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Resources and Education
Resources on Equity Issues In Canada
The following links to Canadian equity issues and reports were compiled by the Equity Subcommittee of the Canadian Sociological Association. Should you have further resources to add to this section, please contact Gillian Ranson, Chair of the Equity Subcommittee.
POLICIES OR LAWS DEALING WITH EQUITY IN CANADA:
- Constitution Act 1982, Section 15 (Equality Rights): http://laws.justice.gc.ca/eng/Const/page-11.html#sc:7:s_15
- Constitution Act 1982, Section 35 (Aboriginal Rights):http://laws.justice.gc.ca/eng/Const/page-12.html#sc:7_II
- Employment Equity Act: http://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/acts/E-5.401/index.html
- Canadian Multiculturalism Act: http://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/acts/c-18.7/index.html
- Canadian Human Rights Commission: http://www.chrc-ccdp.ca/legislation_policies/legislation-eng.aspx
ABORIGINALITY
- Assembly of First Nations: http://www.afn.ca/index.php/en
- Métis National Council: http://www.metisnation.ca/
- Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami: http://www.itk.ca/
- Native Women’s Association of Canada: http://www.nwac.ca/
- Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada: http://www.trc.ca/websites/trcinstitution/index.php?p=3
Data on Aboriginal Peoples:
- Environics Urban Aboriginal Peoples Study: http://www.uaps.ca/
- Statistics Canada Data on Aboriginal Peoples: http://www12.statcan.ca/census-recensement/2006/rt-td/ap-pa-eng.cfm
- Statistics Canada Aboriginal Population Profile: http://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2006/dp-pd/prof/92-594/index.cfm?Lang=E
- Indian and Northern Affairs Research and Statistics: http://www.aadnc-aandc.gc.ca/eng/1100100016570/1100100016574
RACIAL AND ETHNIC DIVERSITY
- Canadian Race Relations Foundation: http://www.crr.ca/component/option,com_frontpage/Itemid,268/lang,english/
Data on Race and Ethnicity:
- Statistics Canada data on ethnic diversity and immigration:http://www5.statcan.gc.ca/subject-sujet/theme-theme.action?pid=30000&lang=eng&more=0
- Statistics Canada data on visible minorities:http://www5.statcan.gc.ca/subject-sujet/subtheme-soustheme.action?pid=30000&id=30007&lang=eng&more=0
WOMEN
- Status of women: http://www.swc-cfc.gc.ca/index-eng.html
- Statistics Canada Daily: Women in Canada: http://www.statcan.gc.ca/daily-quotidien/110726/dq110726a-eng.htm
LGBTQ
- Egale: http://www.egale.ca/
- Statistics Canada Daily on Sexual Orientation and Victimization: http://www.statcan.gc.ca/daily-quotidien/080228/dq080228c-eng.htm
- Statistics Canada report: Sexual Orientation and Victimization: http://www.statcan.gc.ca/bsolc/olc-cel/olc-cel?catno=85F0033MWE2008016&lang=eng
DISABILITIES
- Council of Canadians with Disabilities: http://www.ccdonline.ca/en/
- Guide to Disability Rights in Canada: http://www.1800wheelchair.ca/news/post/disability-rights-in-canada.aspx
- Disability Rights in Canada: A Virtual Museum: http://disabilityrights.freeculture.ca/
EQUITY IN THE UNIVERSITY
- CAUT reports on equity in universities:http://www.caut.ca/pages.asp?page=598
Data on Equity and the University
- CAUT on Academic Staff: http://www.caut.ca/uploads/2011_2_Staff.pdf
- Stats Can on University Professors’ Salaries: http://www.statcan.gc.ca/daily-quotidien/100928/dq100928b-eng.htm