Social Studies 9: Canada's Charter of Rights of Freedom

Created by an Alberta teacher, this video explores the types of rights included in the Charter

Explore the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. Teaching resources for educators are included.

Human rights and freedoms are essential for democracy to work.

The official copy of the Canadian Constitution online

This short video presents the rights and freedoms that are part of the Charter.

Students will use critical skills to develop an understanding of historical injustices.

This lesson plan designed for use with the Climate Litigation Lesson Plan.

The Constitution of Canada is not a single document, but several documents that make up the highest levels of Canadian law.

A 2019 report about ongoing anti-Black racism in Canada. .

Wear headphones for the soundscape re-enactment of a "pink tea" discussion.

Learn how Canada became the 4th country in the world to legalize same-sex marriage.

Learn about the Supreme Court decision that established human rights for LGBTQ people in Alberta.

In 1914, Charles Daniels entered a Calgary theatre with a paid ticket and was denied a seat because he was Black.

Learn the history of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the difficulties of protecting those rights.
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Learn about collective rights for specific groups in Canada in this video created by an Alberta teacher.

A short video explores the history of Aboriginal collective rights in Canada

The second part of a video about of Aboriginal collective rights in Canada

Read a detailed history of Indigenous suffrage in Canada.

Learn about the history of Indigenous peoples in the prairies and their relationship with the government

First Nations peoples in Canada did not have human rights protection until 2008.

This teaching resource from Minecraft explores Indigenous treaty rights from pre to post contact.

A government report that discusses the history of voting rights of Indigenous Peoples in Canada.

This report focused on government policy about the original historical nations of this country.

The Declaration explains how the rights of indigenous peoples – including indigenous young people – are to be protected by governments around the world.

This video examines the Numbered Treaties in Canada and treaties between Indigenous peoples and Saskatchewan

Learn about French settlers and how they lost many of their collective rights in this video created by an Alberta teacher.

Learn the context of Bill 101 and how the Quebec government has fought to preserve the French language.

Learn about the argument that Quebec's language laws went too far.

In this video, discover the story of the Commission that led to official bilingualism in Canada.

Learn about the surprising history of French language policy in Quebec that began in 1977.

It is hard to imagine a Quebec without French today but French only because its official language in 1977.