Travel and Hospitality Expenses

Welcome to the Ontario Human Rights Commission's expenses disclosure website.

This website provides regular updates on the travel, meal and hospitality expense claims of the OHRC's senior executives, appointees and top 5 claimants.

A link to the Ontario government website (http://www.ontario.ca/en/expense_claim/index.htm) provides access to information on the expense claims of cabinet ministers, political staff, government appointees and senior management in ministries.

Expenses claimed by designated officials after April 1, 2010 will be disclosed through this website. For April, May and June 2010 expense claim information will be disclosed on a monthly basis. After June 2010, expense claim information will be posted on a quarterly basis.

This website will show the person’s name and title, purpose of the trip(s), date and destination of the trip(s), names of government/agency attendees if applicable, plus a summary of expenses for relevant air fare, other transportation, accommodation, meals, hospitality and incidentals.

Expense claim information can be accessed through this website as soon as possible after the claims are reviewed by the Integrity Commissioner.

In accordance with the Travel, Meal and Hospitality Expenses Directive, the OHRC posts the travel, meal and hospitality expenses of all individuals designated under PSERA, including the five highest expense claimants. In some cases certain of the work–related expenses of the five highest expense claimants may not appear on this site because the expenses are not related to travel, meals or hospitality.

Information on this website was accurate at the time of posting.

Chief Commissioner and Commissioners

• DeGuire, Patricia - Chief Commissioner
• Amoah, Jewel - Commissioner
• Arsenault, Randall - Commissioner
• Bell, Sandi - Commissioner
• Eyolfson, Brian - Commissioner
• Igneski, Violetta - Commissioner
• Pieters, Gary - Commissioner

• Chadha, Ena - Former Chief Commissioner
• Hall, Barbara - Former Chief Commissioner
• Mandhane, Renu - Former Chief Commissioner
• Case, Patrick - Former Commissioner
• Drake, Karen - Former Commissioner
• Goba, Ruth - Former Commissioner
• Gusella, Mary - Former Commissioner
• Khedr, Rabia - Former Commissioner
• Khouri, Raja - Former Commissioner
• Lalonde, Fernand - Former Commissioner
• Lee, Julie - Former Commissioner
• Lefebvre, Paul - Former Commissioner
• McDermott, Lawrence - Former Commissioner
• McKenzie, Kwame - Former Commissioner
• Mendes, Errol - Former Commissioner
• Nagler, Mark - Former Commissioner
• Porter, Bruce - Former Commissioner
• Sampson, Fiona - Former Commissioner
• Switzer, Maurice - Former Commissioner
• Taggar, Bhagat - Former Commissioner
• Tchatat, Léonie-Françoise - Former Commissioner
• Wente, Maggie - Former Commissioner

Commission Staff

• Dhir, Raj - A/Executive Director & Chief Legal Counsel
• Harris, Michael - Manager, Legal Services and Inquiries
• Nicolet, Juliette - A/Director, Policy, Education, Monitoring & Outreach
• Ouellet, Patrick - A/Chief Administrative Officer, Centralized Corporate Services
• Salazar, Shaila - A/Executive Advisor to the Executive Director
• Timoshenko, Julia- A/Manager, Communication & Issues Management

• Austin, Nancy - Former Executive Director
• Carter, Dianne - Former Executive Director & Chief Legal Counsel
• Azmi, Shaheen - Former Director, Policy, Education, Monitoring & Outreach
• Cunningham, Dionne - Former Executive Advisor to the Chief Commissioner
• Fogels, Janina - Former A/Executive Advisor to the Chief Commissioner
• Larsen, François - Former A/Manager, Communication & Issues Management
• Marsh, Kevin - Former Manager, Communication & Issues Management
• Muamba, Marie-Claire - Former A/Manager, Public Interest Inquiries
• Pereira, Alicia - Former Manager, Communication & Issues Management
• Parker, Rosemary - Former A/Manager, Communication & Issues Management
• Pereira, Karen - Former Chief Administrative Officer, Centralized Corporate Services
• Poirier, Jeff - Former A/Director, Policy, Education, Monitoring & Outreach
• Singh, Jagtaran - Former A/Executive Advisor to the Chief Commissioner
• Tassone, Rosarina - Former Executive Assistant to Executive Director
• Venkatesan, Deepa - Former A/Manager, Communication & Issues Management

The Public Sector Expenses Review Act, 2009 (PSERA) and Ontario Regulation 440/09 require our organization to identify the five individuals employed in the Ontario Human Rights Commission (OHRC) whose total aggregated expense claims made during the past six-month period are the highest in the OHRC. The expenses of these individuals have been submitted to the Integrity Commissioner for review.

