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1. OHRC Statement: No Room for Hate in Schools

   As the school year begins, we must actively and intentionally work to end the scourges of hate and violence in our education systems and communities.  

2. OHRC submission regarding College of Physicians and Surgeons policy review: Physicians and the Ontario Human Rights Code

   August 2014 - The Ontario Human Rights Commission (OHRC) is making this submission in response to the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario’s (CPSO) review of its policy on Physicians and the Ontario Human Rights Code (Code).

3. OHRC submission regarding Ontario’s next Poverty Reduction Strategy

   I am writing today on behalf of the Ontario Human Rights Commission (OHRC) about the government’s consultation on Ontario’s next Poverty Reduction Strategy (Strategy). The OHRC calls on Ontario to take a human rights-based approach to poverty reduction by entrenching the types of economic and social responses to COVID-19 into permanent solutions that will once and for all protect the well-being of everyone in our province.

4. OHRC submission regarding the Government consultation on the education system in Ontario

   December 14, 2018 - An education system that respects human rights and promotes inclusion will be better placed to meet the government’s goals of improving academic achievement and preparing all students for the working world.

5. OHRC submission to Ministry of Labour Changing workplace review

   September 18, 2015 - The Ontario government is consulting on the changing nature of the modern workplace and considering how the Employment Standards Act and the Labour Relations Act could be amended to best protect workers, especially historically under-represented groups. The Ontario Human Rights Commission (OHRC) makes this submission in accordance with its mandate to promote and advance human rights under Ontario’s Human Rights Code.

6. OHRC Submission to the Independent Review of Police Oversight Bodies

   November 2016 - For nearly two decades, the Ontario Human Rights Commission (OHRC) has raised concerns about systemic discrimination that are part of the culture of policing in our province. There have been far too many instances of racial profiling, discriminatory use of force on people with mental health disabilities and/or addictions, and racism and sexism in investigations of missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls in Ontario to ignore. These incidents and related concerns have sparked multiple coroner’s inquests, recommendations, reviews and reports, stretching back for decades. Yet they all have failed to eliminate systemic discrimination in policing.

7. OHRC Submission to the Ministry of Children and Youth Services Review of the Child and Family Services Act

   The Ontario Human Rights Commission (OHRC) welcomes the opportunity to provide input to the government’s legislated review of the Child and Family Services Act (CFSA). Section 1 of Ontario’s Human Rights Code protects children from discrimination in services, because of race, ancestry, place of origin, colour, ethnic origin, citizenship, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, marital status, family status or disability.

8. OHRC Submission to the Ministry of Community Safety and Correctional Services on street checks

   Ontario Human Rights Commission Submission to the
   Ministry of Community Safety and Correctional Services on street checks
   ​August 11, 2015

9. OHRC submission to the Ministry of Community Safety and Correctional Services on street checks

   The Ontario Human Rights Commission (OHRC) welcomes the opportunity to comment on the Draft Regulation on street checks of the Ministry of Community Safety and Correctional Services (Ministry). We are pleased to have the support of the Human Rights Legal Support Centre (HRLSC) on this important issue.

10. OHRC submission to the MMAH Long-Term Affordable Housing Strategy Update

    July 3, 2015 - Housing is a human right. Accordingly, the Ontario Human Rights Commission (OHRC) is making this submission[1] to the government’s consultation on updating Ontario’s Long-Term Affordable Housing Strategy.

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