Against Amnesia: African Nova Scotia Women’s Generational Leadership in Civil Rights Organizing, 1950–79

Reakash Walters

doi:10.3138/cjwl.32.2.06

Against Amnesia: African Nova Scotia Women’s Generational Leadership in Civil Rights Organizing, 1950–79

Canadian Journal of Women and the Law/Revue Femmes et Droit ◽

10.3138/cjwl.32.2.06 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 32 (2) ◽

pp. 383-409

Author(s):

Reakash Walters

Keyword(s):

Nova Scotia ◽

Civil Rights ◽

Generational Leadership

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Canada—Nova Scotia

The International Protection of Adults ◽

10.1093/9780198727255.003.0037 ◽

2015 ◽

Author(s):

Alex Ruck Keene ◽

QC Alison Scott Butler

Keyword(s):

Nova Scotia ◽

Civil Rights ◽

Federal Government ◽

Common Law ◽

Civil Law ◽

Political Rights ◽

Canadian Charter ◽

Law System ◽

The Common ◽

Civil Law System

Canada is a federation composed of ten provinces, including Nova Scotia (‘NS’), and three territories. The common law applies in Canada, with the exception of the province of Quebec, which uses a civil law system. There is a federal government; as a province, NS also exercises constitutional powers in its own right. Federal legislation includes provisions relating to adults within the scope of this work. The Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms also guarantees certain political rights to Canadians and civil rights to everyone in Canada, and contains rights that impact upon capacity law.

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