03438nam 2200709 450 991081846800332120230612051450.01-4426-9733-41-4426-7016-91-4426-9798-910.3138/9781442670167(CKB)2560000000054336(EBL)4671127(SSID)ssj0000488017(PQKBManifestationID)12191789(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000488017(PQKBWorkID)10446898(PQKB)11249055(CEL)433595(CaBNvSL)slc00226178(MiAaPQ)EBC3272831(MiAaPQ)EBC4671127(DE-B1597)464004(OCoLC)946712869(OCoLC)999361152(DE-B1597)9781442670167(Au-PeEL)EBL4671127(CaPaEBR)ebr11256852(OCoLC)958558572(OCoLC)1124449908(MdBmJHUP)musev2_104034(EXLCZ)99256000000005433620160915h20092009 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrTransforming rights reflections from the front lines /Maxwell YaldenToronto, Ontario ;Buffalo, [New York] ;London, [England] :University of Toronto Press,2009.©20091 online resource (280 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-4426-4007-3 Includes bibliographical references and index.pt. 1. Introduction -- 1. Personal file -- 2. School, university, graduate studies -- 3. A public service career -- pt. 2. Language rights -- 1. The background to language reform -- 2. The origins of the Royal Commission on Bilingualism and Biculturalism -- 3. The Royal Commission recommendations and government reactions -- 4. Summary of commission proposals and government reactions -- pt. 3. Human rights -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The universality of human rights norms -- 3. Perspectives on human rights -- 4. The Canadian experience -- 5. Discrimination -- 6. Multiculturalism -- 7. Employment equity -- 8. Pay equity -- 9. Aboriginal rights -- pt. 4. Human rights and international relations -- Terminology -- 1. International human rights machinery -- 2. The High Commissioner for Human Rights -- 3. Regional human rights machinery -- 4. The Human rights covenants and the treaty bodies -- 5. Canada and international human rights machinery -- 6. Canada and human rights violations -- pt. 5. Summing up and conclusions -- 1. Language rights -- 2. Human rights -- Appendix. Official languages and human rights commissioners.Transforming Rights draws on Yalden's extensive experience in rights work to provide a personal assessment of how issues of human rights and language rights have evolved over the past forty years, both within Canada and internationally.Human rightsCanadaLanguage policyCanadaCanadaLanguagesLaw and legislationElectronic books. Human rightsLanguage policy323.0971Yalden Max1640716MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910818468003321Transforming rights3984382UNINA