Legislation and Case Law

Free multimedia resources about the law for Indigenous People, made by Indigenous People, in Alberta.

Designed by and for high school teachers, this educational toolkit was developed to inform and empower youth to take action toward alleviating human suffering. Using Canadian examples, this toolkit has 6 modules that touch on issues of International Humanitarian Law such as war crimes, refugees, neglected crises, gender inequality, humanitarian principles, mechanisms for justice and youth engagement.

Teaching resources and classroom activities developed by the Library of Parliament

This interactive online resource is designed for students between the ages of 13-18 and supports understanding of International Humanitarian Law and humanitarian issues. Teachers can use this resource in collaboration with the lesson plans available in the teaching resources links or they can choose to use it as a stand-alone activity to trigger critical thinking and classroom discussion on issues related to armed conflict.

Lesson plans from Public Legal Education Association of Saskatchewan,

Do you have the right to read anything and everything? Explore these concepts along with the Pico v. Island Trees School District (1982), a US Supreme Court case, which established that books cannot be removed from schools simply because people disagree with the ideas within them or find them offensive.

Teaching resources produced by the Justice Education Society in BC

This lesson plan, from the Environmental Law Centre, links to the Social Studies 10 and 30 curriculum in Alberta. It is designed for use as a precursor to the Climate Litigation Lesson Plan.

Human Rights education resources developed by the Alberta Civil Liberties Research Centre

For teachers and students at the elementary or secondary level, this page provides educational materials about the law, democracy and civic participation as well as resources about school safety, bullying, and internet safety.

Exploring Humanitarian Law (EHL) is a resource pack for teachers to introduce students aged 13 to 18 to the basic rules of international humanitarian law.