Date/Time
Date(s) - June 9, 2014
7:00 pm - 10:00 pm
Location
Vancouver Public Library, Central Branch
Categories No Categories
Alma VanDusen & Peter Kaye Rooms, Lower Level Central Library, 350 West Georgia Street
Speaking Out on Human Rights; Debating Canada’s Human Rights System The human rights system in Canada has been the object of sustained debate and vehement criticism, based largely on widespread myths about how it works. Eliadis explodes these myths, analysing the pervasive distortions and errors on which they depend while exploring the system’s mandate to mediate conflicts in such contested areas as hate speech, religious freedoms, and sexuality. In her frank assessment, she argues that misplaced critiques have prevented urgent and necessary reforms essential to fairness and equality before the law and to ensuring institutional independence, impartiality, and competence. This event is free! Seating is limited.