14 Arguments in Favour of Human Rights Institutions

Preliminary Sections

• Preliminary sections
• Acknowledgements
• Editors' Introduction

Part 1. Human Rights Institutions in Canada

• Reflections on Government Hostility, Systemic Discrimination, and Human Rights Institutions
• Governments as Interpreters and Shapers of Human Rights
• Saskatchewan's One Bright Shining Moment, At Least It Seemed So at the Time
• Human Rights Systems: Are They Fair?

Part 2. The Evolution of Human Rights Complaints Management in Canada

• Saskatchewan and the Gatekeeping Debate
• Ontario and the Direct Access Model to Human Rights
• The Paris Principles Twenty Years After

Part 3. Discrimination and Political Struggle

• Sexual Harassment: A Feminist Phrase That Transformed the Workplace
• From Sexual to Psychological Harassment: One Step Forward, Twenty-Five Years Back for Women's Equality at Work?
• The Hate Speech Diversion

Part 4. Human Rights Commissions and Policy-Making

• Ontario Human Rights Commission Promotion Activities: The Experience of Responding to Racial Profiling by Police
• The Québec Human Rights Commission and the Construction of the Concept of Social Profiling

Part 5. The Future of Human Rights Institutions in Canada

• The Ontario Human Rights Commission and the Framework for Mapping and Addressing Competing Human Rights
• Emerging Human Rights Institutions: The Case of Museums in a Human Rights Culture
• Selected Readings
• Index
• About the editors