3. Arguments for maintaining the OHRC’s 1996 policy definition of creed as “religion”
From: Human rights and creed research and consultation report
From: Human rights and creed research and consultation report
From: Report on the inquiry into rental housing licensing in the City of Waterloo
In discussions with the City starting in late 2010, the OHRC raised a number of concerns about whether the bylaw was targeted at, or would have a negative impact on, people protected by the Code. Although the City made some changes, when it passed the bylaw, some concerns remained unaddressed. The OHRC decided to inquire further.
From: Pris à partie : Rapport de recherche et de consultation sur le profilage racial en Ontario
Beaucoup de personnes, groupes communautaires, universitaires et autres parties nous ont fait part de cas de profilage racial. Cette section est divisée en deux parties. La première traite des résultats de notre sondage sur le profilage racial relatifs aux perceptions des répondants sur :
From: Human rights and creed research and consultation report
From: Policy on female genital mutilation (FGM)
FGM has been condemned by numerous international and regional bodies, including the United Nations Commission on Human Rights, the United Nations International Children Emergency Fund (UNICEF), the Organization of African Unity and the World Medical Association. In addition to the broader issues of health and human rights of the child, FGM is gender-specific discrimination related to the historical suppression and subjugation of women that is unique to women and female children.
From: Right at home: Summary report on the consultation on human rights and rental housing in Ontario
Protecting the human rights of vulnerable Ontarians requires a radically different response to the issues of discrimination identified in the Commission’s consultation report, and the reports of numerous international bodies. We must all bring housing human rights into our homes, apartment buildings, property management offices, government offices, tribunals and commissions, and most importantly, into our collective awareness. This framework suggests concrete action to address the human rights issues identified in the consultation and in numerous reports on housing.
From: Policy on preventing discrimination because of gender identity and gender expression
The Code does not define the grounds of gender identity, gender expression or sex. Instead, the understanding of these and other related terms, and the implications for the Code and OHRC policies, is evolving from tribunal and court decisions, social science research as well as self identity and common everyday use.
Sex is the anatomical classification of people as male, female or intersex, usually assigned at birth.
From: Human Rights at Work 2008 - Third Edition
This section describes specific parts of each of the grounds of the Code, and highlights points that are distinctive or particular to each of the grounds.
From: Politique sur la prévention du harcèlement sexuel et du harcèlement fondé sur le sexe
Les relations de pouvoir inégales se retrouvent dans de nombreux secteurs de la société, mais elles semblent se manifester surtout au lieu de travail où les hiérarchies sont courantes. Les femmes et les hommes peuvent être victimes de harcèlement sexuel au travail, mais les femmes sont plus vulnérables au harcèlement par des hommes que l'inverse, car elles occupent généralement des postes inférieurs à ceux de la majorité des hommes, dans lesquels elles sont moins bien payées et ont moins d'autorité.