PSC Human Rights 101

January 22, 23 and 24, 2025:  9:00 a.m.-11:00 a.m.

Workshop Resources

• What are Human Rights? (10 Minutes Video)
• Duty to Accommodate
• Kopit
• Muin
• Adinkrahene
• Sankofa
• Privilege Walk
• The Right Hand of Privilege
• NSHRC Inquiry Form
• The Pathway of a Complaint

Case Studies (.PDF)

• Case Study 1 - Phyllis
• Case Study 2 - Amelie
• Case Study 3 - Jayden
• Case Study 4 - Jeffrey

Additional Resources

• Human Rights General Information (FAQ) & Resources
• NSHRC Complaint Pathway
• The Nova Scotia Human Rights Act
• Free Online Training from the NSHRC
• The Gender Bear
• Guidelines to Support Trans and Gender Variant Employees (PSC)
• NSHRC Publications, Reports and Plans
• Halifax Street Checks (Wortley) Report
• A Review of Recommendations Addressing Systemic Discrimination in Nova Scotia and Canada: Annotated Bibliography
• Working Better to Serve All Nova Scotians - Consumer Racial Profiling report

• What Are the Truth & Reconciliation Commission’s 94 Calls to Action & How Are We Working Toward Achieving Them Today?

United Nations Conventions, Treaties and Declarations

• Universal Declaration of Human Rights
• Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
• Convention on the Rights of the Child
• International Convention on the Elimination of All forms of Racial Discrimination
• Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women
• International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights
• International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
• Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment
• United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
• United Nations International Decade for People of African Descent