¹ See, for example: Constance Backhouse, Carnal Crimes: Sexual Assault Law in Canada, 1900–1975, Irwin Law, Toronto: 2008; Colour Coded: A Legal History of Racism in Canada, 1900–1950, University of Toronto Press, Toronto: 1999; Petticoats & Prejudice: Women and Law in Nineteenth Century Canada, Women’s Press, Toronto: 1991.

² R v Ewanchuk, [1999] 1 SCR 330.

³ R v Seaboyer, [1991] 2 SCR 577, Moge v Moge, [1992] 3 SCR 813, Canada (Attorney General) v Mossop, [1993] 1 SCR 554, Symes v Canada, [1993] 4 SCR 695, Reference re Secession of Quebec, [1998] 2 SCR 217, Baker v Canada (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration), [199] 2 SCR 817.

⁴ Syndicat Northcrest v Amselem, [2004] SCC 47.

⁵ Bill 60, National Assembly of Quebec, “Charter affirming the values of state secularism and of religious neutrality and of equality between men and women, and providing a framework for accommodation requests” (2013).

⁶ RBG, a documentary was released on May 4, 2018. It is produced by Betsy West and Julie Cohen and described as an intimate portrait of an unlikely rock star: Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. With unprecedented access, the filmmakers explore how her early legal battles changed the world for women. As of this writing it has brought in almost 4 million USD.

⁷ See for example, Sean Fine, “How Beverley McLachlin found her bliss, Where she came from and what she leaves behind,” The Globe and Mail, January 12, 2018, on-line at https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/beverley-mclachlin-profile/article37588525/