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Joseph Arvay

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Joseph Arvay, O.C., O.B.C., QC (born March 18, 1949) is a Canadian lawyer who has argued numerous landmark cases involving civil liberties and constitutional rights. [1]

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Andrews v Law Society of British Columbia

Andrews v Law Society of British Columbia, 1 SCR 143 is the first Supreme Court of Canada case to deal with section 15 (equality rights) of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms.

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British Columbia Civil Liberties Association

The British Columbia Civil Liberties Association (BCCLA) is an autonomous, non-partisan charitable society that seeks to "promote, defend, sustain, and extend civil liberties and human rights." It works towards achieving this purpose through litigation, lobbying, complaint assistance, events, social media, and publications.

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Chamberlain v Surrey School District No 36

Chamberlain v Surrey School District No 36, 4 S.C.R. 710, 2002 SCC 86, was a case in which the Supreme Court of Canada held that a local school board could not impose its religious values by refusing to permit the use of books that sought to promote tolerance of same-sex relationships.

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Egan v Canada

Egan v Canada, 2 S.C.R. 513 was one of a trilogy of equality rights cases published by a very divided Supreme Court of Canada in the spring of 1995.

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Insite

Insite is the first legal supervised drug injection site in North America, located at 139 East Hastings Street, in the Downtown Eastside (DTES) neighbourhood of Vancouver, British Columbia.

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Ontario

Ontario is one of the 13 provinces and territories of Canada and is located in east-central Canada.

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Peter Gzowski

Peter John Gzowski (July 13, 1934 – January 24, 2002), known colloquially as "Mr.

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Queen's Counsel

A Queen's Counsel (postnominal QC), or King's Counsel (postnominal KC) during the reign of a king, is an eminent lawyer (usually a barrister or advocate) who is appointed by the Monarch to be one of "Her Majesty's Counsel learned in the law." The term is also recognised as an honorific.

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Section 15 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms

Section 15 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms contains guaranteed equality rights.

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Sperm donation

Sperm donation is the provision (or "donation") by a man (known as a sperm donor) of his sperm (known as donor sperm), principally for it to be used in the artificial insemination of a woman or women who are not his sexual partners.

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University of Western Ontario

The University of Western Ontario (UWO), corporately branded as Western University as of 2012 and commonly shortened to Western, is a public research university in London, Ontario, Canada.

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Welland

Welland (2016 population 52,293) is a city in the Regional Municipality of Niagara in Southern Ontario, Canada.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Arvay

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