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Women’s voting rights
Women’s suffrage had first developed in 1916, it was first developed in Manitoba. Time to time it had grew to other provinces around Canada, after almost 4 decades indigenous women had the right to vote in 1960. -
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Persons case
The persons case was a group of 5 women called the Famous Five, they were recognized as the “persons” in court. -
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Indian Act Revisions
The Indian act of 1951 appealed bans on cultural practices done by the indigenous. Along with this it had granted indigenous women the right to vote as well. -
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Canadian bill of rights
In 1960 Canadian bill of rights was established by Prime Minister John Diefenbaker. This was Canadas first federal law directed towards human rights and freedoms. -
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Indigenous voting rights
Indigenous Canadian voting rights, in 1960 indigenous Canadians were allowed to vote and partake in federal elections. -
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Ontario Human Rights
The Ontario Human Rights code in 1962, this was canadas first human rights code like discrimination in employment, housing, and providing services. -
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Immigration act of 1967
The immigration act of 1967 was the first time were a points system was introduced, the system involved a criteria of family reunification. -
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Canadian Official Language Act
The language act of 1969 established the official languages being English and French. This allowed bilingualism and contributed to the language equality and cultural presence. -
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Royal Commission on the Status of Women
The Royal Commission on the Status of Women in 1970, this event was were the commission released a report that promoted changes to gender equality. -
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The Canadian human rights act
The human rights act of 1977 prohibited discrimination, federally governing Canadian services. -
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Canadian charter of rights and freedoms
The charter of rights and freedoms was enacted in 1982 and outlined various aspects of human rights/freedoms. -
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R. v. Big M Drug Mart Case
The Big M Drug Mart case was where the Supreme Court ruled a law which did not permit any store to remain open during Sundays, this was due to church running throughout the day. The Big M Drug Mart chose to remain open during these times as they didn’t seek any issue with continuing their service during Sundays. -
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Oakes case
The Oakes case which occurred during 1986 was when the Supreme Court ruled out standards and instances, Canadas charter could potentially be limited under the charters section 1. -
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Same sex marriage
Same sex marriage is a LGBTQ right that was released in late 2005 for people of the same gender to legally be permitted to marry each other -
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The Truth and Reconciliation Commission
The Truth and Reconciliation Commission was designated to the residential school survivors, through those years they dug up residential schools and started discovering body’s upon body’s.