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The OHRC intervened at the Tribunal in a complaint by Ron Phipps – a case which raised some tough issues. The Tribunal ruled Phipps had been subjected to racial profiling in 2005 by a Toronto police officer. The officer stopped Phipps when he was delivering mail in an affluent Toronto neighbourhood, checked with a homeowner Phipps spoke to, trailed him and checked his identity with a White letter carrier.
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Section III: The balancing tools
From: Balancing conflicting rights: Towards an analytical framework
This section of the paper surveys the balancing tools found in the Code and relevant case law. Documents such as Commission briefing notes and Policy Papers provide invaluable commentary on these tools and their insights are woven into the following discussion. The goal of this section is to identify the resources for balancing conflicting rights that will be utilized in the scenarios discussed in Section IV.
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Appendix B: Glossary
From: Human rights and policing: Creating and sustaining organizational change
Anti-racism: A commitment and planned ongoing process to eliminate racism and racial discrimination in its various forms (individual, institutional and systemic). The first step in anti-racism is admitting that racism exists in individuals, organizations and society as a whole and acknowledging the need for active ongoing measures to counter it.
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La Commission et les questions d'itentité sexuelle
From: Document de travail : Vers une politique de la commission sure l'identité sexuelle
La Commission est consciente des problèmes reliés à l’identité sexuelle depuis 1984. Des transsexuels se sont plaints à la Commission en ce qui concerne l’accès aux services, l’emploi, la prise en charge par Assurance-santé de l'Ontario des frais de changement chirurgical de sexe et l’accès aux soins médicaux. La Commission n’a cependant pas comptabilisé le nombre de plaintes ainsi reçues.
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II. Introduction
From: The cost of caring: Report on the consultation on discrimination on the basis of family status
The roles that we play as family members are central to our lives. We value our ability to provide care and support – emotional, social, physical, and financial – to our family members when they need it, and rely on our families to provide the same for us when necessary.
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Terror abroad has revealed troubling hate here at home
Such is the nature of our hyper-connected planet that events seemingly worlds away from our day-to-day lives can reverberate in our neighbourhood. That is the power and promise of social media — it makes the world smaller.
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Progrès
From: Document de travail : Vers une politique de la commission sure l'identité sexuelle
Enjeux
1) La Commission ontarienne des droits de la personne
La Commission ontarienne des droits de la personne joue un rôle central dans la promotion des droits de la personne en Ontario. Elle élabore et met actuellement en œuvre des politiques et des procédures liées aux questions touchant les personnes transgenres.
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Commission launches report calling for collective housing strategy
Toronto - Chief Commissioner Barbara Hall and the Ontario Human Rights Commission today launched “Right at home: Report on the consultation on human rights and rental housing in Ontario.” This report, which follows a year of public sessions, meetings and submissions involving hundreds of individuals and organizations across the province, focuses on housing as a human right, and sets out a framework for collective action to identify, remove and prevent discrimination in rental housing.
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Message from the Chief Commissioner
From: Annual Report 2010-2011: Looking back, moving forward
Fifty years ago, the newly-created Ontario Human Rights Commission knew what it was up against. Discrimination was as blatant as the signs that advised “No Jews or Blacks need apply.” But it was clear to the government of the day that dealing with discrimination needed more than just laws. The Commission’s first Director, Daniel G. Hill, said the objective was “to challenge popular myths and stereotypes about people” and described human rights legislation as “the skilful blending of educational and legal techniques in the pursuit of social justice.”
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V. Employment
From: The cost of caring: Report on the consultation on discrimination on the basis of family status
What are the lessons we can learn? How can we move towards a different world: one where there is public support for child rearing and care giving; one where both men and women are given equal roles and responsibilities; one where care giving requirements don’t fall on people who are already struggling?
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