Before 1899: Long before colonization: Aboriginal women had a voice in the decision-making process of their communities. The Iroquois and the…
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White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack
“I was taught to see racism only in individual acts of meanness, not in invisible systems conferring dominance on my group.”…
Expanding the Circle: People who care about ending racism. We need your help
Defining Disability: From a medical model to a social model of disability
The Medical Model Disability results from an individual person’s physicial or mental limitation. Definition of disability is related to biology and…
Disability Quiz
Aboriginal Persons and Water Crisis
There are currently 108 Aboriginal communities under boil-water advisories – some for more than a decade. It is unthinkable this situation…
Gender discrimination against Aboriginal Women
In June of 2007 Sharon McIvor of the Lower Nicola Valley First Nation won a historic case in the B.C. Supreme…
Aboriginal Persons and Climate Change
The overwhelming majority of scientists are in agreement about the following fundamental assertions: 1) the world has been warming and will…
PSAC Policy on Human Rights
PSAC Policy 27 The Public Service Alliance of Canada unequivocally supports the principles of human rights as proclaimed in the Universal…