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1. Protection of personal information and privacy safeguards policy: Reading Disabilities Inquiry

   Contents

   Introduction
   Reading disabilities Inquiry
   Privacy safeguards
   I.     Administrative safeguards
         a.     Minimizing data
         b.     Consent
         c.     Authorized personnel
         d.     Responsibilities of the RD Inquiry Team

2. OHRC initiatives related to disability and education 1999 – 2019

   2019

   Letter to Minister of Education re: Policy/Program Memorandum (PPM) – school board policies on service animals

   Letter

   The OHRC responded to the Ministry of Education’s consultation on its draft PPM for school board policies on service animals in schools. The OHRC recommended revisions such as recognizing that the duty to accommodate disability also includes individual needs not related to learning needs.

3. Right to Read : Ontario Human Rights Commission Inquiry into human rights issues that affect students with reading disabilities in Ontario’s public education system : Terms of reference

   Reading is a fundamental skill that students must have to navigate their school experience and their later lives. Our public schools should be able to teach students
   to read. Yet, this may not be the reality for students with reading disabilities.

4. Letter to Board Chair and Director of Education for eight selected school boards

   I am writing to your school board to request documents, data and information that may be relevant to the Ontario Human Rights Commission’s (OHRC) Right to Read inquiry into human rights issues that affect students with reading disabilities in Ontario’s public education system.