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1. Case data tables

   From: Annual report 2007-2008

   Table 1: New Complaints Filed by Social Area and Grounds Cited

   (Total = 3,492)

   Accommodation

   24

   10

   6

   6

   7

2. Addressing individual human rights complaints

   From: Annual report 2008-2009

   Since June 30, 2008, the OHRC ended its role of accepting individual human rights complaints. All new human rights complaints – or applications – were filed directly with the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario. The following numbers chart the OHRC’s work on cases during this transition phase:

3. La CODP se félicite des nouvelles procédures de changement de la désignation du sexe sur l’enregistrement de naissance pour des mineurs

   Le gouvernement de l’Ontario a fait un pas de plus dans son plan d’éliminer les obstacles et de promouvoir les droits de la personne pour les personnes transgenres. La CODP se félicite des nouvelles procédures et des nouveaux formulaires de l’Ontario autorisant le changement de la désignation du sexe sur l’enregistrement de naissance des mineurs.

4. Activity supplement

   From: OHRC Today: Annual report 2014 - 2015

   We offered written advice

   Every year, the OHRC makes submissions on legislation, regulations and other issues. We also write to organizations and communities across Ontario and issue statements to offer advice, note concerns and clarify human rights issues. Here are some highlights for 2015-2016:

5. Positive practices

   From: Not on the menu: OHRC inquiry report on sexualized and gender-based dress codes in restaurants

   Some of the positive and most common changes restaurant companies made to their dress code and related policies were:

6. Appendix 6 – The Code and the classroom: taking the human rights temperature of your school (for students)

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

   Introduction

   This activity is based on “Taking the Human Rights Temperature of Your School” which was adapted from the United Nations’ Universal Declaration of Human Rights.[4]

   You can evaluate your school’s human rights climate using criteria derived from both the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights (the Declaration) and the Ontario Human Rights Code (the Code). The questions here are adapted from both of these sources.

7. Letters

   From: Annual report 2013-2014: OHRC Today

   When human rights issues are reported in the media, we see opportunities to comment and offer human rights insights to large audiences. Here are some highlights of our letters to theeditor in 2013-14:

8. People at the centre

   From: A bold voice: Annual report 2016-2017

   After extensive conversations with nearly 300 people representing over 80 community organizations, the OHRC released our five-year Strategic Plan, Putting people and their rights at the centre: Building human rights accountability in December 2016.

9. Other approaches to multiple grounds

   From: An intersectional approach to discrimination: Addressing multiple grounds in human rights claims

   As discussed above, the intersectional approach is the preferred one for complaints and cases that cite multiple grounds. Nevertheless, there are other ways in which multiple grounds matters are being handled by human rights bodies, courts and international bodies such as the United Nations (the “UN”). In some instances, the grounds are looked at sequentially to see whether discrimination can be made out on the basis of each one in turn.

10. OHRC Policy statement on human rights in COVID-19 recovery planning

    Engaging the human rights principles contained in the OHRC Policy statement on human rights in COVID-19 recovery planning will result in evidence- and human rights-informed approaches to recovery planning, policy and program design. Rooting the pandemic recovery in human rights principles and proactively taking equity into account will support governments and service providers in meeting their legal obligations to eliminate discrimination and advance substantive equality.

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