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Kindergarten teacher Haniyfa Scott gives a lesson during class in Montreal, April 4, 2019. Québec’s Bill 21 bans the wearing of religious symbols for new government placed employees within schools, the courts and law enforcement. (THE CANADIAN PRESS/Graham Hughes)

January 30, 2025

Québec’s religious symbols law: Appealing to the Supreme Court for real rights under the Charter

Natasha Bakht, L’Université d’Ottawa/University of Ottawa and Lynda Collins, L’Université d’Ottawa/University of Ottawa

Despite a finding by the Québec Superior Court that Bill 21 has a cruel and dehumanizing impact on Muslim women, the law has survived. Now, the Supreme Court of Canada will hear challenges to it.

The Sudbury 17 wildfire burns east of Mississagi Provincial Park near Elliot Lake, Ont., on June 4, 2023. (Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry/The Canadian Press via AP)

June 20, 2023

Court decision in youth climate lawsuit against Ontario government ignites hope

Nathalie Chalifour, L’Université d’Ottawa/University of Ottawa; Erin Dobbelsteyn, L’Université d’Ottawa/University of Ottawa, and Lynda Collins, L’Université d’Ottawa/University of Ottawa

Canadian courts are increasingly holding governments accountable for violating their citizens’ human rights by not doing enough on climate change.

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