This is going to be an amazing project!
You will be using iMovie on the ipads (Mrs. Campos will be showing you how to use iMovie). Here is some additional information that might also be helpful: iMovie Help from Apple
Please click here for a copy of the assignment: Fighting For Equality Video Project. Also, here are the worksheets for both group and individual work- Worksheets for Video Project
We have collected a list of websites that may be helpful for your research. Please start here. If you find a website that is good (current, credible, reliable, etc.) please email the link to Mrs. Campos and/or Mrs. Montroy (hmontroy@vsb.bc.ca) and we will add it to the list below!) **Remember to start a list for your Works Cited**!
General Sources:
Canadian Legal Information Institute – this is a free, online database giving access to court judgments, tribunal decisions, statutes and regulations from all Canadian jurisdictions. This site is a favorite one of Mrs. Campos!
CBC Digital Archives – a wonderful source for videos from the CBC
Heritage Minutes from the Historica Dominon Institute (short, one-minute movies that focus on Canadian History)
Constitution Act of 1982 from the Department of Justice
Canadian Human Rights Act from the Department of Justice
Political Cartoons. This is an interesting article from The Canadian Encyclopedia. Check out the links at the bottom of the article.
Aboriginal Rights
1969 White Paper (Primary Document) from Canadahistory.com
Indian Act of 1985 from the Department of Justice
1951 – 1981: Aboriginal Rights Movement This website contains links to various documents such as the Red and White Papers, as well as some Cases.
Statement of the Government of Canada on Indian Policy, 1969 (primary source)
An article from The Canadian Encyclopedia about the Indian Act. Check the bottom of the article for more links
Indigenous Foundations (First Nations Studies Program at UBC). This link takes you to the page on Government Policy; check the links on the left-hand side of the page for more information.
Immigrant Rights
Video clip from the CBC Archives: 1947: The First Officially Canadian Citizens
Forging Our Legacy: Canadian Citizenship and Immigration (from Citizen and Immigration Canada). Scroll down to look at the contents of the chapters.
Post World War II and Displaced Persons
Post War Years: Reconstruction from “Immigrant Voices”. Check the tabs at the top (History, Perspective, Links) for more information.
Immigration Act (original documents), from Canadiana. Search “Early Canadiana Online” or “Canadiana Discovery Portal” (from the menu bar)
Canadian Immigration History from Marianopolous College in Montreal
Moving Here, Staying Here: The Canadian Immigrant Experience, from Archives Canada
Gay and Lesbian Rights
Same Sex Rights. A timeline (1965-2006) of events surrounding Gay Rights from CBC News In Depth
Lesbians, Gay Men and the Charter of Rights and Freedoms. An article by Brenda Cossman (Professor of Law, University of Toronto).
Sexual Orientation and Human Rights, from Canadian Heritage (Canadian Government).
Sexual Orientation and Legal Rights: A Chronological Overview, from the Parliament of Canada website)
The March to Equality: 40 years of Sexual Equality Rights in North America and around the World from the University of Toronto Magazine.
Egale: Canada Human Rights Trust. Click on some of the links on the menu for more information about Rights for Gays and Lesbians.
Rights of the Disabled
Human Rights and Disabilities from Canadian Heritage (Canadian Heritage)
Council of Canadians with Disabilities: Human Rights, Jeffrey Moore Case
Educational Services and the Disabled Child, from Stats Can
Human Rights in British Columbia. A 2008 document from the BC Attorney General.
Rights of the Poor
Poverty. An article from The Canadian Encyclopedia. Make sure to click on the links in the text, as well as the links at the bottom of the page.
Income Distribution. Another article from The Canadian Encyclopedia. Note the sections near the bottom of the page.
End Poverty in Canada, from makepovertyhistory.ca
Statistics Canada: information on Income, Pensions, Spending and Wealth. In particular, look at the data under “Low Income and Inequality”.
Canada’s Health Care System (Medicare) from Health Canada. Note the link on the right-hand side, “The History of Health Care in Canada, 1914-2007”