toronto, 98 by Tom Hooper Chapter 9. From Demanding Exclusion to Joining the Human Rights Community: Labour, Human Rights, and Immigration Policy in 94 s Canada by David Goutor Chapter . Universal Rights in Local Contexts: Postwar Human Rights Debates in Quebec ( 945 82 ) by Paul- 2 tienne Rainville   Part IV. Canada, Foreign Policy, and Transnational Human Rights Approaches Chapter 2. Inside Out: The Rights Revolution and Canadian Foreign Policy since 948 by Asa McKercher Chapter 3. 822 Eyes on the Prize 822 : Canada, Human Rights, and South African Apartheid in the Transition Years by Daniel Manulak Chapter 4. Pacific Flows: Asia, Canada, and Human Rights Norms Diffusion by David Webster

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Jennifer Tunnicliffe is a human rights historian with a particular interest in how domestic and transnational activism shapes cultural attitudes and legislative approaches to rights and freedoms. She teaches in the department of History at Toronto Metropolitan University. Stephanie Bangarth is a Professor in History at King’s University College, at the University of Western Ontario. She teaches courses on human rights advocacy and history in Canada and the United States and immigrant experience in North America.

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