- definitions, frameworks, and interpretations of social justice
Sample topics:
- definitions of social justice in local contexts
- equity and equality
- values, morality, ethics
- social service, social responsibility (e.g., Elizabeth Fry Society; Malala Fund)
- justice (e.g., restitution, restorative justice)
- self-identity and an individual's relationship to others
Sample topics:
- privilege and power
- diverse belief systems and worldviews of minority groups
- traditional and unceded territories of indigenous peoples
- inclusive and non-inclusive language
- social justice issues:
Sample topics:
- connections between and among such issues as:
- race
- poverty
- LGBTQ rights
- status of women
- environmental and ecological justice
- peace and globalization
- disabilities
- other marginalized and vulnerable groups
- social injustices in Canada and the world affecting individuals, groups, and society:
Sample topics:
- individual ideas, thoughts, beliefs, and actions
- group ideas, thoughts, beliefs, and actions:
- Roma
- women (e.g., education for girls in Afghanistan; property rights for women in the Middle East)
- decriminalization of homosexuals
- Shia and Suni minorities
- Syria
- Israel/Palestine
- policies and practices of institutions and systems:
- United Nations, Declaration of the Rights of the Child
- indigenous peoples
- marriage and civil union laws
- genocide prevention and the responsibility to protect
- governmental and non-governmental organizations in issues of social justice and injustice:
Sample topics:
- international laws
- UN resolutions and declarations
- Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms
- human rights codes
- civil and criminal laws
- indigenous rights in Canada and globally
- processes, methods, and approaches individuals, groups, and institutions use to promote social justice:
Sample topics:
- activism, advocacy, and ally-building
- dispute and conflict resolution processes and practices
- social media and technology
- schooling and education