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Centre for Human Rights and Legal Pluralism, UU直播. A roundtable, co-hosted by Colleen Sheppard & Vrinda Narain

Event Program听(All times are for Montreal, Eastern Daylight Time; all sessions will be hosted on Zoom and recorded.)

09:15 am (ET)

Welcome and Introduction听

Colleen Sheppard

听09:30 鈥� 11:00 am

Session 1:听 Missing Rights?

Moderator:听Nandini Ramanujam

Speakers:

• Mirja Trilsch: 鈥淭he Charter at 40 鈥� Who鈥檚听still听afraid of social rights?鈥�
• S茅bastien Jodoin: 鈥淚ncluding the Right to a Healthy Environment in the Charter鈥�

• Fran莽ois Cr茅peau:听鈥淭he human rights of migrants: a blind spot everywhere鈥�

11:00-11:15听 -- BREAK --

11:15 鈥� 12:45 pm

Session 2: Interpretive Complexities

Moderator: Vrinda Narain

Speakers:

• Tamara Thermitus:听 芦听Le droit 脿 l鈥櫭ゞalit茅 et l鈥檃cc猫s 脿 la justice听: une utopie pour les personnes racis茅es鈥�?听禄

• Joshua Nichols:听"Section 35 is not in the听Charter: A Review of the Constitutional "Background" of R. v. Sparrow"
• Colleen Sheppard: 鈥淩etrospective on Substantive Equality: Fissures & Fracture鈥�

12:45 鈥� 13:00 pm

Closing remarks听:Vrinda Narain听

More information:听听human.rights [at] mcgill.ca

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