Ailsa M. Watkinson has worked as a teacher-librarian, and served in various capacities with the Saskatchewan Human Rights Commission for over twelve years. She holds a professional teaching certificate and earned a doctorate in educational administration specializing in human rights law and education. She is currently an Assistant Professor at the University of Regina, Faculty of Social Work (Saskatoon Campus) and is the mother of three children. In addition, she is a frequent media commentator on educational and other social issues.

• Introduction1. Human Rights Legislation Federal and Provincial Human Rights LegislationCanadian Charter of Rights and FreedomsConvention on the Rights of the Child2. Caring and Contextuality The Ethic of CareCaring and Contextuality in the LawCaring in Education3. Limiting Rights and Freedoms ProcessInterpretationApplication to Education4. Freedom of Conscience and Religion InterpretationApplication to EducationSchool Prayer and Religious PracticesCompulsory Education and ReligionPatriotic Exercises5. Freedom of Expression and Assembly Freedom of ExpressionHate PropagandaMaterial and Substantial DisruptionLewd and Indecent SpeechStudent PublicationsAppearanceReading MaterialFreedom of Assembly6. Race, Gender, Economic Status, and Sexual Orientation InterpretationDiscriminationApplication to EducationRacialized StudentsGenderSexual OrientationPoverty7. Students with Disabilities Application to EducationThe Emily Eaton CaseEldridge and Eaton ComparedThe Rights of Persons with Disabilities8. Sexual Harassment LegislationInterpretationApplication to EducationEnforcement9. Group Punishment, Suspensions, and Expulsions InterpretationApplication to Education10. Search, Seizure, and Detention Search and SeizureInterpretationStrip Searches, Locker Searches, and Private PossessionsDetention11. Corporal Punishment Criminal CodeEquality Rights and DiscriminationCruel and Unusual PunishmentLiberty and Security of the PersonNecessary Justification12. ConclusionAppendix: Canadian Charter of Rights and FreedomsIndex

Ailsa M. Watkinson has worked as a teacher-librarian, and served in various capacities with the Saskatchewan Human Rights Commission for over twelve years. She holds a professional teaching certificate and earned a doctorate in educational administration specializing in human rights law and education. She is currently an Assistant Professor at the University of Regina, Faculty of Social Work (Saskatoon Campus) and is the mother of three children. In addition, she is a frequent media commentator on educational and other social issues.

• Introduction1. Human Rights Legislation Federal and Provincial Human Rights LegislationCanadian Charter of Rights and FreedomsConvention on the Rights of the Child2. Caring and Contextuality The Ethic of CareCaring and Contextuality in the LawCaring in Education3. Limiting Rights and Freedoms ProcessInterpretationApplication to Education4. Freedom of Conscience and Religion InterpretationApplication to EducationSchool Prayer and Religious PracticesCompulsory Education and ReligionPatriotic Exercises5. Freedom of Expression and Assembly Freedom of ExpressionHate PropagandaMaterial and Substantial DisruptionLewd and Indecent SpeechStudent PublicationsAppearanceReading MaterialFreedom of Assembly6. Race, Gender, Economic Status, and Sexual Orientation InterpretationDiscriminationApplication to EducationRacialized StudentsGenderSexual OrientationPoverty7. Students with Disabilities Application to EducationThe Emily Eaton CaseEldridge and Eaton ComparedThe Rights of Persons with Disabilities8. Sexual Harassment LegislationInterpretationApplication to EducationEnforcement9. Group Punishment, Suspensions, and Expulsions InterpretationApplication to Education10. Search, Seizure, and Detention Search and SeizureInterpretationStrip Searches, Locker Searches, and Private PossessionsDetention11. Corporal Punishment Criminal CodeEquality Rights and DiscriminationCruel and Unusual PunishmentLiberty and Security of the PersonNecessary Justification12. ConclusionAppendix: Canadian Charter of Rights and FreedomsIndex

Ailsa M. Watkinson has worked as a teacher-librarian, and served in various capacities with the Saskatchewan Human Rights Commission for over twelve years. She holds a professional teaching certificate and earned a doctorate in educational administration specializing in human rights law and education. She is currently an Assistant Professor at the University of Regina, Faculty of Social Work (Saskatoon Campus) and is the mother of three children. In addition, she is a frequent media commentator on educational and other social issues.

• Introduction1. Human Rights Legislation Federal and Provincial Human Rights LegislationCanadian Charter of Rights and FreedomsConvention on the Rights of the Child2. Caring and Contextuality The Ethic of CareCaring and Contextuality in the LawCaring in Education3. Limiting Rights and Freedoms ProcessInterpretationApplication to Education4. Freedom of Conscience and Religion InterpretationApplication to EducationSchool Prayer and Religious PracticesCompulsory Education and ReligionPatriotic Exercises5. Freedom of Expression and Assembly Freedom of ExpressionHate PropagandaMaterial and Substantial DisruptionLewd and Indecent SpeechStudent PublicationsAppearanceReading MaterialFreedom of Assembly6. Race, Gender, Economic Status, and Sexual Orientation InterpretationDiscriminationApplication to EducationRacialized StudentsGenderSexual OrientationPoverty7. Students with Disabilities Application to EducationThe Emily Eaton CaseEldridge and Eaton ComparedThe Rights of Persons with Disabilities8. Sexual Harassment LegislationInterpretationApplication to EducationEnforcement9. Group Punishment, Suspensions, and Expulsions InterpretationApplication to Education10. Search, Seizure, and Detention Search and SeizureInterpretationStrip Searches, Locker Searches, and Private PossessionsDetention11. Corporal Punishment Criminal CodeEquality Rights and DiscriminationCruel and Unusual PunishmentLiberty and Security of the PersonNecessary Justification12. ConclusionAppendix: Canadian Charter of Rights and FreedomsIndex