Top 5 claimants

Jan 1, 2023 - June 30, 2023
• Arcilla, Melissa - Coordinator, Administrative Services
• Fung, Alfred - Senior Policy Analyst

July 1, 2022 - December 31, 2022
• Dhir, Raj - Executive Director & Chief Legal Counsel
• Gurmukh, Sunil - Counsel
• Salazar, Shaila - Executive Advisor
• Singh, Jagtaran - Counsel

Jan 1, 2022 - June 30, 2022
• Hill, Caroline - Executive Assistant

January 1, 2022 - March 31, 2022
• NIL

July 1, 2021 - December 31, 2021
• NIL

Jan 1, 2021 - June 30, 2021
• Azmi, Shaheen - Director, Policy, Education, Monitoring & Outreach

July 1, 2020 - December 31, 2020
• Dhir, Raj - A/Executive Director & Chief Legal Counsel
• Gurmukh, Sunil - Counsel
• Khawja, Reema - Senior Counsel

Jan 1, 2020 - June 30, 2020
• Ali, Natasha - A/Inquiry Analyst
• Farahani, Nika - A/Counsel
• Halpin, Bryony - A/Senior Policy Analyst
• Khawja, Reema - Senior Counsel
• Mansur, Michelle - A/Senior Policy Analyst

Jul 1, 2019 - Dec 31, 2019
• Azmi, Shaheen - Director, Policy, Education, Monitoring & Outreach
• Dhir, Raj - A/Executive Director & Chief Legal Counsel
• Farahani, Nika - A/Counsel
• Gurmukh, Sunil - Counsel
• Horner, Matthew - Senior Counsel

Jan 1, 2019 - Jun 30, 2019
• Azmi, Shaheen - Director, Policy, Education, Monitoring & Outreach
• Dhir, Raj - A/Executive Director & Chief Legal Counsel
• Farahani, Nika - A/Counsel
• Gurmukh, Sunil - Counsel

Jul 1, 2018 - Dec 31, 2018
• Azmi, Shaheen - Director, Policy, Education, Monitoring & Outreach
• Carter, Dianne - Executive Director & Chief Legal Counsel
• Kaboni, Darlene - A/Public Education and Outreach Officer
• Robertson, Cherie - Senior Policy Analyst
• Samson, Rita - Public Education and Outreach Officer

Jan 1, 2018 - Jun 30, 2018
• Azmi, Shaheen - Director, Policy, Education, Monitoring & Outreach
• Essajee, Insiya - Counsel
• Fogels, Janina - A/Executive Advisor to the Chief Commissioner
• Pereira, Alicia - Manager, Communication & Issues Management
• Samson, Rita - Public Education and Outreach Officer

Jul 1, 2017 - Dec 31, 2017
• Azmi, Shaheen - Director, Policy, Education, Monitoring & Outreach
• Carr, Alicia - Special Events Coordinator
• Carter, Dianne - Executive Director & Chief Legal Counsel
• Fogels, Janina - A/Executive Advisor to the Chief Commissioner
• Poirier, Jeff - Senior Policy Analyst

Jan 1, 2017 - Jun 30, 2017
• Azmi, Shaheen - Director, Policy, Education, Monitoring & Outreach
• Carter, Dianne - Executive Director & Chief Legal Counsel
• Essajee, Insiya - Counsel
• Farahani, Nika - Articling Student
• Samson, Rita - Public Education and Outreach Officer

Jul 1 2016 - Dec 31, 2016
• Azmi, Shaheen - Director, Policy, Education, Monitoring & Outreach
• Gregg, Runako - Senior Policy Analyst
• Kater, Anya - Senior Policy Analyst
• Samson, Rita - Public Education and Outreach Officer
• Sherman, John - Senior Policy Analyst

Jan 1, 2016 - Jun 30, 2016
• Arbabian, Rana - Counsel
• Azmi, Shaheen - Director, Policy, Education, Monitoring & Outreach
• Kater, Anya - Senior Policy Analyst
• Sherman, John - Senior Policy Analyst
• Warner, Remi - Senior Policy Analyst

Jul 1, 2015 - Dec 31, 2015
• Azmi, Shaheen - Director, Policy, Education, Monitoring & Outreach
• Baars, Cassandra - Public Education and Outreach Officer
• Kater, Anya - Senior Policy Analyst
• Sherman, John- Senior Policy Analyst
• Warner, Remi - Senior Policy Analyst

Apr 1, 2015 - Jun 30, 2015
• Arbabian, Rana - Counsel
• Azmi, Shaheen - Director, Policy, Education, Monitoring & Outreach
• Baars, Cassandra - Public Education and Outreach Officer
• Carr, Alicia - Special Events Coordinator
• Maimona, Mashoka - Intern