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1. 9.6. Aboriginal Peoples

   From: Minds that matter: Report on the consultation on human rights, mental health and addictions

   Many organizations and individuals spoke of how Aboriginal Peoples in Canada have been affected by a long history of colonization, institutionalized racism and discrimination, such as the residential school policies. The Ontario Federation of Indian Friendship Centres (OFIFC) said that for the urban Aboriginal population, this has led to intergenerational trauma, family violence, poverty, homelessness, lack of education and incarceration. All of these have serious negative impacts on people’s mental health.

2. Inclusive design and the duty to accommodate (fact sheet)

   June 2014 - People with mental health disabilities or addictions face many kinds of barriers every day. These could be attitude, communication, physical or systemic barriers. Organizations should identity and remove barriers voluntarily instead of waiting to respond to individual accommodation requests or complaints. Effective inclusive design reduces the need for people to ask for individual accommodation. Organizations, including government, should use the principles of inclusive design when creating policies, programs, procedures, standards, requirements and facilities.

3. Submission of the Ontario Human Rights Commission on the modifications to the Equipment and Use of Force Regulation under the Community Safety and Policing Act, 2019.

   The Ontario Human Rights Commission (OHRC) welcomes the opportunity to provide this submission on modifications to the Equipment and Use of Force Regulation[i] (the “Regulation”) under the Community Safety and Policing Act, 2019 (CSPA).

4. Appendices: 23 − 33

   From: Human rights and creed research and consultation report

   23. 2010 Angus Reid Poll on multiculturalism – good or bad for Canada?

   Multiculturalism Thinking now about the policy of multiculturalism, do you personally think multiculturalism has been good or bad for Canada?
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5. Submission of the Ontario Human Rights Commission to the Ministry of the Solicitor General call for submissions on Modernizing the Regulatory Framework for Searches of People in Custody in Ontario’s Adult Correctional Institutions

    

   October 31, 2022

    

   Introduction

   On September 29, 2022, Ontario’s Ministry of the Solicitor General (Ontario) announced its proposal to create an updated regulatory framework under the Ministry of Correctional Services Act for strip searches of people in custody in Ontario’s adult correctional institutions.

   The Ontario Human Rights Commission (OHRC) supports Ontario’s decision to take steps to better regulate the use of strip searches in its correctional institutions.

6. 5. How Ontario students are performing

   From: Right to Read inquiry report

   Introduction

7. 6. The experience of students and families

   From: Right to Read inquiry report

   Warning: This section deals with topics that may cause trauma to some readers. It includes references to bullying, emotional and physical abuse, mental health challenges, self-harm and suicide. Please engage in self-care as you read this material. There are many resources available if you require additional support, including on the OHRC website under List of supports.

    

8. Message from Ruth Goba – Statement on International Women’s Day

   Forty years ago, the United Nations declared March 8 as International Women’s Day. It is a day to celebrate women and their achievements, reflect on the progress towards equality, and promote an Ontario and world where there is true gender equality.

   While we join the world in observing this day and honouring our mothers, wives, sisters, daughters, allies and friends, we know that we still have work to do at the Ontario Human Rights Commission.

   Our work is not done when one in two Canadian women report having experienced some form of violence in their lifetime.

9. Age and intersectionality

   From: Discussion paper: Discrimination and age - Human rights issues facing older persons in Ontario

   As a result of the Commission's new policy work on intersectionality, it is becoming increasingly clear that human rights work has to be informed by the social realities in which people live - realities that frequently take on quantitatively new dimensions when examined through the light of intersecting or overlapping grounds.

10. 1. Introduction

    From: Policy on competing human rights

    “All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights.”^[5]

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