WINDSOR, Ontario, March 12, 2012 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Such well-known Canadians as Alex Trebek, Mike Holmes, Hayley Wickenheiser, Paul Gross, Kristen Kreuk and Howie Mandel have thrown their support behind a Windsor Law Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms awareness and education project celebrating the document's 30th anniversary.
The Charter Project, the brainchild of UWindsor's Faculty of Law 2012 graduating class, includes a series of public service announcements featuring Canadian celebrities discussing the Charter and encouraging Canadians to "Join the Discussion."
The group will hold a launch event sponsored by the Law Society of Upper Canada on Tuesday, March 13, at 1 p.m. in the Barristers Lounges, Osgoode Hall, 130 Queen St. W., Toronto. There will be a number of speakers, including His Honour, the Honourable David C. Onley, Lieutenant Governor of Ontario, and the Honourable Roy McMurtry, former Chief Justice of the Ontario Court of Appeal and one of the Charter's 1982 architects.
The Charter Project's co-founder and co-chairs, Byron Pascoe and Michael O'Brien, say the nationwide educational and public awareness campaign is intended to involve Canadians in a dialogue about their rights and freedoms.
"Canada is the best country in the world to live for many reasons, including the fact that we can have open discussion about rights without the fear of being persecuted," Pascoe says. "As students studying the law, we have a responsibility to play an active role in ensuring that all members of our community at large have access to justice, including education of the law."
Join the Discussion PSAs will begin appearing in movie theatres this Friday, March 16th, and can be viewed at www.charterproject.ca/watch
Contact:
Lama Sabbagh
Media Relations Officer
The Charter Project
Sabbag2@uwindsor.ca
Lori Lewis
Manager, News Services
Office of Public Affairs and Communications
University of Windsor
(519) 253-3000 ext. 3241
Cell: (519) 564-9908
llewis@uwindsor.ca
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