LEADER 03438nam 2200709 450 001 9910791659703321 005 20230612051450.0 010 $a1-4426-9733-4 010 $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(OCoLC)1124449908 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)musev2_104034 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 $apt. 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. 330 $aTransforming 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. 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$01511265 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910791659703321 996 $aTransforming rights$93744423 997 $aUNINA