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Scholarship: Kalmen Kaplansky Scholarship
in Economic and Social Rights
Description: This scholarship was established
in 1998 by the Douglas-Coldwell Foundation in honour
of the lifetime achievement of Dr. Kalmen Kaplansky,
labour and human rights advocate, in the field of economic
and social rights. Awarded annually to a graduate student
researching economic and social rights in a School or
Department in the Faculty of Public Affairs and Management
at Carleton University, the scholarship is valued at
$1,000. A detailed letter of application for the award
should be made by February 1 to the Dean of Public Affairs
and Management, who will select the recipient on the
advice of a three-person faculty advisory committee.
Value: $1,000
Deadlines: February 1
Category: Internal
Eligibility: Faculty of Public Affairs
and Management
Criteria: Research must involve economic
and social rights. Applications submitted to the Dean
of PAM.
Selection: Dean, Faculty of Public
Affairs and Management
Contact: Academic Unit
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Agency/Organization: Carleton University
Business Address: 1125 Colonel By Drive
City: Ottawa
Province: Ontario
Country: Canada
Phone Number: (613) 520-2525
Fax Number: (613) 520 4049
Web Site:
http://www.gs.carleton.ca/awards/award_view.php3?award_id=508
Kalmen Kaplansky, who
died on International Human Rights Day (Dec 10, 1997),
was a tireless and effective fighter for the protection
of human rights since the early 1940s.
Awarded the Order of
Canada for his work, he is credited with laying the
ground work for the Ontario Fair Employment Practices
Act in 1951 - used as a model for virtually all provincial
and federal codes that followed - the Ontario Fair Accommodations
Act in 1954 and, ultimately, the Ontario Human Rights
Code.
Until his passing,
he served as President of the Douglas-Coldwell Foundation,
which promoates education and research into social democracy.
"Kaplansky's life
and work is a reminder to us all that social advance
is born in agitation; that agitators are often the fathers
and mothers of the things Canadians most cherish - our
rights and freedoms. Kalman Kaplansky made an incredible
difference during his lifetime,'' said CLC President
Bob White.
Howard Hampton got
to know Kaplansky during his days at the University
of Ottawa and then at the Canadian Labour Congress.
"He was an absolute defender of the labour movement
and human rights, especially international human rights,"
recalls Hampton.
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