History of Human Rights in Canada
Human Rights · 3 hrs Lecture
Offering schedule: contact department
The calendar doesn't say which term this runs in. The sections below show the terms it actually runs in this year.
No prerequisites listed, you can take this course without prior coursework.
HR-2200 prerequisites
Taking HR-2200 is a prerequisite for 11 courses directly, and opens 14 once their own follow-ons are counted.
- CJ-3471Human Rights and the Criminal Justice System
- CRS-3410Models of Transitional Justice
- HR-3210Human Rights Institutions
- HR-3410Models of Transitional Justice
- HR-3471Human Rights and the Criminal Justice System
- HR-3510Practicum in Human Rights
- HR-3511International Practicum in Human Rights
- HR-3750Directed Readings in Human Rights
- HR-4450Human Rights Approaches to Health
- HR-4750Directed Readings in Human Rights
- IS-4028Human and Indigenous Rights in Latin America
Where HR-2200 counts
Counts toward 3 more as one option among several, not as a course you must take:
Read from the departments' own calendar pages, where 71 of 141 programs are only partly machine-readable, so treat these as a minimum rather than the full list. Confirm with an academic advisor.
Description
This course examines the history of human rights within the Canadian context including key federal, provincial and municipal legislation as well as critical human rights institutions. The course explores the evolution of the human rights in Canada in relation to their international counterparts, and historical discrimination in Canada in areas such as immigration, employment and housing, internment of minority populations, gender, sexuality, antisemitism and treatment of Indigenous peoples.
Restrictions
Students may not hold credit for this course and HIST-2512.
Cross-listed
HIST-2512(3).
From the 2026-27 undergraduate calendar. Always verify details on WebAdvisor or with an academic advisor before registering.