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  1. Policy on preventing discrimination based on mental health disabilities and addictions

    June 2014 - The OHRC’s Policy on preventing discrimination based on mental health disabilities and addictions is intended to provide clear, user-friendly guidance on how to assess, handle and resolve human rights matters related to mental health and/or addictions. All of society benefits when people with mental health or addiction disabilities are given equal opportunity to take part at all levels.

  2. The human rights context

    From: Preliminary findings: Inquiry into assaults on Asian Canadian Anglers

    The purpose of the Code, as set out in its Preamble, is the creation of a province in which there is “a climate of understanding and mutual respect for the dignity and worth of each person so that each person feels a part of the community and able to contribute fully to the development and well-being of the community and the Province.” Human rights concerns arise whenever individuals are targeted for greater scrutiny, or are the subject of negative attitudes or treatment because of their race.

  3. 3. Sexual harassment in employment

    From: Policy on preventing sexual and gender-based harassment

    While unequal power relationships exist in many sectors of society, they tend to appear the most in the workplace, where hierarchies are common. Both women and men may experience sexual harassment in employment, but women tend to be more vulnerable to harassment by men, because relative to men, more women hold lower-paying, lower-authority and lower-status jobs. At the same time, even women in positions of authority are not free from sexual harassment or inappropriate gender-related behaviour.[100]

  4. Legal services branch

    From: Annual report 2003-2004

    During the 2003-2004 fiscal year, the Legal Services Branch was involved in the following resolutions:  7 Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario decisions, 26 settlements, 5 judicial review decisions, 3 decisions from the Superior Court of Justice, 5 appeal court decisions, and 2 decisions from the Supreme Court of Canada.

  5. Creed and the duty to accommodate: A checklist for accommodation providers

    Before you receive an accommodation request

    Minimize the need for accommodation up front by inclusively designing policies, rules, procedures, practices and spaces with everyone in mind (including people of diverse creed faiths).

    Create an open, inclusive and safe environment free of discrimination and harassment so that people feel safe and welcome to express or observe their creed and ask for creed-related accommodations, without fear of reprisal or stigma. For example, you could:

  6. Entente dans une affaire charnière de violation de droits de la personne

    August 27, 2011
    Toronto – Une entente a été conclue dans l'affaire de violation des droits de la personne la plus longue de l'histoire du Canada. L'affaire Michael McKinnon c. le ministère des Services correctionnels de l'Ontario, relative à la discrimination fondée sur l'ascendance autochtone, est devenue la cause type au Canada sur les recours en matière de droits de la personne en cas de discrimination raciale. La plainte originale, déposée par M. McKinnon, un agent des services correctionnels travaillant au ministère, a été déposée en 1988. Elle a été réglée maintenant, 23 ans plus tard.
  7. IV. Human rights issues at all stages in employment

    From: Human Rights at Work 2008 - Third Edition

    The right to “equal treatment with respect to employment” protects persons in all aspects of employment, including applying for a job, recruitment, training, transfers, promotions, terms of apprenticeship, dismissals, layoffs and terminations. It also covers rate of pay, codes of conduct, overtime, hours of work, holidays, benefits, shift work, performance evaluations and discipline. A fundamental starting point for complying with the Code in relation to all of these is to have a workplace setting where human rights are respected and applied.

  8. Lettre au secrétaire du Conseil des ministres sur le racisme anti-Noirs dans la fonction publique de l’Ontario

    October 18, 2019

    Je vous remercie de votre lettre datée du 26 juillet 2019 et vous sais gré d’avoir rencontré la Commission ontarienne des droits de la personne (CODP) le 17 septembre afin de discuter de l’action menée par le gouvernement pour lutter contre le racisme systémique à l’endroit des personne noires dans la fonction publique de l’Ontario (FPO). En plus de ces réunions avec votre bureau, la CODP a rencontré le Réseau des employés noirs de la fonction publique de l’Ontario, ainsi que des employés ayant été personnellement victimes du racisme anti-Noirs au sein de la FPO.

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