List of Events
Day 1
- 1.1 Keynote Address “What is Justice and Why Does it Matter?”
Nicholas Wolterstorff video
- 1.2 Plenary Panel “Religion and Human Rights in Canada: Judaism, Christianity and Islam”
Michael Stroh, Lois Wilson, Abdulaziz Sachedina video
- 1.3 “Rights, Culture, and Forgiveness”
Benjamin Berger, Shannon Hoff, and Alice MacLachlan
- 1.4 “Aboriginal Rights in Canada: A Case Study of Group and Individual Rights”
Dean Jacobs, John Olthuis
- 1.5 “Negotiating Borders Justly: Immigration and Human Rights”
Bernard Alphonsus, Emily Gilbert, Ronald Poulton
- 1.6 “Perils and Promises: Tensions between Justice and Other-Norms”
Pamela Couture, James Christie, Lowell Ewert video
- 1.7 “Formal Rights and Substantive Rights in Conflict”
Réal Fillion, Bruce Porter, John Russon
- 1.8 Evening Public Lecture “Must Love and Justice Forever be at Odds?”
Nicholas Wolterstorff video
Day 2
- 2.1 Keynote Address “Linking Fates Together: Toward New Political Imaginaries of Justice and Democratic Rights”
Melissa Williams video
- 2.2 “Disability and Human Rights: Issues of Access and Attitudes”
Deborah Stienstra, Lynda Katsuno, Patty Douglas, Tom Reynolds
- 2.3 “Restoration or Retribution: Tensions in the Adjudication of Justice”
Bruce Schenk, Marie Wilson, Harry van Harten
- 2.4 “Children’s Rights: From Protection to Self-Determination”
Scott Forbes, Kathy Vandergrift
- 2.5 Practitioners Networking Session
Facilitated by the Office of Social Justice, CRCNA
- 2.6 “Environmental Rights”
Heather Eaton, Ruth Groenhout, John Hiemstra
- 2.7 “Poverty and Rights”
Joe Gunn, Michael DeMoor
Organized by Citizens for Public Justice
- 2.8 “Women and Rights”
Joanna Birenbaum, Minoo Derayeh, Janet Wesselius
- 2.9 Plenary Panel “Social Justice and Human Rights: Reflections in Conclusion”
Melissa Williams, Lois Wilson, Nicholas Wolterstorff