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From Bliss to Brooks and Beyond: A Contemporary Analysis of Pregnancy Discrimination in Canada

Author: Kali Faingold Abstract The 1989 Brooks v Canada Safeway Ltd ruling by the Supreme Court of Canada marked a watershed moment in Canadian jurisprudence, firmly establishing pregnancy discrimination as a form of sex discrimination under human rights legislation. Since… Continue Reading →

Serious Enough? Troubling Civil Courts’ Assessments of the Seriousness of Sexual Harassment in Wrongful Dismissal Cases

Authors: Bethany Hastie and Sofia Cornejo Abstract This article examines how courts interpret sexual harassment in the employment law arena through a case analysis of court decisions from Alberta and British Columbia in wrongful dismissal cases involving the alleged perpetrator…. Continue Reading →

Vol 14, No 1 (2026)

Front Matter Front Matter Articles Kali Faingold, “From Bliss to Brooks and Beyond: A Contemporary Analysis of Pregnancy Discrimination in Canada” (2026) 14:1 Can J Hum Rts 1 Mark Kersten, “Crimes Against Migrants as Crimes Against All of Us: The… Continue Reading →

Experimenting with Credibility in Refugee Adjudication: Gaydar

Authors: Sean Rehaag & Hilary Evans Cameron Abstract Canada offers refugee protection to sexual minorities facing persecution abroad. While success rates for sexual minority refugee claims have generally been higher than the overall average at Canada’s Immigration and Refugee Board,… Continue Reading →

Taking Prisoners’ Rights Seriously on Substantive Habeas Corpus Review

Author: Ian Davis Abstract In Mission Institution v Khela, the Supreme Court of Canada held that a detainee on an application for habeas corpus may challenge a deprivation of liberty on grounds of substantive unreasonableness. According to some advocates and… Continue Reading →

Policy, Practice and Privatized Prison Telephones in Saskatchewan

Authors: Sarah Buhler & Amanda Dodge Abstract Governing law and policy in Saskatchewan mandates fair and reasonable telephone access for prisoners in provincial correctional centres. Our community-engaged, qualitative research project investigated the state of telephone access in Saskatchewan correctional centres… Continue Reading →

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