If you’re a teacher planning lessons for the upcoming school year, consider inviting a law student to talk to your class about human rights. Our presentations help teachers fulfil curriculum requirements related to:
- social studies, especially with respect to First Nations
- history
- global issues
- law
Dr. Adele Perry is director of the Centre for Human Rights Research and distinguished professor of history and women’s and gender studies. She is a historian of colonialism, gender, race and western Canada in the 19th and 20th centuries. From 2003 to 2014, Perry held a Tier 2 Canada Research Chair and she is a fellow of the Royal Society of Canada and past president of the Canadian Historical Association.