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One beautiful, surprisingly warm spring morning on the isolated islands of Haida Gwaii, an insight smacked Dulcie McCallum in the face with the force of an unexpected tsunami: at the heart of it all, the law was the culprit. Rather than promoting rights, the law was itself the taproot of injustice. For people with an intellectual disability, the law is what defines their disadvantage, not their disability. For every child diagnosed with the label of intellectual disability, there remains a certain lousy predictability to the way they will be treated by society and the prejudice that will haunt them. Officially labelled with the r-word, they have also been tagged with “imbecile” or “mor...
"This book provides relevant frameworks and best practices as well as current empirical research findings for professionals who want to improve their understanding of the impact of cyber-attacks on critical infrastructures and other information systems essential to the smooth running of society, how such attacks are carried out, what measures should be taken to mitigate their impact"--Provided by publisher.
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Truth and reconciliation commissions and official governmental apologies continue to surface worldwide as mechanisms for coming to terms with human rights violations and social atrocities. As the first scholarly collection to explore the intersections and differences between a range of redress cases that have emerged in Canada in recent decades, Reconciling Canada provides readers with the contexts for understanding the phenomenon of reconciliation as it has played out in this multicultural settler state. In this volume, leading scholars in the humanities and social sciences relate contemporary political and social efforts to redress wrongs to the fraught history of government relations with...
Privacy in the Workplace is a practical guide that clearly explains your privacy compliance responsibilities and even instructs on steps to take once a breach has occurred. In addition to guidance on current employment-related privacy issues, the Second Edition goes further to provide complete coverage of your responsibilities in complying with Canadian privacy laws, with tools and tips for creating an effective data management program across all areas of your organization including sales, human resources, marketing, finance and the Board of Directors. Topics include: Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA) and reviews of the Personal Information Protection Act (PIPA) in BC and Alberta; How to avoid being accused of a privacy breach and steps to take once a breach has occurred; Protecting customer, client and supplier information; Essential information about the Personal Health Information Act (PHIA); Technology and privacy - a guide to sound online marketing practices; and Highlights of significant cases and their impact on Canadian privacy law.
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During the 1900s eugenics gained favour as a means of controlling the birth rate among “undesirable” populations in Canada. Though many people were targeted, the coercive sterilization of one group has gone largely unnoticed. An Act of Genocide unpacks long-buried archival evidence to begin documenting the forced sterilization of Aboriginal women in Canada. Grounding this evidence within the context of colonialism, the oppression of women and the denial of Indigenous sovereignty, Karen Stote argues that this coercive sterilization must be considered in relation to the larger goals of Indian policy — to gain access to Indigenous lands and resources while reducing the numbers of those to whom the federal government has obligations. Stote also contends that, in accordance with the original meaning of the term, this sterilization should be understood as an act of genocide, and she explores the ways Canada has managed to avoid this charge. This lucid, engaging book explicitly challenges Canadians to take up their responsibilities as treaty partners, to reconsider their history and to hold their government to account for its treatment of Indigenous peoples.
The Ombudsman Act was passed in 1975. Since that time, no general review of the effectiveness of the Office of the Ombudsman or the Act in meeting their objectives had been undertaken. It was concluded that since much has changed since the Act was first passed, a more general review of the Office should be conducted. The report is organized into two halves. The first half is devoted to examining issues related to the Ombudsman's mandate, power and procedures. This includes developments with respect to the scope of the Ombudsman's function, matters related to the Ombudsman's accessibility, the process for reviewing complaints and the Ombudsman's jurisdiction. The second half of the report examines in considerable detail the Ombudsman's relationship with the government and the Legislature.