A fascinating book revealing all sorts of interesting facts and history regarding human rights in Canada and around the world.
This book makes a great gift!
Stephen Hammond has researched one human rights fact for every day of the year and put it in a beautifully designed hard-cover book. If you like interesting facts or if you care about human rights, you’ll want to get this book. It will also make a wonderful gift for others.
“In taking us through a year of human rights, Stephen Hammond leaves us with a powerful mosaic that reveals just how precious and vital human rights are. Steps in the Rights Direction shows us that great things can and have been achieved in the human rights arena, even in the face of daunting obstacles. Human rights are at the core of virtually every aspect of how we live every single day of our lives. Our freedoms, our security, our ability to go to school or to work, our access to housing and to health care, our religious beliefs – are all, in their very essence, about human rights. What could be more fitting than this new book that reminds us of how important human rights are on a daily basis. In doing so, these 365 snapshots underscore that so many of the great triumphs and heart-wrenching tragedies in human rights protection come down, in the end, to a single day, a day that may reflect the very best or the very worst of humanity. This tour through the year should bolster our determination to do everything we possibly can to add more and more victories to the human rights calendar.“
Did you know that you will find the following facts, and others, in this book:
January 27, 1959 the Supreme Court of Canada ruled Quebec Premier Maurice Duplesis was personally liable for ruining the business of a Jehovah’s Witness?
April 19, 1907 Aboriginal Canadian Tom Longboat won the Boston Marathon with record time and attracted celebrity status?
May 12, 1820 Florence Nightingale was born and her strong math skills—discouraged by her mother—led to the innovation that saved so many soldiers?
June 13, 1986 Henry Vlug became Canada’s first deaf lawyer?
July 28, 1755 Nova Scotia Governor Charles Lawrence ordered the deportation of thousands of Acadians after years of discrimination?
September 23, 1992 Canadian Manon Rheaume became the NHL’s first woman.