TEACHING CIVIL LIBERTIES: WHAT THE INSTRUCTORS ARE SAYING

An education professor said the following to CCLA’s Education Director, Danielle McLaughlin, “The comments that some students … made serve to confirm the importance of the Canadian Civil Liberties Association [Education Trust]. The topics and methods of presentation were engaging to the students. For some, it was perhaps the first time that they were encouraged to consider … their decision making in relation to civil liberties. I would be delighted to have this program a part of my course syllabus in the years to come.”

When CCLET engages teacher candidates, it leaves a lasting impression. Don’t you wish that your teachers had included concepts and principles of civil liberties in their programs? Thanks to CCLET’s Teaching Civil Liberties project, funded by a generous grant from the Law Foundation of Ontario, many teachers are now doing just that.

In faculties of education, education conferences, and hundreds of schoolrooms, discussions about important civil liberties issues are preparing the young citizens of Canada to understand democratic values.