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The 40th Anniversary of the Canadian Charter: Unfinished Business

Friday, April 8, 2022 09:15to13:00
Online - Zoom
Price: 
Free.

Centre for Human Rights and Legal Pluralism, Ï㽶ÊÓƵ. A roundtable, co-hosted by Colleen Sheppard & Vrinda Narain

Event ProgramÌý(All times are for Montreal, Eastern Daylight Time; all sessions will be hosted on Zoom and recorded.)

09:15 am (ET)

Welcome and IntroductionÌý

Colleen Sheppard

Ìý09:30 – 11:00 am

Session 1:Ìý Missing Rights?

Moderator:ÌýNandini Ramanujam

Speakers:

  • Mirja Trilsch: “The Charter at 40 – Who’sÌýstillÌýafraid of social rights?â€
  • Sébastien Jodoin: “Including the Right to a Healthy Environment in the Charterâ€
  • François Crépeau:Ìý“The human rights of migrants: a blind spot everywhereâ€

11:00-11:15Ìý -- BREAK --

11:15 – 12:45 pm

Session 2: Interpretive Complexities

Moderator: Vrinda Narain

Speakers:

  • Tamara Thermitus:Ìý «ÌýLe droit à l’égalité et l’accès à la justiceÌý: une utopie pour les personnes racisées ?Ìý»
  • Joshua Nichols:Ìý"Section 35 is not in theÌýCharter: A Review of the Constitutional "Background" of R. v. Sparrow"
  • Colleen Sheppard: “Retrospective on Substantive Equality: Fissures & Fractureâ€

12:45 – 13:00 pm

Closing remarksÌý:Vrinda NarainÌý

More information:ÌýÌýhuman.rights [at] mcgill.ca

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