Justice and Fairness in our Country


Unit 7 is about justice in Canada. You will learn how the Charter of Rights and Freedoms altered Canada's previous British unwritten constitution.

Targets


Read the I Can statements to see what you will learn in Unit 7.

I Can...


  • Explain how Canada's justice system helps protect democratic and constitutional rights

  • Tell how the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms protects collective rights in Canada

  • Explain how the Treaty of La Grande Paix de Montreal addresses collective identity and collective rights

  • Explain how the Treaty of La Grande Paix de Montreal and the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms compare in the way that each addresses individual and collective identity and collective rights

  • Tell how associations provide their members with a voice at local and provincial levels, exercising historical and constitutional rights

Introduction


The was a girl named Asi Mansour who was made to stop playing in a soccer game because of her headscarf.  Is this fair?  Read the pages listed below in your textbook. 

Why?


Resources for Inquiry


  1. Textbook

    Read pages 154 and 155 of your textbook, considering these questions as you read:

      • What happened to Asi?

      • What reason was given for telling her to leave?

      • How did her team and others react?

      • Why do people refer to the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms when something such as this happens?

Notebook


Throughout this unit, you will keep a Notebook. The PDF downloads are the pages of your Notebook.

  • Create a folder on your computer or in the cloud titled "Unit 7 Notebook".

  • Save all of the PDF downloads to this folder.

Whenever you see this icon you will be directed to use the Unit 7 Notebook folder you created.