Discrimination

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Veiled Objections:

Facing Public Opposition to the Niqab

From: In Your Face

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This chapter is an attempt to analyze the growing agitation that has been expressed about Muslim women who cover their faces. 43 $4.30 Add
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What Do Police Do?

From: Crisis in Canada's Policing

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This chapter examines the declining rate of crime in Canada, the amount of time police officers spend responding directly to crimes, and the rate at which Canadian police solve crimes. ; 39 $3.90 Add
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When Rules Exclude: On Bowling and Equality

From: Discrimination Stories

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This chapter explores how everyday rules are often discriminatory against children and adults with disabilities by examining Tammy McLeod’s Case. McLeod was excluded from participating in a … 16 $1.60 Add
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Adjusting Our Lens

From: The Colour of Justice

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Chapter three, Adjusting Our Lens, begins with a look at the pivotal case Drybones, which highlighted the unique needs of Aboriginal peoples in trials. The chapter then looks at the historical … 17 $1.70 Add
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Excluded, Harassed, and Undervalued: The Struggle to Break Systemic Barriers

From: Discrimination Stories

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This chapter examines systemic discrimination by exploring the Action travail des femmes case. The three layers of systemic discrimination are discussed: interactional injustices; organizational … 16 $1.60 Add
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Saskatchewan’s One Bright Shining Moment, At Least It Seemed So at the Time

From: 14 Arguments in Favour of Human Rights Institutions

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Examination of the enactment of The Saskatchewan Human Rights Code in 1979. 24 $2.40 Add
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Systemic Discrimination

Police and Race

From: Crisis in Canada's Policing

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In this chapter, the author outline the "broken windows" theory of policing, and how this has had disproportionate impacts on racialized people. ; 45 $4.50 Add
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The Restriction and Accommodation of Religious Practices

From: Freedom of Conscience and Religion

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Review of 11 court decisions interpreting the freedom of religion clause of the Charter, plus a discussion of state regulation of religiously motivated discrimination; the Quebec Charter of … 73 $7.30 Add
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What’s in a Face

Demeanor Evidence and Niqab-Wearing Women in Courtrooms

From: In Your Face

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This chapter analyzes opposition to the niqab in courtroom settings. 35 $3.50 Add
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Social Science and Beyond

From: The Colour of Justice

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In chapter four, Social Science and Beyond, the evidence for racial profiling is examined, starting with the Ontario Systemic Racism Commission, established in 1992 and continuing with the … 14 $1.40 Add
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Envisioning Equality

Analogous Grounds and Farm Workers’ Experience of Discrimination

From: Constitutional Labour Rights in Canada

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Discusses equality regarding farmworkers and their experiences of discimination, placing considerable focus on constructing agricultural workers on the margins, Dunmore‘s substantive … 30 $3.00 Add
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Piercing the Veil of Ignorance

Niqab-Wearing Women and the Adjudication of Sexual Assault

From: In Your Face

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Part I of this chapter addresses women’s experiences with the judicial system in the context of sexual assault. Part II closely examines a Canadian case in which a niqab-wearing sexual … 36 $3.60 Add
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Systematic Sexism

Police and Women

From: Crisis in Canada's Policing

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This chapter addresses the tendency of police to dismiss instances of gender-based violence. ; 18 $1.80 Add
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Taking Positive Steps: Equity Initiatives

From: Discrimination Stories

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This chapter explores the role equity initiatives play in anti-discrimination law and examines different types of proactive equity initiatives. 22 $2.20 Add
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The Autonomy of Religious Organizations

From: Freedom of Conscience and Religion

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Discussion of religious organizations in the context of their exemption from human rights codes, court enforcement of private law arrangements, and the ability of individuals to join, remain, or leave. 22 $2.20 Add
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"The right to discriminate"

Kenneth Bell versus Carl McKay and the Ontario Human Rights Commission

From: Property on Trial

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Examination of a Supreme Court of Canada decision arising from a human rights complaint based on racial discrimination in a landlord and tenant context. ; 40 $4.00 Add