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The functions of the Commission are laid out in the Alberta Human Rights Act. [4] In particular, section 16(1) states that the function of the Commission is: [4] (a) to forward the principle that all persons are equal in dignity, rights and responsibilities without regard to race, religious beliefs, colour, gender, gender identity, gender expression, physical disability, mental disability, age ...
Alberta Human Rights Commission: human rights: The AHRC is an independent commission that fulfills its mandate of fostering equality and reducing discrimination through tribunals and court hearings, as well as through the resolution and settlement of complaints. Alberta Labour Relations Board: labour laws
Alberni School District No. 70. In the lawsuit, which was launched in 2016, the plaintiff—an evangelical Protestant— [39] claimed that a smudging ceremony performed by a Nuu-chah-nulth elder and a hoop dancer performance at the school violated the Charter rights of her children. [40] Over 30% of students in School District No. 70 are ...
In 1983, Parliament amended s. 3 of the Canadian Human Rights Act to expressly state that discrimination on the basis of sex includes pregnancy and childbirth. [69] Beginning in the 1960s, Canada launched a series of affirmative action programs aimed at increasing representation of women in the federal public service. [85]
[7] [8] Ominayak additionally contributed greatly to the international human and indigenous rights work started by Chief Bernard Ominayak at the United Nations Human Rights Committee. [ 9 ] In the December 3, 2015 by-election, Cynthia Tomlinson became the first woman elected to the Government of the Lubicon Lake Nation Council.
The ministry was created in 2012 by merging the Ministry of Justice and Attorney General and Ministry of the Solicitor General and Public Security. It was formerly called Alberta Justice and Solicitor General from 2012 to 2022. The current Minister of Justice is Mickey Amery since June 9, 2023.
Delwin Vriend was born in Sioux Center, Iowa, in 1966, to a Canadian father and an American mother. At the age of two, Vriend moved to Edmonton, Alberta with his family. The oldest of five children, he was raised with three siblings on an organic vegetable farm south of Edmonton in Leduc County.
Central Alberta Dairy Pool v Alberta (Human Rights Commission), [1990] 2 SCR 489, is a leading human rights law decision of the Supreme Court of Canada.The Court expanded on the concept of accommodation up to undue hardship first established in Ontario (Human Rights Commission) v Simpsons-Sears Ltd, [1985] 2 SCR 536 and provided a set of factors to consider when evaluating undue hardship.