[hr-education-na] Youth Guide to the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms

Dear colleagues,

I am writing in regards to a resource that we have developed in Canada for
our youth so they can develop an understanding of our Canadian Charter of
Rights and Freedoms. The Youth Guide to the Canadian Charter of Rights and
Freedoms is a bilingual Guide and Poster which interprets the Canadian
Charter in plain, child friendly language and targets youth in the 12 to
16 year age range. Winning youth art illustrate the document and it has
been widely distributed throughout Alberta and Canada.

The hope is that this publication will significantly contribute to a
better understanding of the Canadian soul to be nurtured in future by the
youth of today. The Youth Guide is a product of the belief shared by its
sponsors that informed Canadian youth will strive to ensure that
constitutional values are more than abstract principles. Rather, these
values serve to define the Canadian experience and Canadian life enjoyed
by all of us. With that objective in mind, it is hoped that this youth
guide will assist youth in the acquisition of a greater understanding and
appreciation of the heritage that belongs to all generations of Canadians.

You can download the guide at http://johnhumphreycentre.org/guide.htm (in 
English and French)

We have found this resource to be in very high demand and teachers and
trainers (social workers and others) have found it to be very useful.

Renée Vaugeois
Manager, John Humphrey Centre for Peace and Human Rights
404A, 10310-102 Avenue
Edmonton, Alberta T5J 2X6
Phone: (780) 453-2638
Fax: (780) 454-1519
Email: <     >
Website: www.johnhumphreycentre.org

 

 
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