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Program Areas Education

Fundamental Freedoms

Public Safety

National Security

Equality

About us

Since 1964, the CCLA has passionately defended the fundamental human rights and civil liberties of all Canadians through:
  • Public Education
  • Litigation
  • Citizen’s Engagement
  • Monitoring and Research

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CCLET presents:

"That's Not Fair!"

An animated series of videos, online games, and lesson plans to introduce children ages 7-11 to critical thinking and the habits of democracy. Read more...
   
The Canadian Civil Liberties Association and Education Trust have created a guide to LGBTQ rights in schools. This resource will help students, allies, and teachers better understand students’ rights, and how to take positive action toward making schools a safer place for all. Click here to read the full guide. 

Education

Since the early 1990s, the Canadian Civil Liberties Education Trust has developed a unique approach to teaching civil liberties in the classroom. The organization provides free workshops and seminars in schools and educational institutions to teach citizens about social justice, their rights and freedoms.Read more...

Fundamental Freedoms

The Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms protects those freedoms that are considered fundamental in a democratic society. These freedoms include:
  • Freedom of Expression
  • Freedom of Association
  • Freedom of Assembly
  • Freedom of Religion
  • Freedom of Information
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Public Safety

The CCLA monitors the legal and policy frameworks that govern policing and the administration of justice in Canada to ensure that they are sufficiently respectful of civil liberties and Charter rights. This program includes:
  • Police Powers
  • Police Accountability
  • Privacy and Policing
  • Liberty and Due-Process
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National Security

Through litigation and advocacy, CCLA works for accountability and compliance with Canada"s legal obligations. The key issues are:
  • Privacy & National Security
  • Fair Trial & Due Process
  • Absolute Prohibition Against Torture
  • Security Certificates
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Equality

The equality program concerns all forms of discrimination, and seeks to promote fairness and equality in Canada. The following groups fall within the CCLA program:
  • Disability
  • Gender
  • Immigration
  • LGBT
  • Race / Ethnicity / Religion
  • Socioeconomic Status
  • Youth
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Recent Work

Recent Posts

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RSS Rights Watch

  • Zero Tolerance for Barbaric Cultural Practices Act November 9, 2014
    Bill S-7 or the “Zero Tolerance for Barbaric Cultural Practices Act” was tabled by the Minister of Citizenship and Immigration Chris Alexander. It had it’s first reading in the Senate, this November 5th. The Bill affects the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act, the Civil Marriage Act, and the Criminal Code. The Bill mostly tackles forced […]
  • L’Europe et le “droit à mourir” November 8, 2014
    La Cour européenne des droits de l’homme (CEDH) à renvoyé, le 6 Novembre dernier, la cause du citoyen Français Vincent Lambert devant sa plus haute instance, la Grande chambre, pour audition le 7 Janvier prochain. Cette décision fait suite à la décision du Conseil d’État Français d’autoriser les démarches hospitalières d’euthanasie passive du tétraplégique V […]
  • The Human Right to Collective Health: Driven by the Jus Cogens norm to health November 7, 2014
    The Winnipeg Regional Health Authority (WRHA) published a report “Health For All: Building Winnipeg’s Health Equity Action Plan” in 2013, which described marked health disparities within the city of Winnipeg. For example, the wealthiest neighbourhood cluster in Winnipeg lives approximately 18 years longer than those who live in the poorest neighbourhood clus […]
  • A Violation of Privacy Threatens a Victim’s Career November 7, 2014
    Lori Douglas is the Associate Chief Justice of the Court of Queen’s Bench’s Family Division in Manitoba. Over a decade ago she was the victim of an invasion of privacy on the part of her late husband, Jack King, who posted nude photos of her online without her knowledge or permission. In 2010, a former […]
  • Proposed Kinder Morgan Pipeline Faces Legal Challenges: Part One November 7, 2014
    Kinder Morgan’s proposed Trans Mountain Pipeline expansion has been meeting with significant resistance from the City of Burnaby. The company has consequently found itself embroiled in multiple legal battles, as those concerned about the environmental and social impact of the expansion seek out creative avenues by which to halt the project. The proposed Tran […]

Features

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Canadian Civil Liberties Association Releases Report, “Set Up to Fail: Bail and the Revolving Door of Pre-trial Detention”

The Canadian Civil Liberties Association (CCLA) has released a report: Set Up to Fail: Bail and the Revolving Door of Pre-trial Detention, which questions the extensive rise in pre-trial custody populations and identifies the extreme personal and financial costs of current practices in Canadian bail courts.

Download the full report, Set Up to Fail: Bail and [...]

Op-Ed

Canada’s Universal Periodic Review

On April 26 Canada will undergo its second Universal Periodic Review (UPR), a unique global accountability process that allows all members of the UN Human Rights Council to review Canada’s compliance with international human rights law.  CCLA believes this is an important process and was pleased to participate in a pre-session with states allowing us [...]

Multimedia

Audio Audio

AUDIO: CCLA’s NGO Report To The UN For Canada’s 2nd UPR Review

CCLA’s Sukanya Pillay, Director of the National Security Program, speaks to RCI’s Wojtek Gwiazda about CCLA’s recent report to the UN – the rights of refugees, asylum seekers, and migrant workers, the right to peaceful protest, and  the number of Aboriginal women in Canadian prisons, are some of the issues raised by CCLA as part [...]

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CCLA partners with #G20Romp on post-show panel discussions!

Watch the above video to hear from CCLA’s Director of Public Safety Abby Deshman on G20 Toronto, policing at protests and You Should Have Stayed Home.

CCLA is partnering with Praxis Theatre throughout their National Tour of You Should Have Stayed Home, a performance piece about the largest peacetime mass arrest in Canadian history. Written by Tommy Taylor, the play [...]