Social Movements in Canada

Environmental Movements
1. Rejecting Green Capitalism
  1. Corporate development and environmental degradation
  2. Large number of industrial projects have been delayed
  3. More economic than conservationist
2. Leave coal in the hole, oil in the soil and tar in the sands
3. Halalt First Nation blockaded the Chemainus River to protect their aquifers
Gay and Lesbian Rights
2. Protests for gay rights took place with small demonstrations in Ottawa and Vancouver demanding an end to all forms of state discrimination against gays and lesbians
3. 1981 raids led to the establishing Lesbian and Gay Pride Day in Toronto
4. After various protests, Ontario added sexual orientation to the Canadian Human Rights Act in 1986
  1. Yukon and Manitoba added sexual orientation in the following year
6. Pierre Trudeau proposes amendments to the Criminal Code which would get rid of the laws against homosexuality.
  1. 1969: Trudeau's amendments pass into the Criminal Code, decriminalizing homosexuality in Canada!
Human Rights
1. Concept is found in every culture
2. Emperor Ashoka converted to buddhism and promoted tolerance and individual freedom
3. Canada is a strong voice for the protection of human rights and the advancement of democratic values
  1. Central role in the drafting of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights
Children's Rights
1. 1959, Declaration on the Rights of the Child was first UN statement soley for children's rights
  1. legally binding convention
2. Convention on The Rights of a Child
  1. Recognize anyone under the age of 18 as a child
3. Free children from child labour, child poverty, and domestic violence
Women's Rights
1. Persons case
2. Famous 5
  2. Henrietta Muir Edwards, Nellie McClung, Louise Crummy McKinney and Irene Parlby
4. Given voting rights in 1919
5. Married Women’s Protective Act, passed in Alberta in 1911 by Emily Murphy
6. Manitoba became the first province to grant women the right to vote and run for office in 1916
Aboriginal Rights
1. 1951, the Indian Act allowed aboriginals to possess and drink alcohol for the first time
2. 1960s, Aboriginals given the right to vote in federal elections

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