LEADER 04678nam 2200673 450 001 9910458659903321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-4426-7016-9 010 $a1-4426-9798-9 024 7 $a10.3138/9781442670167 035 $a(CKB)2560000000054336 035 $a(EBL)4671127 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000488017 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12191789 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000488017 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10446898 035 $a(PQKB)11249055 035 $a(CEL)433595 035 $a(CaBNvSL)slc00226178 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3272831 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4671127 035 $a(DE-B1597)464004 035 $a(OCoLC)946712869 035 $a(OCoLC)999361152 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781442670167 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL4671127 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11256852 035 $a(OCoLC)958558572 035 $a(EXLCZ)992560000000054336 100 $a20160915h20092009 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aTransforming rights $ereflections from the front lines /$fMaxwell Yalden 210 1$aToronto, Ontario ;$aBuffalo, [New York] ;$aLondon, [England] :$cUniversity of Toronto Press,$d2009. 210 4$dİ2009 215 $a1 online resource (280 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-4426-4007-3 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFrontmatter -- $tContents -- $tPreface -- $tAcknowledgments -- $tPART ONE: INTRODUCTION -- $t1. Personal File -- $t2. School, University, Graduate Studies -- $t3. A Public Service Career -- $tPART TWO: LANGUAGE RIGHTS -- $t1. The Background to Language Reform -- $t2. The Origins of the Royal Commission on Bilingualism and Biculturalism -- $t3. The Royal Commission Recommendations and Government Reactions -- $t4. Summary of Commission Proposals and Government Reactions -- $tPART THREE: HUMAN RIGHTS -- $t1. Introduction -- $t2. The Universality of Human Rights Norms -- $t3. Perspectives on Human Rights -- $t4. The Canadian Experience -- $t5. Discrimination -- $t6. Multiculturalism -- $t7. Employment Equity -- $t8. Pay Equity -- $t9. Aboriginal Rights -- $tPART FOUR: HUMAN RIGHTS AND INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS -- $t1. International Human Rights Machinery -- $t2. The High Commissioner for Human Rights -- $t3. Regional Human Rights Machinery -- $t4. The Human Rights Covenants and the Treaty Bodies -- $t5. Canada and International Human Rights Machinery -- $t6. Canada and Human Rights Violations -- $tPART FIVE: SUMMING UP AND CONCLUSIONS -- $t1. Language Rights -- $t2. Human Rights -- $tAppendix: Official Languages and Human Rights Commissioners -- $tNotes -- $tSelect Bibliography -- $tIndex 330 $aMaxwell Yalden began his career in the Department of External Affairs; he was posted to Moscow and Paris, and later as ambassador to Belguim. As Canada's Language Commissioner from 1977-1984, he worked to reinforce the Official Languages Act, and language equality, encouraging Canadians to become more inclusive in their attitudes towards both official languages. Chief Commissioner of the Canadian Human Rights Commission from 1987-1996, he also served for eight years as a member of the United Nations Human Rights Committee. 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.Transforming Rights contends that Canadian rights principles reflect a unique history and character and examines the interplay of historical and contemporary Canadian standards with comparable international norms. Yalden argues that Canada's rights achievements demonstrate that though it may not be possible to change beliefs and attitudes through policy and legislation, it is certainly possible to change behaviour - facilitating the expansion of rights. Authoritative and anecdotal, Yalden offers an informed insider's opinion on continuously evolving human rights norms and the impact they have had on the way that people live their lives. 606 $aHuman rights$zCanada 606 $aLanguage policy$zCanada 607 $aCanada$xLanguages$xLaw and legislation 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aHuman rights 615 0$aLanguage policy 676 $a323.0971 700 $aYalden$b Max$0996837 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910458659903321 996 $aTransforming rights$92285856 997 $aUNINA