Human Rights: Canada’s Successes Shouldn’t Overshadow its Failures
Many of us likely take basic universal human rights for granted. Yet in a legal sense, human rights have existed for less than 75 years.
Many of us likely take basic universal human rights for granted. Yet in a legal sense, human rights have existed for less than 75 years.
Few institutions have been as instrumental in shaping Canada today as the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees.
During our staff meeting that afternoon, my colleagues and I learned our school had six new students who were Syrian refugees.
The Model UN Club found me in 2013 in the shape of two very keen Grade 9 girls making a pitch to me at lunch about the need for more women in politics.
The persistence of violence against LGBTQ+ people in countries where homosexuality is legal remains worrisome and creates a refugee situation that is not that easy to prove.
As thousands of Syrian refugees settle in North America, many teachers may be working with such children for the first time. It can seem overwhelming.