MONDAY, DECEMBER 8th 3 9:00 a.m. — Registration - Convention Hall 10:00 a.m. — Welcome: Dr. H. L. Keenleyside, Conference Chairman “The Universal Declaration of Human Rights - Its Influence on the Canadian and International Scenes” Mr. Justice J. T. Thorson, President, Exchequer Court of Canada Dr. John Humphrey, Director Human Rights Division, United Nations 2:00 p.m. — General Session - Convention Hall “Citizens Human Rights Commission Hearings” Members of the Commission Senator Muriel Fergusson Dr. Frank Scott, Faculty of Law, McGill University Professor Pierre Dansereau, Faculty of Science, University of Montreal Bernard Mailhiot, o.p., Human Relations Research Centre, University of Montreal Dr. Roby Kidd, Canadian Association for Adult Education. Submission of Briefs from: Mr. W. Preston Gilbride, President CANADIAN WELFARE COUNCIL Mr. Claude Jodoin, President CANADIAN LABOUR CONGRESS Professor Bora Laskin, Professor Maxwell Cohen CANADIAN JEWISH CONGRESS Mrs. Saul Hayes, International Affairs Committee NATIONAL COUNCIL OF WOMEN 8:00 p.m. — General Session - Auditorium, National Research Council, Sussex Drive “Human Rights Film Festival” Staged jointly by the Canadian Film Institute and the National Film Board. FILMS: The Colour of Man (1955); The High Wall (1950) Neighbors (1952); The Suspects (1957) Our Town is the World (1950). TUESD/ DECEMBER 9th 10:00 a.m. — Panel Sessions (Delegates will select one) 1. “Civil Rights and Liberties” — Boy’s Lobby, Y.M.C.A., 127 Metcalfe Saul Hayes, Chairman, Executive Director, Canadian Jewish Congress Wm. P. Jenkins, Unitarian Church, Toronto Andrew Brewin, Q.C., Lawyer, Toronto Jean Louis Gagnon, Journalist and Broadcaster, Montreal. 2. “Economic Rights” — Blue Triangle Room, Y.W.C.A., 133 Metcalfe George Mooney, Chairman, Executive Director, Federation of Mayors and Municipalities Prof. H. Woods, Industrial Relations Centre, McGill University Pierre Elliot Trudeau, Economist and Lawyer, Montreal William Mahoney, Canadian Director, United Steelworkers of America. 3. “Social Rights” — Banquet Hall, Masonic Temple, 111 Metcalfe Donald MacDonald, Chairman, Secretary-Treasurer, Canadian Labour Congress Dr. Frank Vallee, Sociology Department, McMaster University Gerard Pelletier, Canadian and Catholic Confederation of Labour Miss Agnes E. Roy, National Director, Y.W.C.A. of Canada Mrs. John D. Taylor, Past President, Canadian Home and School and Parent-Teacher Federation. 11:00 a.m. — Question and Discussion Period 2:00 p.m. — Panel Sessions Divide into Smaller Workshop Groups “Civil Rights and Liberties” — Boy’s Lobby and Room 2, Y.M.C.A., 127 Metcalfe “Economic Rights” — Blue Triangle Room and Gym, Y.W.C.A., 133 Metcalfe “Social Rights” — Banquet Hall and Fraternity Hall, Masonic Temple, 111 Metcalfe WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 10th ■> 10:00 a.m. — General Session - Convention Hall Panel on the Proposed Federal Bill of Rights Professor R. O. MacFarlance, Chairman, School of Public Administration, Carleton University David Walker, M.P., Q.C., Toronto Professor Bora Laskin, Faculty of Law, University of Toronto Eamon Park, Assistant to the Director, United Steelworkers of America. 11:00 a.m. — Question and Discussion Period 12:30 p.m. — Luncheon - Banquet Hall Guest Speakers Internationally Known Speaker MRS. ALBERT PARADIS of the Canadian National Commission for UNESCO. 2:30 p.m. — Adjournment Conference Registration Fee — $6.00 Tickets for the Luncheon will be available at the Conference Registration Desk $3.50 each Conference Arranged by HUMAN RIGHTS ANNIVERSARY COMMITTEE FOR CANADA EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE Walter B. Herbert Mrs. P. Ross Kidd Miss Muriel W. Jacobson John P. Kidd Kalmen Kaplansky Max Swerdlow Publicity Chairman, Greg Guthrie EXECUTIVE SECRETARY, Sid Blum The National Human Rights Conference at the Chateau Laurier Hotel, Ottawa on December 8, 9, 10th, 1958 Arranged in connection with the Tenth Annivérsùry of the Adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights of the United Nations. Conference Chairman, D r. H. L. Keenleyside Director-General, Technical Assistance Administration United Nations. A PROJECT OF THE HUMAN RIGHTS ANNIVERSARY COMMITTEE FOR CANADA. Composed of representatives of: Canadian Association of Adult Education Canadian Association of Consumers Canadian Association of Social Workers Canadian and Catholic Confederation of Labour Canadian Citizenship Council Canadian Council of Christians and Jews Canadian Council of Churches Canadian Federation of Business and Professional Women’s Clubs Canadian Institute on Public Affairs Canadian Jewish Congress Canadian Labour Congress Canadian Library Association Canadian Welfare Council Co-operative Union of Canada Federated Women’s Institutes of Canada Federation of Mayors and Municipalities Frontier College L’Institut Canadien d’Education des Adultes L’Institut Canadien des Affaires Publiques Jewish Labour Committee of Canada National Council of Jewish Women United Nations Association in Canada United Steelworkers of America Y.M.C.A. of Canada Y.W.C.A. of Canada.