international year for human rights / l'année internationale des droits de l'homme December 15, 1967. List of Events and Plans Undertaken by Various Organizations for International Year for Human Rights Newfoundland A newly-formed Newfoundland and Labrador History Teachers Association convened a large conference of students in St. John’s on December 10, to discuss the Universal Declaration and human rights. A local T.V. show also featured a human rights theme on the same day. Nova Scotia The Nova Scotia Human Rights Committee convened a one-day conference at Dalhousie University on December 10, to discuss education, employment, health services, housing, recreation, religion and social welfare in relation to human rights. The conference was open to all interested organizations in Nova Scotia. The guest speaker was Charles King, Jr., of the Gary, Indiana, Human Relations Commission and his topic was "Human Rights Commissions in North America - Their Role Today". Other speakers included the Chief Justice of Nova Scotia and the Minister of Public Welfare. New Brunswick A regional United Nations Association seminar, held in September for high-school students, scheduled a guest speaker to talk about International Year. A radio interview was arranged and additional publicity was obtained with news stories in the Moncton, St. John and Halifax daily papers. Commencing this fall, Bathurst College in Bathurst now includes human rights studies as part of its curriculum. The provincial Home and School Federation held a human rights seminar this fall. Resolutions adopted at its plenary session were as follows: to the provincial government, to make human rights part of the school curriculum; to the CBC, to present human rights programs during International Year; and to the federal government, to establish a national Ombudsman and a national Human Rights Commission« The New Brunswick Federation of Women trill undertake a project for 1968 on the rights of women and will give as widespread publicity as possible to the Universal Declaration and the international human rights covenants. Mount Allison University is scheduling a human rights seminar for high-school students for the summer of 1968. - 2 - The University of Moncton Association of Professors is sponsoring a human rights conference, January 13 and lU, 1968. The theme will be "Human Eights and Education". The recently-established New Brunswick Human Rights Commission has announced its intention to observe International Tear with special activities during 1968. The Human Eights Commission currently is collaborating with the Curriculum Branch of the New Brunswick Department of Education to evolve a program of citizenship studies which will adequately cover human rights in the province and in Canada. Quebec A provincial committee for International Year has been established with representation from 30 organizations, including such groups as the United Council for Human Rights and the Civil Liberties Union. The theme of the committee’s International Year program will be "Quebec and the Universal Declaration". Four sub-committees have been formed to work on special studies in the areas of civil and poli­ tical rights; social and economic rights; cultural and linguistic rights; and collective and national rights. The committee is planning to hold approximately 12 human rights seminars in different regions in the province. A province-wide conference then will be convened in mid-1968 to bring together the regional groups to develop recom­ mendations for presentation to the national conference next fall. The Quebec Eegion of the Canadian Council of Christians and Jews held a one-day human rights seminar in Montreal on November 26, for high-school students of both languages. The participants undertook to develop working groups to approach individual schools with program suggestions for panel discussions, speakers, displays and stories for school papers during 1968 on human rights topics. Jeunesse Rurale Catholique is planning to study human lights in employment as part of its 1968 program. Ontario The Elliott Lake Centre for Continuing Education sponsored a three-day human rights conference for Indians in October. In November, the Ontario Human Rights Commission announced that it was sponsoring a two-year research study of discriminatory references in social studies text books. The Conmission also expects to open an office in Ottawa during 1968 to extend its work in Eastern Ontario, A provincial committee for International Year has been established and has circulated a questionnaire to over 600 provincial voluntary and government organizations to survey their human rights interests. This information will provide data for an ensuing provincial organization and program for International Year, - 3 - The Toronto Council of Women is planning a human rights project relating to Indians and Eskimos for its 1968 program. The Toronto branch of the United Nations Association also is planning a 1968 human rights program in relation to Indians and Eskimos. The Ontario Home and School Federation, as well as its Toronto Citizenship Committee, are planning a human rights conference as part of their 1968 convention. This fall, York University sponsored a series of lectures on human rights. These were open to the public and to students. Brock University is holding a series of lectures on United Nations work in developing international understanding and involving human rights. To commemorate International Year, Scarborough College of the University of Toronto, in collaboration with the United Nations Association of Canada, also is planning a series of lectures on human rights. Starting with December 11, the North Bay branch of the United Nations Association has scheduled three monthly public meetings devoted to study and discussion of prejudice and discrimination. A press release has been circulated urging Northern Ontario newspapers to use human rights editorials and feature articles, as well as sug­ gesting that clergy include in their services references to the Universal Declaration. Manitoba A permanent Manitoba human rights committee was formed in November. Professor W. Tamopolsky of Osgoode Hall, Toronto, and author of "The Canadian Bill of Rights", was guest speaker at a Human Rights Day seminar held in Winnipeg on December 10. This seminar was sponsored by the provincial committee and Professor Tamopolsky's talk was on the Canadian Bill of Rights. A special voluntary committee has been formed to study the incidence of discriminatory references to Indians and Metis in school texts. Another special committee, under Professor J. Rudnycky of the University of Manitoba, is studying linguistic problems in Canada in relation to human rights. The University of Manitoba Union of Students has formed a human rights committee which will study student housing discrimination. - U - Saskatchewan A province-wide human rights conference was held in Regina, December 8-10, The provincial government participated with the Attorney General as guest speaker and the Deputy Premier chairing a session. Discussion included the possible need for a provincial Human Rights Commission. Dr. D. A. Schmeiser, of the University of Saskatchewan Faculty of Law, and author of "Civil Liberties in Canada", also addressed the conference. Alberta A provisional human rights committee was formed a few months ago and is meeting to establish a provincial body to work with voluntary groups on human rights programs for 1968. The Alberta government added a full-time human rights officer in August of this year. This officer has been engaged in bringing provincial human rights legislation to the attention of the public. The news media in Alberta have been very cooperative and substantial radio and T.V. coverage has been obtained on shows such as "Open Line" and public affairs programs. British Columbia A provisional committee has been meeting to discuss the establishment of a provincial International Year committee. Sub­ committees have been set up to study human rights in relation to housing, welfare and the law. Plans are being developed to hold a series of small workshops in the spring of 1968, to be followed by a larger and more formal conference later in the year. National Organizations and General The Canadian Citizenship Council has formed a special citizen rights committee to study and promote discussion on current human rights issues. The first topic under discussion is Bill S-5 on Hate Propaganda and study material has been circulated to many interested national organizations. The Council’s Annual meeting in September also featured two human rights workshops. The Canadian Council of Christians and Jews is planning an intergroup relations conference in 1968 to feature discussion of human rights topics. The United Nations Association in Canada is planning to hold its 1968 inter-provincial seminar at the United Nations in New York with a human rights theme as the central focus of its program. The Canadian Teachers Federation will include human rights information in its I960 news release to its membership. The Federation also has submitted a Brief to the federal government on the educational rights of Indians and will be urging the government to develop better solutions to the problems of Indian and Eskimo education, as well as to those of unequal education opportunities in general, wherever these exist. The Canadian National Commission for UNESCO is promoting human rights studies during I960 among its associated schools. Oakwood Collegiate in