- What types of disability-related cases has the Supreme Court of Canada chosen to hear under
the Charter of Rights and Freedoms? We will review a carefully chosen set of disabilityrelated cases to identify the issues they address, and the types of people affected by those
issues. - How has Section 15 in particular been used to protect against disability discrimination? We
will consider five key cases in which Section 15 was invoked as a remedy against unfair
treatment of disabled people under the law. - How have the Supreme Court justices regarded disability? We will examine the language
used in the case decisions to assess how disability is portrayed and how that portrayal has
evolved over time.
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