Discrimination
Don't Be So Gay!
Queers, Bullying, and Making Schools Safe
Recent cases of teen suicide linked with homophobic bullying havethrust the issue of school safety into the national spotlight. In“Don’t Be So Gay!” Queers, Bullying, and MakingSchools Safe, Donn Short considers the effectiveness ofsafe-school legislation. Drawing on interviews with queer youth andtheir allies in the Toronto area, Short concl …
Making Equality Rights Real
Securing Substantive Equality under the Charter
In the two decades since Section 15 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms came into effect, the right to equality has been one of the most hotly contested Charter rights, being disputed in over 350 reported court cases across Canada. It is a right that in very short order has become deeply engrained in Canadian legal, political, and social …