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1. 4. Intersecting grounds

   From: Policy on ableism and discrimination based on disability

   Discrimination may be unique or distinct when it occurs based on two or more Code grounds. Such discrimination is said to be “intersectional.” The concept of intersectional discrimination recognizes that people’s lives involve multiple interrelated identities, and that marginalization and exclusion based on Code grounds may exist because of how these identities intersect.

2. 성 정체성

   2012 - 온타리오 주 인권법(인권법)은 평등한 권리와 기회, 그리고 차별로부터의 자유를 정한 법입니다. 인권법은 취업, 주택, 각종 시설 및 서비스, 각종 계약, 그리고 노동조합, 기술직 또는 전문직 협회 회원 자격 등에서 온타리오 주의 모든 사람의 존엄성과 가치를 인정합니다. 성 정체성을 이유로 차별이나 괴롭힘을 당하는 사람은 성별 차별 금지에 따라 법적으로 보호됩니다. 여기에는 성전환자, 트랜스젠더, 간성자, 이성복장자, 그리고 성 정체성 또는 성 표현이 타고난 성별과 다르거나 다르게 보이는 사람 등이 포함됩니다.

3. OHRC adds a human rights lens at It’s Never Okay: 2015 Summit on Sexual Violence and Harassment

   As part of It’s Never Okay: An Action Plan to Stop Sexual Violence and Harassment, the Government of Ontario is hosting its 2015 Summit on Sexual Violence and Harassment in Toronto from November 19 – 20.

4. Operationalizing race and its related grounds in Ontario Human Rights Policy

   From: Race Policy Dialogue Papers

   Published: December 2004

   (Please note: The views and opinions expressed by the author are their own and do not necessarily reflect those of the Ontario Human Rights Commission.)

   by Dr. Joanna Anneke Rummens

5. The HRBA Framework – A how-to for provincial policy and program makers

    

   Learn more about how the Human Rights-Based Approach (HRBA) framework can help you apply a human rights lens to support policy, program and service system planning and implementation in a way that mitigates discrimination and disproportionate adverse impacts on Code-protected groups.
    

6. Fact sheet #1: The Ontario Human Rights Code

   From: Teaching human rights in Ontario - A guide for Ontario schools

   The Ontario Human Rights Code (the Code) provides protection from discrimination in five areas of our lives. It states that every person has a right to freedom from discrimination in the following areas, known as social areas:

7. Submission of the Ontario Human Rights Commission to the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario Regarding the draft policy, "Physicians and the Ontario Human Rights Code"

   February 2008 - The draft policy raises a number of new concerns. The following pages detail the Commission’s concerns and provide suggestions for how to address them. We hope that our comments assist the College in providing greater clarity and ensuring that physicians have correct and sufficient information about their obligations under the Code.

8. Focusing on systems and sectors

   From: Annual report 2007-2008

   Family status rights: spreading the word

   In May 2007, the Commission released the results of its groundbreaking initiative on discrimination based on family status, and became the first jurisdiction in Canada to examine the human rights implications of barriers faced by families who are caring for children, aging parents or relatives, and family members with disabilities.

9. APPENDIX B: Housing Protections in Canadian Human Rights Legislation

   From: Human Rights and rental housing in Ontario: Background paper

   
   

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10. Submission of the Ontario Human Rights Commission to the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario regarding the draft policies relating to establishing and ending physician-patient relationships

    February 2008 - The Commission’s concerns focus on the draft policy’s handling of discretionary decisions made by doctors in accepting patients, and in provision of care. As currently stands, the draft policy may in fact lead to confusion and to human rights complaints, in that physicians may see it as condoning practices that the Commission views as discriminatory.

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