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Human Rights Discrimination

2009-01-06T10:54:00.000-08:00

1. Write 5 key words that focus on Human Rights...

- Discrimination
- Harrassment/Sexual
- Equality
- Progessive
- The right to freely express your views

Each of us is entitled to have our basic human rights respected, but equally, we must respect the rights of others. Human rights are those rights which could be described as the most basic and fundamental values on which our society has been built; the rights we all take for granted.

Mr.Keegstra

2008-12-12T14:50:00.000-08:00

What did Mr.Keegstra teach hir class?
Mr. Keegstra is man who used to be a history teacher at a high school. He taught his students that the Holocaust was not a terrible event and that is was exaggerated by the Jewish people. He explained to his students that the during the second world war many Jewish people emigrated to many different countries and that they were not in fact killed in the concentration camps.

What was the crime?
Mr. Keegstra was taken to court and charged under the criminal code with unlawfully promoting the hatred against an identifiable group. Keegstra argued that this was violating (freedom of expression) of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms.

What secton of the charter was used to challenge his criminal conviclion?
I agree with the supreme court ruling because this man had no right or means to teach hate to his students about this race of people. He was mainly teaching his students how to discriminate.

Youth Criminal Justice Act (YCJA)

2008-12-05T10:34:00.000-08:00

1. Briefly explain the 2 main changes in the YCJA.

-The courts need the ability to hand out longer-term sentences to youths with long histories of violence.

-Children are free to speak for themselfs

2. Do you agree with changes? explain 2 reasons.

- "depends", because if children disobey the law, 'yes' they shouldnt go to court, or jail, but the parents should be the ones responible for their childrens actions.

STV's

2008-11-25T10:32:00.000-08:00

1. What is the STV system?
STV means, Single Transforable Vote, which is a system of perferential voting designed to minimize wasted votes and provide proportional representation while ensuring that votes are explicitly expressed for individual candidates rather than for party lists.
2. Explain the May 2009 referendurn on STV.

3. Do you like the STV? Explain 3 reasons why or why not.
No, because when a canditdate has been elected, and still has votes, STV will transfor the rest of the votes to the other canditdates so they can be elected as well.

Politcial Spectrum

2008-11-12T09:45:00.000-08:00

Do you support LW, C, or RW political idealogy? 3 reasons why?
-The Left Wing is what i would have to say that i support because even though communism doesnt have a priavte land/business, the soicalism has more peaceful moderate in the country.
- In the 1930s - 40s they didnt have fascit like Hitler (Germany) and Mussolin (Italy).
- Also another reason why i support this category is cause its not too extreme like the categorys (centre and right wing).

Michaëlle Jean

2008-10-30T09:36:00.000-07:00

Who is she?

Michaëlle Jean worked for eight years with Quebec shelters for battered women, while actively contributing to the establishment of a network of emergency shelters throughout Quebec and elsewhere in Canada.

3 main jobs

- she inshures the prime ministers

-speechs from the throne

-gets welcomed to Canaada

abolish? (2 reasons)

(not done yet)

Civil Disobedence

2008-10-16T13:03:00.000-07:00

Definition: someone who pressure government for change by breaking the law in a non-violent manner.

--- this for controversial, passionate causes!
*** NON-VIOLENT is most important! why?
(because law-makers don't listen to violent protesters!)
STRATEGIES: - protest
- petition
- sit-in
- letters
- fax
- meetings
- blockade
- facebook pubilicity
- flyers/pamphets

Which method do you think is most effective? why?
Petition, because then people can also join in on the event, and help out.

Nelson Mandela

2008-10-06T09:12:00.000-07:00

Who was he? (1 sentence)

Nelson Mandela was the first black man to be elected president of South America.

How was he a role model? (3 sentences)

He spoke a speech out to everyone in South America about human rights, once we got out of jail. Nelson was in jail for about 4years, than written a speech about why black people can't vote for the elections. He was about in he late 70's when he voted for the first time than became South Americas first president.

Martin Luther King

2008-09-29T13:23:00.000-07:00

Who is he? (1 sentence)

Martin Luther King mainly legacy was to ensure progress on civil rights in the USA and he is frequently referenced as a human rights icon today.

Why is he a role model? (3 sentences)

His efforts led to the 1963, where King delivered his, "i have a dream" speech that he gave to everyone. He became the youngest person to receive the Nobel Peace Prize for his work to the end racial segreation and racial discrimination through civil disobedince and other non-violent means, which is against the law. King was a civil right activist early in his career.

Emily Murphy and Anges MacPhail

2008-09-18T08:58:00.000-07:00

Who are they? (1 sentence).

Emily Murphy was the 1ST senatar in the 1930s'. She is best known for her contributions to Canadian feminism, specifically to the question of whether women were "persons case" under Canadian law.

Agnes McPhail was the first woman to be elected to the Canadian House of Commons, and one of the first two women elected to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario.

Why were they role models? (3 sentences).

Emily's experience was in court against drugs, in particular opium, and marijuana.

Agnes Macphail joined the socialist ginger group, faction of the progressive party that later led to the formation of the co-operative commonwealth federation (CCF).

Nellie McClung and The Person's Case.

2008-09-17T13:40:00.000-07:00

Who is she? (1 sentence)

Nellie McClung was born in Chatsworth Ontario, in 1873. Her father was an irish methodist, and a scottish presbyterian mother. She and her parents moved to Maitoba in 1880.

Why is she an important leader? (3 sentences

Nellie McClung was a feminist, in 1916 Manitoba become the first province to give the right to vote and run for public office.

McClung was a supporter of the popular social philsophy in eugenics and champaigned for the steriliztaion of thoses considered.

She also served as a Liberal member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1921 - 1926.

Dalai Lama

2008-09-16T14:15:00.000-07:00

Who is he? (1 sentence)

The Dalai Lama is the spiritual and political leader of the tibetan people according to tibetan buddhism.

Why is he a civic role model? (3 sentences)

Dalai Lama believed to be the current incarnation of a long line of Tulkus, or Buddhist Masters, who have become exempt from the wheel of death and rebirth.

These ascended masters have chosen of their own free will to be reborn to this place in order to teach humanity.

During the Kalachakra Empowerment last week in Bloomington, in the presence of an international audience of some 5000 people, HH would laugh at himself when he made a mistake during a most complex part of the ceremony, when we, the participants, were probably getting a little tight trying so hard to follow along and do the visualizations.

Terry Fox Role Model

2008-09-15T11:28:00.000-07:00

Who is he?

Terry Fox was born in Conquitlam, British Columbia. His dream was to run across Canada to help raise money for cancer research.

Why was he a "civic role model?" (3reasons)

Terry Fox was a civic role model because he followed his dream, never gave up, until the cancer spreaded into his lungs. Other than that he was a strong person and never gave up on something he believed in. :)