WHY CANADA HAS STARTED A COUNTRY TO BE PROUD OF

AGENDA

★ IMPACTS OF VIOLA DESMOND

★ IMPACTS OF JEANETTE CORBIERE

★ THE MULTICULTUTRAL POLICES

 WHO IS VIOLA DESMOND

In 1946 she challenged racial segregation at a cinema in New Glasgow, Nova Scotia
by refusing to leave the whites-only area Of the Roseland Theatre. For this she was
charged a minor tax violation for the one cent tax difference for the seat she paid for
and the one she used which was far more expensive. Refusing this charge brought
her case to The Supreme Court, causing an intense park in the civil rights movement.
HOW VIOLA REAFFIRMED FAITH IN FUNDAMENTAL HUMAN RIGHTS IN THE

DIGNITY AND WORTH OF THE HUMAN PERSON.

Viola Desmond challenged the unfair treatment because of her

race she proved to the white and black community she deserves
her human rights and to reaffirm her dignity after being dragged
out of a theatre just because of her skin complexion. She deserved
equal rights as a black woman to sit anywhere she wanted in a
theatre she was paying for.
 HOW VIOLA HELPED HUMAN BEINGS TO BE
EQUAL

Viola helped human equality by standing up for her rights which set an
example for other black activists in the community pushing foward the
equality Blacks in Canada still have to face, but her resistance caused a push to
much better future.
MULTICULTURAL
POLICES
 WHO IS JEANNETTE CORBIERE

Jeannette Corbiere wed a non-Native in 1970, Lavell lost legal position as

Indian as a result of the Indian Act prohibiting women to be Indians if
wedded to non-status men.
Lavell outraged, sued federal government grounds that violated the 1960
Canadian Bill of Rights discriminating against women on their sex.
HOW JEANNETTE RE-AFFIRMED FAITH IN FUNDAMENTALS IN HUMAN RIGHTS

Jeannette challenged a treaty creating the silence and holding Indians captive sao the
Canadian government could be under control of their basic human rights as people
called the Indian act. She tried to reaffirm faith in the fundamental human rights for
Indian women trying to to counter the Indian act with the Bill Of Rights which
discriminated against non-status women if married. Why shouldn't an Indian
woman try to keep her race at birth?

Challenging Canadian state, Jeannette Corbiere Lavell, Sandra Lovelace, and Yvonne
Bédard directly influenced the amendment of section 35 of the Constitution Act, 1982
in 1983 to ensure that men and women would have equal access to Aboriginal and
treaty rights.
HOW JEANETTE CORBIERE CREATED A CHANGE IN HUMAN EQUALITY

She along with a large number of women Indigenous challenged the

Canadian Government for their refusal for Inigenous women to keep their
race as a legal right as a state for women married to a Canadian citizen.
This shows how as women they fight for their equal rights to be free and
have the dignity to legally keep a part of themselves not losing it at the
cost of another.
MULTICULTURAL
POLICES
WHAT ARE THE MULTICULTURAL POLICES?

The Multicultural policy passed by Pierre Trudeau in 1971, the policy

recognized and helped ethnic group, encouraged people to take different role
in the government and society & eliminate discrimination and any barriers.
(Allowed Canada to become multicultural, grow in population and rich in
culture)
HOW THE MULTICULTURAL POLICY REAFFIRMED FAITH IN HUMAN RIGHTS

This right for Canada proved that Canada is moving in the right direction
concerning basic human rights, now minorities can feel welcomed and a part of
society which was so against them in the past. It is surprising to know this was
passed not long ago, but this is the evolution.
HOW THE MULTICULTURAL POLICY REAFFIRMED FAITH IN HUMAN RIGHTS

Multiculturalism not only benefits the people as feeling included, it gives

them the right to be considered a part of the country, by applying for
jobs and being considered a citizen.