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Pearl Eliadis on Taming of the National Human Rights Commission and the National Unity and Reconciliation Commission (1999鈥�2003)
February 20, 2025 |聽Kirsten Van Houten and Alex Neve (eds) examine Canada's changing and uneven role in foreign policy in their new book聽Hand in Hand: Canada at the Human Rights and Peacebuilding Nexus.聽Pearl Eliadis' chapter is on Canada's role in Rwanda during the transitional聽period after聽the G
Published: 20 Feb 2025
Pearl Eliadis on Canadian Free Expression | Literary Review of Canada
February 4, 2025 | Professor Pearl Eliadis聽wrote in the Literary Review of Canada on the differences between free speech in the US and free expression in Canada. The recent conflicts go much deeper than tariffs.
Published: 5 Feb 2025
Pearl Eliadis on the Supreme Court of Canada Taking on Legal Challenge to Quebec鈥檚 Bill 21 | CBC
January 23rd, 2025 | In an interview on Let鈥檚 Go with Sabrina Marandola on CBC, Pearl Eliadis discussed the Supreme Court of Canada鈥檚 decision to hear a legal challenge against Quebec鈥檚 Bill 21. Eliadis emphasized the significance of the Court鈥檚 move, stating, 鈥淚t鈥檚 the Supreme Court saying that it鈥檚 important and an issue of national significance.鈥�
Published: 28 Jan 2025
Pearl Eliadis on Supreme Court of Canada hearing legal challenge of Quebec鈥檚 Bill 21 | iHeart
January 23, 2025 | On the Montreal Now with Aaron Rand podcast,聽Pearl Eliadis discussed Quebec鈥檚 Bill 21 and its Supreme Court challenge. She highlighted the months-long legal process ahead, with both sides submitting extensive documentation before a decision is reached.
Published: 27 Jan 2025
Pearl Eliadis on Quebec鈥檚 Ban on Religious Symbols | The New York Times
January 25, 2025 | The Supreme聽Court of Canada will decide whether a law that Quebec enacted in 2019, barring public-sector workers from wearing religious symbols, violates their rights.
Published: 27 Jan 2025
Pearl Eliadis on LGBTQ2S+ advocates fearing for trans rights | CTV News
January 23, 2025 |聽Organizations advocating for LGBTQ2S+ rights in Quebec are speaking out against comments made by Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre, who said he鈥檚 only aware of two genders. Professor and聽Human rights lawyer Pearl Eliadis said there鈥檚 a lot of disinformation on social media conflating sex and gender.
Published: 27 Jan 2025
Pearl Eliadis: Top court hearing challenge on Quebec's secularism law 'not unexpected' | CBC
January 24, 2025 |聽The Supreme Court of Canada has agreed to hear a challenge against Quebec's controversial secularism law that prohibits certain public workers from wearing religious symbols while performing their duties.
Published: 27 Jan 2025
Pearl Eliadis on Bill 21 | La Presse
January 24, 2025 | The Supreme Court of Canada has agreed to grant permission to appeal in the Bill 21, Quebec鈥檚 controversial secularism law. The decision marks a significant development in the ongoing legal battle, which has raised concerns among minority communities over religious freedoms and equality in the province.
Published: 27 Jan 2025
Profile of Pearl Eliadis for QUESCREN | Concordia University
In Concordia University's latest Researcher-Member Portrait, Pearl Eliadis talks about effective ways of educating the public about their rights and details her work related to the rights and interests of Quebec's English-speaking community.聽The Quebec English-Speaking Communities Research Network (QUESCREN) is a dynamic alliance of researchers, community members, and institutions that develop
Published: 16 Apr 2024
Freedom of expression (Mike Ward file) | Arr锚t sur le droit
March 18, 2024 |聽Pearl Eliadis recently contributed her expertise to an episode of "Arrest sur le droit," a podcast in partnership between the Supreme Court of Canada and the Quebec legal organization CAIJ. In Episode 4, Pearl discusses the SCC's ruling to the case of Ward v. Quebec (Human Rights and Youth Rights Commission), exploring its implications for freedom of expression.聽
Published: 11 Apr 2024
Quebec's Court of Appeal upholds Bill 21, with a few exceptions | CBC
February 29, 2024 | Pearl Eliadis speaks on "Breakaway with Alison Brunette" and "Let's Go with Sabrina Marandola" on the upholding of Bill 21 and what the ruling means.聽The law bans certain employees in the public sector from wearing religious symbols while on the job.
Published: 18 Mar 2024
Court case against universiy tuition hikes in Quebec | CBC Montreal
February 23, 2024 | With the Qu茅bec government's decision to raise tuition fees for out-of-province students and change the funding model for international students, 不良研究所 has launched a lawsuit, arguing that these measures will violate the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms and the Qu茅bec Charter of Human Rights and Freedoms.
Published: 12 Mar 2024
Court case against the end of life legislation in Quebec | CBC Montreal
February 6, 2024 | The Catholic Church legally challenges Quebec's assisted dying law, arguing the province's end of life legislation violates its religious freedom. The church feels it is forced to choose between a procedure it finds morally unacceptable or abandon its pallative care center in Montreal. Prof. Pearl Eliadis says that this is a case of religious freedom vs.
Published: 20 Feb 2024
Humour, Hate and Harm: Rethinking Dignity, Equality and Freedom of Expression in Ward v Quebec | PKI
December 1, 2023 | Humour, Hate and Harm: Rethinking Dignity, Equality and Freedom of Expression in Ward v Quebec is聽new publication on what is and what isn't discrimination and hate speech鈥� issues that figure among the most volatile social challenges facing us today.聽
Published: 5 Dec 2023
Quebec Superior Court halts adoption of pro-Palestinian 不良研究所 student union policy | CBC News
November 23, 2023 | Some 不良研究所 students say their right to express support for Palestinians is being suppressed, after a Quebec court temporarily put a stop to a student plan to adopt a pro-Palestinian policy at the university.
Published: 23 Nov 2023
