Charter: A Course podcast

Charter: A Course is a podcast created by the David Asper Centre for Constitutional Rights and hosted by centre's executive director Cheryl Milne.

Now in Season 2, the podcast focuses on Canadian constitutional law and litigation. 

Charter: A Course is proudly sponsored by the University of Toronto’s affinity partner TD Insurance.

S2E3: Disability Rights under the Charter

In 1982, disability was included as an enumerated ground of discrimination under Section 15 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. Since then, disability rights advocates have pursued constitutional litigation on a range of issues. This podcast episode examines the successes and remaining challenges in having disability rights recognized and protected under the Charter.

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Full episode transcript (PDF)

S2E2: Section 33 of the Charter – The Notwithstanding Clause

This episode focuses on section 33 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, otherwise known as the ‘notwithstanding clause’. Recognized as a distinctive Canadian legal invention, the notwithstanding clause creates a legislative tool that permits federal, provincial or territorial legislatures to declare an act or provision of an act to operate notwithstanding sections 2 and 7 to 15 of the Charter.

Show notes (Word doc) 

Full episode transcript (PDF)

S2E1: Section 28 of the Charter and Feminist Law Reform

This episode focuses on section 28 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, which states that notwithstanding anything in the Charter, the rights and freedoms referred to in it are guaranteed equally to male and female persons.

Show notes (Word doc) 

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This content is courtesy of the David Asper Centre for Constitutional Rights