Toronto – Marking International Human Rights Day, the Ontario Human Rights Commission (OHRC) today launches Rental Housing e-learning at an event hosted by the York Centre for Human Rights. This second in a series of e-learning courses provides online learning and training for everyone who needs information on human rights issues that come up in rental housing.
Toronto - New guidelines will help improve equal access to rental housing for all Ontarians. The Policy on Human Rights and Rental Housing, Canada’s first comprehensive look at how barriers to housing can be indentified and eliminated, was released today by the Ontario Human Rights Commission (OHRC).
Approved by the Ontario Human Rights Commisssion: March 2017
Available in various formats on request
Since mid-2015, many restaurant workers have raised concerns about sexualized and gender-specific dress codes affecting front-of-house staff in the restaurant sector. Current or former restaurant staff have described their experiences and concerns in the media and social media, started a petition, held events and made human rights and workplace safety complaints.[1]
Tarek Fatah se trompe lorsqu’il prétend que les services de police de Toronto ont été « forcés » par moi ou quiconque de laisser les Sikhs de la Khalsa porter des kirpans dans les salles d’audience des palais de justice. Comme l’a indiqué le chef de police par intérim, Jeff McGuire, les services de police « sont heureux du travail collaboratif mené pour établir une procédure qui reconnaît les besoins et les droits de la communauté Sikh, ainsi que l’obligation d’assurer le maintien de palais de justice accessibles, où règne la sécurité ».
Le 28 février 2017 - Madame la Ministre, Je vous écris aujourd’hui pour vous présenter un résumé de nos observations. Nous avons relevé quelques problèmes par rapport aux droits de la personne, qui semblent particuliers à la prison de Kenora et qui méritent l’attention du ministère de la Sécurité communautaire et des Services correctionnels, ainsi que la prise de mesures. Je me réjouis de discuter plus en détail de ces points à notre prochaine rencontre prévue pour début mars.
Le 19 février 2015 - Madame, La Commission ontarienne des droits de la personne (CODP) a passé en revue la nouvelle ébauche de politique de l’Ordre des médecins et chirurgiens de l’Ontario (OMCO) relative aux obligations professionnelles et droits de la personne.
In an unprecedented joint submission the Ontario Human Rights Commission (OHRC) and OPSEU Corrections Management-Employee Relations Committee (MERC), which represents front line correctional staff, are calling on the Ontario government to dedicate funds in the 2020 Budget to address the crisis in Ontario’s correctional system.
Toronto –The Ontario Human Rights Commission (OHRC) released OHRC Today, its 2014-2015 Annual Report, which focuses on mental health disabilities and addictions, bias-free policing and its work across Ontario on gender identity and gender expression issues.
Toronto — In recognition of International Women’s Day, the Ontario Human Rights Commission (OHRC) is calling for an end to sexualized dress codes that discriminate against female and transgender employees. The OHRC makes the call in a policy position on gender-specific dress codes released today.
July 16, 2015 - Canada's combined 21st and 22nd periodic Reports on the International Convention on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (ICERD) are due for submission in November 2015 to the UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD). The OHRC provides periodic input to government and to UN human rights treaty bodies regarding Canada’s reporting obligations.
